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Sooner Catholic Soonercatholic.Org December 23, 2018 Archokc.Org Go Make Disciples He Is Christ the Lord! Sooner Catholic soonercatholic.org December 23, 2018 archokc.org Go Make Disciples He is Christ the Lord! “While they were there, the time came for her to have her child, and she gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. … The angel of the Lord appeared to them and the glory of the Lord shone around them. ‘Do not be afraid. I bring you news of great joy that will be for all people. Today, in the town of David, a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.” - Luke 2:6-11 Seminole church OKC Vietnamese Youth Movement celebrates 90th anniversary leads prayer, evangelization By Karen Anson Special to the Sooner Catholic On Dec. 9, 1928, in the austere surroundings of Seminole City Hall, an Irish missionary with a long-white beard like a medieval Santa Claus, intoned the words, “I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.” On that day, along with the baby being baptized, Seminole County’s Catholics gained a new identity, connected as a new community of believers and be- ginning a new way of life in continued on page 7 The 35th anniversary of the Vietnamese Eucharistic Movement Mary Immaculate Conception Chapter was celebrated on Dec. 8 at St. Andrew Dung-Lac in Oklahoma City. Photo Chris Porter/ Sooner Catholic. By Tram Cao decree, encouraging children to receive Special to the Sooner Catholic communion at an early age. The Vietnam- ese Eucharistic Crusade was established by Saint Sulpice priest in 1929, in Ha Noi. The Vietnamese Youth Movement The Vietnamese Eucharistic Cru- (VEYM) is a branch of the apostle- sade eventually changed its name to The ship of prayer group. Founded in Vietnamese Eucharistic Youth Movement, 1915 in France, by a priest named Bes- and after 1975, flourished in many oth- sières, the movement originally went by the er countries such as the United States, name the Eucharistic Crusade. France, Australia and Canada. In the Unit- The Eucharistic Crusade focused on the ed States, the organization goes by The formation of children and young people in the spirit of Pope Pius X Quam Singulari continued on page 8 2 December 23, 2018 Sooner Catholic Sooner Catholic December 23, 2018 3 Put Out Into the Deep Luke 5:4 Find more Enid Catholic community celebrates 125 years news on the he Catholic community Saint Francis Xavier on Dec. 3, in Enid will reflect with the O come let us adore him! website in Enid is celebrating which included veneration of archdiocese on the soon-to-be- T125 years of the pres- a relic of Saint Francis Xavi- released pastoral letter of Arch- ence of the Church in Enid. The er, and will close on Sept. 3 at bishop Coakley and celebrate In one of our most beloved Christmas carols we silence and poverty of By Sooner Catholic Staff first Mass was celebrated in Saint Gregory the Great. During the gifts the parishes bring to sing the joyful refrain, “O come, let us adore him.” the stable at Bethlehem. Enid on Nov. 14, 1893, in the the nine months, parishioners the city. Christmas invites all the faithful to a renewed spirit God is with us. Additional coverage of home of adoration and wonder before the mystery we cele- God’s humility dis- Church and archdiocesan of Hugo brate: The word has become flesh. God has become played so poignantly news and events, only on Jacobs. a man born of the Virgin Mary. His name is Jesus. in the manger evokes www.soonercatholic.org. Father He has been born for us and for our salvation in the astonishment and Joseph brings our a To send photos, event Beck, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley restless hearts information or story ideas, pastor to silence before e-mail [email protected]. of Saint such a great and unexpected gift. The Cat- Joseph echism of the Catholic Church teaches, “No a Suicide prevention in Hen- one, shepherd or wise man, can approach training - Catholic Charities nessey, God here below except by kneeling before encourages parishioners to came the manger at Bethlehem and adoring him participate in mental health to Enid that Wednesday hidden in the weakness of a newborn child” awareness training. QPR is a evening to minister to 17 (CCC 563). free one-hour suicide preven- Catholics. A piano now In the beautiful Gospel narratives of the tion training that provides housed in the Leven Cen- Christmas season, the angels announce three simple steps to reach ter at Saint Francis Xavier the birth of Jesus to the shepherds in their someone who may be feeling was used as the altar. The fields as tidings of great joy. The shep- hopeless. Professional coun- Catholic community in herds, in turn, glorify and praise God for seling also is available. Con- Enid was serviced by the all they are privileged to see and hear. The tact St. Joseph Counseling Top: Fr. Mark Mason, pastor, celerates Mass priests from Hennessey star guides the three wise men who bring Center at (405) 524-0969. with Fr. Kelly Edwards, associate pastor, Dcn. until the first parish was their gifts from afar and pay homage to the Val Ross and Dcn. Tony Crispo. Inset: Dcn. established in 1898. newborn King. Joseph is mysteriously and a A suicide grief sup- Val Ross carries a relic of St. Francis Xavier. The celebration of 125 powerfully silent as he submits himself in port group for people who Photos provided. years began with Mass at humble obedience to God’s plan. And, Mary have lost someone to sui- ponders all these things in her heart. The cide meets at St. Francis in mystery of Bethlehem invites us to adora- Oklahoma City on the third tion. Tuesday of each month at It is significant that Bethlehem, the place 6:30 p.m. in the Meerschaert of Jesus’ birth, means “house of bread.” House Call (405) 528-0485. Author Scott Hahn talks marriage, mercy and conversion Jesus comes to nourish the world by giving himself for the life of the world. Years later By Judy Hilovsky binds himself to us by a covenant and invites salvation: God is Father, Christ is Son and the he proclaims, “I AM the bread of life.” Jesus The Sooner Catholic us to bind ourselves to him and bind ourselves firstborn among brethren, heaven as a mar- continues to give himself for us and for our in families to each other. riage feast, the Church is the spouse of God, salvation each time the Paschal Mystery is YUKON – More than 750 people gathered in “At times these are bonds of love and other Christians as children of God. celebrated at Mass. He continues to nourish Saint John Nepomuk’s newly renovated sanc- “The Son became a us in Holy Communion and to dwell among tuary to hear nationally recognized author servant, so the ser- us truly present in the Blessed Sacrament. Scott Hahn on Dec. 1. vants can become Bethlehem is our first school of faith. The Hahn started the morning by telling the daughters and sons school of Bethlehem invites us to learn the crowd about himself and how the study of the of our beloved Father. @archokc lesson of adoration and humility. It begins Old Testament and the connection between the This is who we are – at the manger where Mary is our teacher. Jewish Passover and Jesus’s Last Supper was what it means to be As we ponder with her the mystery of the Archdiocese of the beginning of his path to Catholicism. Catholic,” Hahn said. word-made-flesh, we find that our hunger Oklahoma City Hahn was ordained in 1982 at Trinity Pres- He also talked about for the Eucharist and our desire to encoun- byterian Church in Virginia. He converted and the hardship his Arquidiócesis de entered the Catholic Church during the Easter conversion brought to ter and adore Jesus deepens. Oklahoma City As we are drawn more deeply into friend- Vigil in 1986. his marriage during a ship with Jesus through moments of ado- For Grace Fuqua, her husband Kody and several-year stretch. ration and our regular participation in the daughter Jane, it was an opportunity to meet Hahn’s wife, Kimber- Eucharist, our lives become increasingly Hahn, whose books helped answer questions ly, converted at Eas- eucharistic. Our encounter with God’s about the Catholic faith. ter 1990. Their book mercy fills us to overflowing with joy and Grace said, “I have an older brother and he “Rome Sweet Home” gratitude. We discover that what we have came into the Catholic Church two years ago. describes their con- received as a gift we need to give as a gift. I am his little sister and care about him dear- versions. But, even We become missionary disciples of mercy ly, so I had to figure out what he has gotten after she entered the for others. himself into and started reading and started Church, they were All these mysteries converge beautifully in my own narrative. I was reading a lot of Scott struggling. the Eucharistic liturgy, the Mass, which is Hahn’s books and he answered many of the “So many bad hab- Scott Hahn spoke with Grace Fuqua and the source and summit of our lives. common objections I had. Once those objec- its, so many lousy Jane while signing his book. Hahn spoke tions were answered in a rational way that communication skills, As we celebrate the birth of Christ this to more than 750 people Dec.
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