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By Ted King Duran y Chavez, The Sooner Catholic who founded Santa trip to the hospital more than 20 Fe in 1610. In the years ago prompted Joseph Chavez to 1790s, his family change his life from desk-work as a moved to southern A New Mexico, where, finance officer to renowned artist – a shift in vocation and spirit. in addition to his Chavez is a multi-talented Catholic artist who home in Tulsa, he has won hundreds of awards. One of his works has a residence is in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City in and a ranch. His Prague: a framed engraving of the Infant Jesus great-uncle Dennis of Prague in the National Shrine of the Infant Chavez was a U.S. Jesus of Prague. The same engraving done with senator from 1935 to a different ink won second place in the 2016 1962. Colors of Copper Competition in Paris in which Chavez was born 252 artists from around the worlds competed. prematurely and “My day starts with morning prayer, a very sickly. His very essential part of my life. I pray for my ances- devout Catholic grandparents took tors, for loved ones who have passed. I pray for Joseph Chavez. Photos provided. a good day’s work. I pray for friends care of him and prayed for his and family. And, he going to do with the rest of his life? health. When he recovered, they took him that is He could no longer work at a job where he to the Santo Nino Shrine, the Holy Child, something would be sitting for hours a day because of his in Hurley, N.M., where they presented I continue chronic pain, which he still suffers. He decided him to the statue of Santo Nino and said during the to pursue his interest in art, which had attract- if God let him live, they would dedicate whole day.” ed the attention of his first grade teacher when their lives to promoting devotion to San- Chavez he was 5 years old. He credits his grandfather lives in to Nino. “I wanted to do something in thanks- with encouraging that interest. Tulsa, where Every day, his grandfather brought him a gift he works out giving to continue that devotion and – a rock, a pine cone, a feather – and he dis- of a convert- worked with the bishop of Las Cruces cussed with his grandson its color, its texture, ed 1920s to have that little church in Hurley de- its beauty and the fact that it was made by God. era gasoline clared a diocesan shrine of the Santo Today, Joseph Chavez’s art appears from station and Nino,” Chavez said. Taos to southern New Mexico, including many garage, just After graduating from New Mexico works in the Diocese of Tulsa and in other east of down- State University, where he studied countries. Recently, he was commissioned to town Tulsa. finance and art, he moved to Tulsa create a mural in Saint Anne Church in Dem- Since 1590, his and was a loan officer. Although ing, N.M., that will be 75 feet wide and 15 feet family has lived he liked his work, his passion was high. In its center is Saint Michael the Arch- in what is now and always had been religious art. New Mexico. About 20 years ago, he was in an angel, on the left side God the Father unveiling He is a direct automobile accident, was severely the veil of time with cherubs seeing the gifts of descendant of injured and hospitalized. He faced God, and on the right side the evangelists Don Pedro Gomez an important question: what was continued on page 8 Marchers carry crosses through Chicago in memory of murder victims

By Michelle Martin Saint Sabina Parish on the city’s Catholic News Service South Side, to remember those CHICAGO – Shara Funches’ eyes who died by gun violence in 2016. scanned the rows of crosses set up The Chicago Police Department on the sidewalk just north of the recorded 762 murders in 2016. Chicago River on Michigan Ave- Father Pfleger told the marchers nue, a main thoroughfare through there were nearly 800 crosses for downtown. them to carry. Funches was looking for the The name of a victim, along with cross bearing the name of her god- their age and date of death, was son, Devon Almon, 23, who was written on each 24-inch wooden gunned down on the Eisenhower cross built by Greg Zanis of Auro- Expressway Sept. 29. ra, Ill. Family members and loved “I had to be here for him. But, ones of victims were joined by also for all the kids who died. strangers who came to bear wit- It just has to stop. It’s just sad. ness to the toll of the violence that All the mothers, all the fathers, has shaken the community. A man carries crosses with names of robbed,” Funches said. Vic Doucette, a parishioner at victims of gun violence during a Dec. She was one of hundreds of Saint Francis Xavier Parish in 31 march in downtown Chicago. people who joined a Dec. 31 march suburban Wilmette, came with Photo CNS/Karen Callaway, Catholic on Michigan Avenue organized by New World. Father Michael Pfleger, pastor of continued on page 10 2 January 22, 2017 Sooner Catholic Sooner Catholic January 22, 2017 3

Put Out Into the Deep Luke 5:4 Find more Souls ignited at SEEK 2017 A homily for the annual news on the Nearly 13,000 find fellowship, formation, fun in San Antonio website Nearly 13,000 attendees, most of them col- and more powerful than I ever thought. I’m of the talks will be available in a few weeks for lege students, charged up their faith at SEEK excited to go back to college to share my faith digital download at www.shopfocus.org. MLK observance By Sooner Catholic Staff 2017, Jan. 3-7, in San Antonio. The biennial with others.” About FOCUS event, hosted by the Fellowship of Catholic Nearly 53,000 people have attended FOCUS The Fellowship of Catholic University Stu- Delivered at Corpus Christi Church Additional coverage of University Students (FOCUS), featured the events since the inaugural National Conference dents was founded in 1998 and invites col- Jan. 14, 2017 Church and archdiocesan theme “What Moves You.” Throughout the held in 1999, where 25 students came together lege students into a growing relationship with to pray, deepen their Catholic faith and learn news and events, only on conference, attendees learned to see the truth Jesus Christ and His Church, inspiring and This Sunday marks the return of the liturgical Like Jesus, he became of how God seeks them with sacrificial love and how to share Christ with others. SEEK 2017 www.soonercatholic.org: equipping them for a lifetime of Christ-centered season we call Ordinary Time. In today’s Gospel (Jn. a sign of contradiction attendees came from more than evangelization, discipleship and friendships in 1:29-34), we are introduced to John the Baptist. In because one simply 500 college campuses, including a For information on the the Fourth Gospel, John’s primary mission is to give could not listen to his Archbishop Paul S. Coakley the University of Oklahoma, Okla- which they lead others to do the same. During priesthood and religious life, testimony to Jesus: “Behold, the Lamb of God, who powerful testimony and homa State University and the the 2016–2017 academic year, more than go online to www.archokc. takes away the sin of the world!” “He is the one who remain indifferent to the challenge and the vision that University of Central Oklahoma. 550 missionaries are serving full-time on 125 org/vocations/home or con- will baptize with the Holy Spirit.” he proposed. college campuses, located across 38 states and tact Fr. Brian Buettner at “Our hope for SEEK 2017 is that A witness testifies to the truth based on personal The high water mark of the Civil Rights movement in two pilot locations in Austria. More than [email protected], (405) God will light a fire in the hearts of experiences of that truth. In some mysterious fash- in America was certainly the March on Washington in 721-9351. young leaders,” said Curtis Mar- 20,000 FOCUS alumni have been prepared ion, God had revealed to John that the one upon August 1963 during which Dr. King delivered his fa- tin, CEO and founder of FOCUS. to evangelize parishes throughout the United whom he saw the Spirit descend is God’s chosen mous “I Have a Dream” speech. The fulfillment of his a Oklahoma hotlines: “Then, as we return to our cam- States. Within this number, more than 600 and anointed One. The very reason John was sent to beautiful dream of racial equality has been elusive.  Catholic Charities, OKC, puses all over the country, we can have made decisions to pursue Catholic reli- baptize with water was ultimately to make known to There have been strides forward and steps back- (800) 375-8514; encourage one another to live as gious vocations. By 2022, FOCUS expects to Israel the One that God would send to baptize with ward. One certain sign of progress that even Dr. King  2-1-1 is free and confiden world-changers.” might have found difficult to imagine a mere 50 years launch 75,000 alumni into America’s 17,000+ the Holy Spirit. And, so he bears witness: “Now I have tial, 24 hours a day; More than 300 priests concele- seen and testified that he is the Son of God.” ago has been the election of our nation’s first African Catholic parishes. FOCUS missionaries are  Poison control, (800) brated daily Mass. Adoration and American president, who completes his second term typically recent college graduates who devote Bearing witness and giving testimony is an import- 222-1222; confession throughout the event ant aspect of our discipleship too. Each of us have of office this week. two or more years of their post-collegiate lives  Rape, domestic violence provided many opportunities for But, undeniably, there are still huge challenges to reach out to peers on campus. To learn had some personal experience of Jesus, and so each hotline, (800) 522-SAFE reflection and prayer. Over the of us is called to give our personal witness to who Je- to overcome before King’s dream of racial equality, (7233); course of the event, more than more, visit www.focus.org. sus has been for us in the particular circumstances justice and brotherhood is realized: the challenge of  Suicide hotlines, (800) 6,000 attendees participated in of our very different lives. greater access to real educational and economic op- 273-TALK (8255), (800) reconciliation. How have we known him? Did we come to know portunity for all, the challenge of spiraling violence in SUICIDE (784-2433). Comedian Michael Jr. and folk him as healer when we were suffering some illness? our communities, the challenge of desperately needed  Mental health, substance rock band The Oh Hellos enter- Or do we know him most concretely as savior when criminal justice reform, of restoring respect, strength- abuse, (800) 522-9054. tained the crowd. More than 35 speakers we are in the depths of distress? As our brother or ening families and breaking down the crippling fear invites them to encounter Him with their whole talked about relationships, discipleship and friend when we are need of companionship? As shep- that continues to plague our nation and our commu- hearts. challenging topics on today’s college campus, herd when we are lost and confused? In advancing nities. Chicago natives Kelley, Lauren and Maggie including Sr. Miriam James Heidland, Sr. the Church’s mission of evangelization, teachers of As Dr. King once said, “Now is the time to lift our Hartman experienced SEEK 2017 in different Bethany Madonna, Fr. Mike Schmitz, Mark the faith are certainly very important. But, even prior nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the ways. It was the first national FOCUS confer- Hart, John Leyendecker, Curtis Martin, John to teachers, what the Church and the world need solid rock of brotherhood.” “Now is the time to make ence for each of the three sisters. Maggie, a O’Leary and Dr. Edward Sri. justice a reality for all of God’s children!” today are witnesses, credible witnesses. senior at Harvard University studying pre-med Impact Session presenters included Fr. Philip Dr. King often described his hope for the future in What we have seen and known, the mysterious, and religion who will be a FOCUS missionary Bochanski, Archbishop Chaput, Fr. Dave Dw- terms of his dream of a better day for our children: “I concrete ways through which God has touched and after graduation, said, “You can see Christ yer, Fr. Michael Gaitley, Fr. Joshua Johnson, have a dream that one day little black boys and girls transformed our lives we are called to share with oth- reflected in each person and how He desires to Fr. Robert Sirico, Fr. Robert J. Spitzer, Fr. will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.” ers. The testimony of witnesses has an authority that meet each of us individually.” Scott Traynor, Ryan Anderson, Audrey Assad, His was a dream of reconciliation and harmony based is hard to resist! Her twin sisters Kelley and Lauren are fresh- John Carmichael, Jeff Cavins, Kevin Cotter, on justice for all. This evening we are honoring the memory of one man at the University of South Alabama. Kelley Lisa Cotter, Leah Darrow, Paul Darrow, Crys- One area of racial inequality and injustice that is such credible witness: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. added, “This has shown me there are 13,000 talina Evert, Jason Evert, Matt Fradd, Jackie rarely spoken of is the way these little children are @archokc As a prophetic witness, Dr. King awakened the people with me with the same beliefs and Francois, Jennifer Fulwiler, Dr. Tim Gray, Dr. conscience of our country to the injustices of racial targeted by powerful folks who promote abortion. Our Archdiocese of goals as I have.” Lauren reflected, “It has been Scott Hahn, Marcel LeJeune, Patrick Lencioni, inequality that have been the persistent and scandal- black and Hispanic populations are disproportionate- Oklahoma City life-changing to be a part of something larger Dr. Jonathan Reyes and Sarah Swafford. Many ous heritage of our great nation since its birth amidst ly targeted through the placement of abortion facili- ties and propaganda in their communities. the sins of slavery, and its subsequent bitter fruit Arquidiócesis de even to our present day. This week, the nation also will mark the infamous Oklahoma City Martin Luther King’s personal witness and skillful continued from page 2 emphasize birth control and oratory had a galvanizing effect on an entire nation. continued on page 3 abortion with the intent of Supreme Court decision Roe limiting the black population is v. Wade that legalized abortion genocide. The deliberate kill- in our nation. Every abortion ing of black babies by abortion is a tragedy. It has at least two is genocide-perhaps the most Archbishop Coakley’s Calendar victims: both mother and child. overt of all.” This is a hard The following events are part of Archbishop Coakley’s official calendar. But, the assault that this in- truth. dustry, including Planned Par- Dr. Martin Luther King bore enthood and its founder Mar- witness to the truth and paid Jan. 22 – 60th anniversary and Feast of St. Paul Mass and celebration, 10 a.m., St. Paul the Apostle, Del City garet Sanger, has waged on the the price by laying down his Jan. 24 – Mass, 11:30 a.m., St. Francis de Sales Chapel, Catholic Pastoral Center African American community life. Prophetic witness can be Jan. 25 – School Mass and classroom visits, 8:30 a.m., Holy Trinity School, Okarche from the beginning could be costly. But, until we are willing Jan. 25 – Confirmation, 6:30 p.m., St. John Nepomuk, Yukon fairly described as a genocide. to bear witness to the truth Jan. 26 – Mass, 9 a.m., Center of Family Love, Okarche  a a a a a Dr. King was no supporter of about the corrosive effects of Jan. 26 – Catholic Charities Board meeting, 11:30 a.m., Catholic Charities offices, OKC abortion, neither were many of racial inequality and the devas- Father, grant us generosity in Jan. 28 – TET Mass and celebration, 10 a.m., St. Andrew Dung-Lac, OKC sharing our gifts and resources his chief collaborators in the tating effects of abortion upon Jan. 29 – Archbishop’s Circle reception, 3 p.m., St. Peter, Woodward with our brothers and sisters civil rights movement, includ- the black population and our Jan. 31- School Mass, 9:40 a.m., Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School, OKC around the world. ing Dr. Ralph Abernathy and entire nation, we will continue Jan. 31 – Archdiocesan Review Board meeting, 2 p.m., CPC Help us to recognize your face Dr. King’s brother A.D. King. to be enslaved by the lie. Only in all those affected by global Feb. 1 – School Mass and classroom visits, 9:15 a.m., St. Mary, Lawton Dick Gregory, an associate of the truth can set us free! poverty and fill us with the Feb. 2 – School Mass and classroom visits, 8:30 a.m., Bishop John Carroll, OKC Dr. King as well as an author, “When we allow freedom to love and fortitude we need to comedian and one-time pres- ring we will speed up that day Feb. 3 – Mass for Un-Conference, 7 a.m., St. Francis de Sales Chapel, CPC confront its causes. idential candidate said in an when all of God’s children will Feb. 3 – Bishop McGuinness annual dinner and auction, 6 p.m., National Cowboy & Western Heritage Father, we ask this through Mass celebrating Dr. Martin Luther interview with Ebony magazine: be able to sing ‘Free at last! Museum, OKC our Lord Jesus Christ, who King Jr. Jan. 14. at Corpus Christi lives and reigns with you and “Government family programs Free at last! Thank God Al- Feb. 4 – Mass, 6 p.m., Southern Federation of Syrian/Lebanese American Clubs Conference, Skirvin Catholic Church in Oklahoma City. the Holy Spirit, one God, for designed for poor blacks that mighty, we are free at last!” Photos by Cara Koenig. Hotel, OKC ever and ever. Amen. Feb. 5 – TET Mass and celebration, 11:45 a.m., The Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, OKC 4 January 22, 2017 Sooner Catholic Sooner Catholic January 22, 2017 5 Catholics in Congress: one-third of Contagious Faith House, one-quarter of Senate Ripples: Honoring Fr. Michael Scanlan Mother Theresa once said, “I alone cannot tion the very existence of God. One day, he moment, By Carol Zimmermann change the world, but I can cast a stone across walked out into the woods that surrounded the sensing Catholic News Service the waters to create many ripples.” college and challenged God: “If you are real, that this I once knew a man whose life has incalcula- then I need to know. I’m not going home until was a call Carole Brown bly impacted my own, and the renewal of the I know one way or the other.” And, he waited. to priest- Director of New WASHINGTON – The religious makeup of the Church in the United States. His name was It got cold, and he waited. It started raining, hood. Evangelization 115th Congress is significantly Christian – 91 per- Mike. He grew up in a lower class Irish neigh- and he waited. Then, it got dark and cold and Then, he Most Reverend cent – with Catholics comprising one-third of the borhood on Long Island, rainy, and still he waited. asked, Paul S. Coakley House of Representatives and about a quarter of the a child of divorce. The Sometime after dark, God “Can I Archbishop of Oklahoma City Senate. religious environment of responded to the cry of his finish law Overall, there are six fewer Christians in the new Publisher his home was filled with heart, revealing himself school first?” Sensing an affirmative answer, Congress, at 485 members. But, there are four more turmoil when his mother to Michael in a powerful Mike went on to class. Catholics, who now total 168. Diane Clay got re-married to a viru- and personal way. He went After finishing law school and a term as a The high percentage of Christians in Congress is lently anti-Catholic man home a changed man, and JAG lawyer with the U.S. Air Force, he joined Editor similar to the 87th Congress in 1961, when such in- and abandoned her prac- a convinced Catholic. the order of Franciscan Friars in Loretto, Penn. formation was first collected. At the time, 95 percent U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan/CNS photo tice of the faith. But, she Pressured by his fami- He was given the religious name “Father The- Dana Attocknie of Congress members were Christian. sent Michael to a Catholic ly to pursue a financially ophane.” The data on the religious makeup of the current Managing Editor boarding school where lucrative career, Mike was If the name wasn’t an affront to his pride, senators and representatives was collected by Pew cans and Episcopalians – down six seats. he met a religious broth- admitted to Harvard Law he knew that the vow of obedience would be Research Center and announced Jan. 3. Among non-Christian religious groups, Jews and er whose high personal School. One year, during – but he also sensed that it would be good The Pew report notes that the large number of Hindus had the biggest gains – an increase of two standards and irresistible Lent, he decided to go to for his character. Still, he worried a little that Volume 39, Number 2 Christians in Congress has shifted in recent years seats each. Jews now hold 30 seats in Congress. The personality inspired him to daily Mass. Walking across he might end up teaching math in one of the with a decline in the number of Protestants. In number of Hindus rose from one to three and the make the faith his own. the Harvard campus after Mass one morning, order’s high schools. He wanted to do great Sooner Catholic Newspaper 1961, Protestants made up 87 percent of Congress, number of Buddhists increased from two to three. In college, however, his faith went into cri- he was stopped dead in his tracks by a voice. things for God, like becoming a missionary in compared with 56 percent today. Catholics, con- The number of Muslims in Congress – two – re- 7501 Northwest Expressway sis. Immersed in the secular environment of In the depths of his heart, he heard the Lord the Amazon. Somehow, the idea of being a mained unchanged. Oklahoma City, OK 73132 versely, made up 19 percent of the 87th Congress, the university, and surrounded by atheistic ask him, “Michael, will you give me your whole The new legislative group also has the smallest (405) 721-1810 and now are 31 percent of the legislative body. and agnostic faculty, Michael began to ques- life?” He thought about the question for a continued on page 7 Looking at each party, two-thirds, or 67 percent, of freshman class of any Congress in the past 10 years Fax: (405) 721-5210 Republicans in the new Congress are Protestant and with 62 new members joining the 473 returnees. Of E-mail: [email protected] 27 percent of Republicans are Catholic. The break- the new members, half are Protestant and roughly a Mailing Address: down between Protestants and Catholics is more third are Catholic. Making Sense of Bioethics P.O. Box 32180 evenly divided among the Democrats: 42 percent are The Pew report points out that some religious Oklahoma City, OK 73123 Protestant and 37 percent are Catholic. groups, including Protestants, Catholics and Jews, Of the 293 Republicans in the new Congress, all have greater representation in Congress than in the “It’s not wrong, if it feels right!” but two, who are Jewish, are Christian. Democrats general population. Jews, for example, make up 2 Visit us online at in Congress also are predominantly Christian – 80 percent of the U.S. adult population, but account Many people today believe that to justify our misdeeds, it can be cerns of morality. www.soonercatholic.org percent – but they have more religious diversity for 6 percent of Congress. Other groups – including moral judgments and values are appealing to imagine that ethics Those objective foundations be- among non-Christians. Buddhists, Mormons, Muslims and Orthodox Chris- merely expressions of sentiment. are always “first person” – from gin with the recognition that all Visit the archdiocesan website The 242 Democrat Congress members include 28 tians – are represented in Congress in roughly equal They deny that moral values are my vantage point – and to suppose men and women have a shared Father Tad at www.archokc.org Jews, three Buddhists, three Hindus, two Muslims proportion to their numbers in the U.S. public. fixed or universally true, and in- that no one else can identify moral human nature, so whatever is Pacholczyk and one Unitarian Universalist in addition to one Another significant finding is that the most no- stead, argue that we have chang- obligations regarding another’s always morally bad for one of us National Catholic Bioethics Center The Sooner Catholic religiously unaffiliated member and 10 who declined tably underrepresented group in Congress is the ing emotions that may or may not situation. “How do you feel about also will be bad for any of us. to state their religious affiliation. religiously unaffiliated. This group – also known as correspond to the moral feelings of it?” becomes the guiding principle, If it is immoral for me to steal (USPS 066-910) is published Overall, the new Congress has seven fewer Prot- religious “nones” – account for 23 percent of the those around us. and leads to the view that morals the electronics out of your house, biweekly except for once in July estants than the last Congress. Baptists had the big- general public, but makes up just 0.2 percent of the This can play out in various are relative, context dependent, it will likewise be wrong for you had a penchant for choosing clear and twice in December by gest losses – down seven seats – followed by Angli- 115th Congress. real-life situations when people and subject to emotional confirma- to rob me or anyone else; and and memorable examples when he the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. say, for example, “You can’t really tion. Reducing ethics to feelings, it will be equally wrong for the would lecture. He used to tell his know what it’s like to have an un- president of the United States or however, is a seriously deficient students that we all know certain expected pregnancy if you haven’t approach to thinking about right the pope to do so. If I rob others, The newspaper is not responsible actions are wrong, regardless of been in the situation yourself, so it is objectively bad for unsolicited material. circumstances. One of his most you can’t tell me it’s wrong to get because it harms graphic examples, recounted by Copyright © 2017 Sooner Catholic an abortion.” The morality of ter- others by depriving minating a “problem pregnancy,” them of their goods, his students even decades later, Subscription rate: $20 per year according to this view, depends and it transforms was his undeniable assertion that for all who are not members of the on “being in the moment,” and me into a thief, the we all know barbecuing a baby is wrong. Similarly, he stressed that Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. experiencing the mother’s des- kind of person who peration, fears and sentiments. cheapens his hu- everyone recognizes the wrong- Periodical postage paid at Most of us, in fact, have proba- manity and degrades ness of adultery, an act, so often Oklahoma City, OK 73125. bly granted our emotions lee- his integrity by shrouded in secrecy that attacks way to trump our better moral stealing the goods the good of our spouse and seri- POSTMASTER: Send address judgment somewhere along the of others. Even ously violates an important and changes to the Sooner Catholic, line. We can relate to stories of those who believe in defining personal commitment we P.O. Box 32180, Oklahoma City, friends who make various sol- a “feelings-based” have made. OK 73123. emn declarations like: “You don’t morality are quick to Even if something “feels right” know how hard it has been for decry certain actions in the moment, it can be very me in this painful marriage, and and wrong. It also, in the final as always wrong, at least when it wrong for us to do it. Quite apart you don’t understand how it feels analysis, doesn’t work. comes to their own vehicles and from the context or circumstanc- Please keep an eye on your mailbox for a letter from to fall in love with somebody who Imagine what would happen to homes being plundered, irrespec- es, certain kinds of acts, without really cares for you, so you can’t the practice of medicine if physi- Archbishop Coakley regarding the Annual Catholic tive of whether the robbers might exception, are incompatible with say it’s wrong for me to be in a cians could treat patients only if have their own moral sentiments Appeal. We ask that you prayerfully respond as your human dignity because, by their relationship with someone else.” they personally experienced and favoring the practice. means and circumstances permit. Please return your very nature, they are damaging Philosopher Alisdair MacIntyre felt the diseases their patients To think clearly about morality, pledge card as soon as possible. and destructive to ourselves and to notes that this emotive approach had. Consider the miscarriage of we need to start by acknowledging to moral thinking has gained justice that would occur if judges that certain moral duties do not those around us. Commitment Weekend is February 4-5 broad societal approval: “To a large ruled only when they could feel depend on context or emotion, but Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D., degree people now think, talk and and experience everything the are universally binding on us, hav- earned his doctorate in neurosci- act as if emotivism were true, no perpetrator felt and experienced ing even a “commandment-like” ence from Yale and did post-doc- matter what their avowed theoret- at the time the crimes were com- quality. toral work at Harvard. He is a The Sooner Catholic ical standpoint may be. Emotiv- mitted, and had to decide cases Professor William May, a re- priest of the diocese of Fall River, is supported through the Please visit www.archokc.org/appeal to make your online gift ism has become embodied in our in line with those feelings. Such markable teacher of moral theolo- Mass., and serves as the director of Annual Catholic Appeal. Annual Catholic Appeal 2017 Archdiocese of Oklahoma City • PO Box 32180, Oklahoma City, OK 73123 • 405-709-2745 culture.” sentimentalism completely misses gy at the John Paul II Institute for education at The National Catholic In light of our tendency to try the objective foundations and con- Studies on Marriage and Family, Bioethics Center in Philadelphia. 6 January 22, 2017 Sooner Catholic Sooner Catholic January 22, 2017 7 2017 Rose Day speaker announced Teased, bullied and rejected by his own family OKLAHOMA CITY – The Rose abortions annually. In addition, Prayer, study, writing and impressive amounts of pasta was this saint’s response Day pro-life (indoor) rally is the Planned Parenthood opened an single largest annual gathering abortion facility in Oklahoma The parking lots around the to God, but where and how, was rejoined his group of beggars and of pro-life Oklahomans. The City. gyms are full. Many diets have be- not clear. His family hoped that he continued his studies. 2017 Rose Day, which takes Archbishop Coakley urged gun. New Year’s resolutions, that would follow the same path of the His path of Catholic learning place at the state Capitol on Catholics to pray and partici- Pedro A. Moreno, haven’t yet been broken, express honorable monks who were part of ended with many degrees, many Wednesday, Feb. 8, will feature pate in Rose Day as a “powerful O.P. desires of being fit and trim. Not his family and his teachers; they opportunities to teach and an Director, Office of pro-life author and speaker witness.” me, (I hope my Doctor doesn’t read were seen as a prestigious group. impressive amount of writings. His Hispanic Ministry Ronnie Floyd. “Rose Day is an important this!), and neither is my He was looking writings on the Eucharist have a Floyd is senior pastor of Cross the years that followed the infamous 1973 Roe opportunity for the pro-life com- good Italian friend, our in a different special place in the Church. His Church in Springdale, Ark. In June 2014, v. Wade U.S. Supreme Court ruling. Oklahoma munity in Oklahoma to show our legislators Baptists became involved in Rose Day in the first subject for reflec- direction. life was one of dedication to God Floyd was elected president of the Southern and our governor that Oklahomans stand for lation from God that was so deep This young and the path of holiness; also Baptist Convention and was elected to a sec- early 1990s, and the event has grown to in- life! It is a powerful witness when people from tion in this New Year. important to him was a constant and had such an impact on his life ond term in 2015. Floyd has been an outspo- clude multiple faiths. our various faith traditions stand shoulder This year, I will try to Italian never thirst for truth through the sacred that he referred to all of his writ- ken voice in the pulpit and in writing on behalf During Rose Day, attendees bring red roses to shoulder to affirm the sanctity of life and read and reflect a bit felt comfort- sciences and the opportunities ings as just straw. He never wrote of the unborn and for as a symbol of their pro-life stand to deliver to the dignity of the human person,” Archbishop more on the great men able with his to share with others what he had again. the sanctity of human the governor, lt. governor and their state sena- Coakley said. and women who are re- rich aristo- discovered. He is the Patron Saint of Cath- life. He and his wife, tor and state representative. Following rose dis- Anthony Jordan, executive director-treasurer flections of Christ and cratic lifestyle. Saint John Paul II said about olic students and Catholic educa- Jeana, have been tribution, a rally takes place in the fourth floor of the Baptist General Convention of Oklaho- also are good models of His constant him in Fides et Ratio No. 78, “(He) tion. He also is one of the many married for 39 years House Chamber. ma, asked all Oklahoma Baptist pastors and discipleship. My col- reflection on is an authentic model for all who Patron Saints of and have two children The pro-life group, Americans United for Life, churches to take part in Rose Day. umns this year will be on some of the greatness of God leads him to seek the truth. and six grandchildren. has ranked Oklahoma in its top five Life List, “This is a strategic event for the cause of my favorite saints. acknowledge his own lowliness. He purity. He is the In his thinking, Rose Day, which which ranks states in terms of laws protecting life,” Jordan said. “With the opening of an- My first selection didn’t make it was shy, quiet and was growing in wisest among the demands brings together mul- the unborn. The annual rate of abortions in other abortion facility, and a state Supreme to his 50th birthday. While his bi- humility. the doctors of of reason and tiple pro-life and Oklahoma, which was as high as 12,000 per Court that has proven hostile toward pro-life ography doesn’t mention his vital Much to the consternation of the Church while the power of faith-based groups, year in 1980s, has been reduced to approxi- legislation, we are in crucial days for the pro- signs or cholesterol numbers, they his rich aristocratic Italian family also being a great faith found the was originally estab- mately 6,000 abortions annually. life movement. This is a life and death issue, do mention that he was a shy and he chose to become a member of example of unique most elevated lished in Oklahoma by In 2016, however, a new abortion facility and we must be faithful.” quiet man of many, many pounds. a new religious group of Catholic holiness within Born in Italy, within a rich beggars dedicated to teach and synthesis ever a handful of pro-life opened in Oklahoma City, and center officials For more information about Rose Day, visit this group. We Ronnie Floyd family, he was sent early on to a share the Good News of Jesus attained by hu- Roman Catholics in were quoted saying they have a goal of 3,000 www.bgco.org/RoseDay. celebrate him man thought, private Catholic school. He was Christ. His family was offended, every Jan. 28. a great student. He loved to read insulted, and they decided to put for he could He is the Angel- and loved to learn. Because he was an end to this by kidnapping him defend the rad- ic Doctor. He is CFO college scholarship applications available so quiet and shy, and probably and locking him up at home. ical newness one of the great because he was overweight too, he While locked up by his family, introduced saints of the Or- The Catholic Foundation of Oklahoma is accepting ap- was constantly teased and bullied they tried unsuccessfully to dis- by Revelation plications for college scholarships for the 2017-18 aca- by other students. His teachers suade him from what they believed without ever der of Preachers, demic year. All forms and required information must be defended him, but I doubt the to be a bad choice. They went as demeaning the Dominicans. (He submitted to the Catholic Foundation office no later than teasing stopped. His response was far as sending him women of ill venture proper is proof that not Monday, April 3. Applications are available from pastors or more prayer, more reflection, more repute to try and seduce him, but to reason.” all saints are thin directors of religious education. Download applications at study and more pasta. he chased them all away. Offend- Just before and skinny.) www.cfook.org. It was obvious to both his family ing God with acts of impurity was the end of his He is Saint Each year, the Catholic Foundation awards college scholarships to and his teacher that his path in not an option. After almost a year life, he had a Thomas Aquinas, about 90 students from throughout the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. life would be one of faithful service of being imprisoned, he escaped, unique reve- O.P. The scholarship recipients are determined based on financial need, aca- demic achievement and service to church and community. The recipient must be a full-time student and a permanent resident of the archdio- cese. Scholarships are renewed for all recipients for four years of under- Contagious Faith graduate study as long as the student maintains a 3.0 cumulative grade continued from page 5 He threw down the gauntlet with the faculty: graduation, when I was hired by the university point average. either be faithful to Catholic teaching or resign. to serve at the heart of its mission in the office Scholarship Committee Chairman Butch Meibergen, a member of math teacher was an underwhelming pros- They answered with a vote of no confidence. of evangelistic outreach, Father Mike arranged Saint Gregory in Enid and a Catholic Foundation board member, said, pect. But, Father Theo submitted himself in They complained that he was undermining for me to attend a private Mass with Saint “The Foundation is proud of its record of providing scholarships to obedience to the discernment of his superiors. their morale, and that they were losing hope – CFO board member, Dr. David Zuech (right) presents scholarship awards to John Paul II when I was in Rome. Eight years college undergraduate students of the archdiocese for more than 40 Karley Boyer and Sydney Hutchison after Mass with Fr. Jaroslaw Topolewski The Franciscans owned a small Catholic col- until one astute faculty member asked, “How later, I left the university to become a mis- years. It is one of the ways the foundation gives back to the parishes at St. Ann in Fairview. Boyer received the Amelia Davis and Elizabeth Davis lege that was failing in a stinky little steel town much hope did we have before?” sionary in Europe, and then a scholar of Saint throughout the archdiocese. Catholic Foundation scholarships totaled Lawrence Scholarship. Hutchison received the Catholic Foundation Scholarship. in eastern Ohio. The students were unmoti- Father Mike began rousting students out of John Paul II’s thought. $145,000 last year. A scholarship is a $6,000 value for any Catholic Photo provided. vated, the faculty had no morale and the bank bed for Mass, and preaching longer homilies. Franciscan University’s graduates have student within the archdiocese. If a student wasn’t honoring the checks. Drugs and promis- The students complained. Everyone was in fanned out across the country to work in di- attends a Catholic college or university, the cuity were rampant. The superior asked Father turmoil. oceses, universities and schools as well as in scholarship amount doubles to $3,000 per Theo to interview for the position of president. Father Mike invited charismatic lay people secular fields. Many of our teenagers attend year or $12,000.” American Indian Catholic Outreach When the interview committee asked Father from around the country to move to Ohio and Steubenville youth conferences. Many cate- In addition to scholarships awarded from Evangelization Retreat Theophane what he would do he replied, “I help him with this project. One day in prayer, chists have had their work impacted at the the Catholic Foundation Endowment Fund, don’t know. But, it seems like you have two he heard the word “Household.” He was in- Saint John Bosco conference in Steubenville. special scholarships are awarded to students choices: Go out of business, or give me a shot.” spired to organize the student body into small- One of my co-alumni, Ted Sri, went to teach through named funds at the foundation. “Prayer in the Four Directions” They gave him a shot. er groups, who would commit to pray together at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kan., where These include the Bob Little Pastoral Music Father Theophane, (now known as Father and share life and faith. he collaborated with another alumni, Curtis Scholarship (for pastoral music majors), the Michael Scanlan) started a theology major, Slowly, the atmosphere of the College of Steu- Martin to found the Fellowship of Catholic Uni- March 18 - 9:30 a.m. benville began to change. By the early 1990s, versity Students (FOCUS). Patrick Coffin has C.W. and Frances Aneshansley Scholarship recruiting faithful Catholic scholars to teach at the College of Steubenville. Contrary to the Franciscan University of Steubenville had become the radio host of Catholic Answers. Jeff (for students from Saint Mary, Clinton), the Our Lady of the Lake Retreat House philosophy adopted by some of the more promi- attracted a world class faculty, garnering a solid Cavens produced the Great Adventure Bible Amelia Davis and Elizabeth Davis Lawrence 1205 Hill Drive - Guthrie nent Catholic universities at the Land o’Lakes reputation for dynamic orthodoxy that boast- Study that has educated thousands. Others Scholarship (for students from Enid, Okarche conference in 1967, Father Theophane made a ed the largest cohort of theology majors in the teach in seminaries. and El Reno), the Evelyn and Katherine Hau Speakers: Fr. Michael Carson, (Louisiana Choctaw Nation) determined bid for fidelity to the magisterium. United States. The impact of this one man’s “yes” to God Scholarship (for students from Enid and In 1994, the “Catechism of the Cath- has effected a tremendous renewal in the Cath- Okarche), the Dr. and Mrs. Francis Duffy Asst. Dir. for Native American Affairs, USCCB olic Church” was published. That same olic Church of the United States that would be Scholarships (for students attending Saint Sr. Kateri Mitchell, (Mohawk Nation) year, I was accepted as a graduate stu- impossible to calculate. He, of course, would Gregory’s University), the P.B. Connelly Med- Exec. Dir. of the Tekakwitha Conference dent at Franciscan University. I was a credit the power of the Holy Spirit. ical Scholarship (for a student attending the member of the first class at Franciscan Father Michael Scanlan, T.O.R., died Jan. 7 Mass celebrated by Fr. Michael Carson - traditional American Indian meal following Mass OU School of Medicine); and the Helen Hall to receive a specialization in catechetics. at age 85. The ripples of his life go on and on Nursing Scholarship (for a student enrolled in Register by Feb. 10 (Seating limited) From Father Mike, I heard of the and on. Never underestimate the power of one a nursing school or program). Contact Deacon Roy Callison at [email protected] or (918) 822-3255 “New Evangelization” for the first time, person’s “yes” to God. Contact the CFO at (405) 721-4115. for he spoke of it incessantly. After “Santo Subito!” 8 January 22, 2017 Sooner Catholic Sooner Catholic January 22, 2017 9

athey Simmons Norman’s Oasis Humphreys CDistinguished Education Lecture missionaries return Series, featuring Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe, 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, to Mexico Meacham Auditorium at the Oklahoma Memo- rial Union, University of Oklahoma. Limited parking available in the union garage Sr. Rosemary has dedicated her life Education at OU to establish a to helping girls. In 1982, she primary school for teenage and co-founded St. Monica’s Voca- adult women in Uganda. Sr. tional School for Girls in Gulu, Rosemary’s humanitarian work Uganda, which has helped more earned her a spot in TIME Maga- than 1,400 girls learn skills such zine’s 2014 “100 Most Influential as sewing, cooking and hair People” list, and in 2007 she was dressing. Sr. Rosemary founded named a CNN Hero. By Judy Hilovsky another St. Monica’s at Atiak, The Sooner Catholic Uganda, and the new Sewing There is no charge to attend Hope Children School. this event and it is open to the Saint Joseph in Norman is In Oklahoma, she co-founded public. Register to attend at returning to Saltillo, Mexico, Lawton’s St. Mary Catholic School keeps busy pace the Sewing Hope Foundation http://bit.ly/HumphreysLec- for its second mission trip. with Reggie and Rachelle Whit- ture17. Contact the Jeannine According to Lisa Todd, ten. She Rainbolt a mission leader, “Oasis is By Charles Albert school cafeteria and the addition of During advent, each class adopt- saying, “My experience at Saint is working College of meant for a missionary who The Sooner Catholic new playground equipment. School ed a needy family through Catholic Mary has been excellent … The with the Education is open to seeing diversi- educators actively participate in Charities. Students brought gifts for teachers are wonderful and are in- Jeannine This small elementary school has professional development programs family members and offered special at (405) ty, embracing new friends and church spiring to me because they come to Rainbolt contributing in a special way. We and Saltillo, which been in existence for more than 100 to enhance classroom engagement prayers. 325-1081. work with a great attitude and have College of are called to learn from the peo- began more than 20 years ago. years and is the only Catholic school and bolster student success through “Each week we hope our students passion to teach life skills that will ple around us, continue our faith One of Saint Joseph’s parishioners in the southwestern part of the consistent instruction, active learn- learn something new academical- journey, grow in our relationship began her novitiate with the Her- diocese. It shows no sign of slowing ing and daily monitoring of student ly; we have high expectations, and help you.” with God, and share our gifts and manas Catequistas Guadalupanas, down and continues to run at full success. we hope that our teachers help Another student who transferred Church history talents. The meaning of the trip a religious order from Mexico with speed with a number of educational, Following the goals of the Jubilee our students attain their academ- to Saint Mary last year reported she will be different for every mission- a presence in Oklahoma. school and community activities. Year of Mercy and Archbishop Coak- ic goals. However, we also strive to now was getting better grades due ary. Its participants visit Saltillo teach our students how to grow in classes offered Those ties were solidified when For the past three years, the ley, the school regularly participates to the helpful teachers who were hoping to be changed by seeing During 2017, we commemorate the 500th anniversary of the begin- Sister Merys Jimenez made her school has been led by its energet- in local community service Jesus in the faces of the people.” preparing her for high ning of the Reformation. Have you ever wondered what events led up to vows to the religious life in August ic and very busy principal, Nancy projects. Recently, stu- The group will travel to Mex- Post, and a small group of dedicated dents brought in more than school. that? What happened in those first 1,500 years of the Church? 2002. Several ico on July 9 and return July teachers. During this short time, 1,300 canned good items Saint Mary contin- The Pastoral Ministry Program in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City parish- 15. Cost per Saint Mary’s has seen curriculum for the local food bank, and ues to call dedicated is offering a course during Spring 2017 that will discuss the history of ioners person is changes with the implementation of collected items for babies teachers through the Church, and its early years of development. Church History I will supported $1,350 the nationally acclaimed STEM pro- born to drug addiction. be offered on Monday evenings, Jan. 23–May 8, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., with her and its doors such as and dead- gram, Project Lead the Way, which The items were given to the instructor Deacon Bill Gorden. The course may be attended at any of her con- Candice Glydwell, a line to includes problem solving projects “Red Tulip Project” spon- the eight locations in the archdiocese – Oklahoma City, Altus, Ardmore, language arts teacher register gregation from kindergarten through eighth sored by the Lawton Police Clinton, Enid, Guymon, Lawton and Woodward. The course can be tak- who “… knew it was is March during grade as well as middle school Department. The program en for college credit or personal enrichment. 31. For her for- speech and music classes. was successful enough that a school that would In addition, two core courses are being offered: Sacramental Theology, those inter- mation Several renovation projects have it will be offered again next allow me to recon- Tuesday evenings; and Introduction to the New Testament, Thursday ested, there years, been completed, including the year. nect with my spiritual evenings. Registration closes Jan. 27. will be an Contact (405) 721-4208, (800) 721-5651, Ext. 131 or pmp@archokc. and beliefs while simulta- informational they, in org. Go online to www.archokc.org/office-of-pastoral-ministry/home. neously giving me the meeting at turn, opportunity to share Saint Jo- supported continued from page 1 When he paints a saint, he first seph Parish Saint Joseph my passion for edu- learns about the saint’s life, reads Center, 421 by organizing cation and language Matthew, Mark, Luke and what the saint wrote and reads E. Acres in and conduct- Arts with students John. and prays the saint’s prayers. His Norman, on ing retreats who are equally eager Chavez is a member of the art is his vocation, and he lives Jan. 26, at for its Spanish Spanish Colonial Arts Society, his vocation prayerfully. 6:30 p.m., their Catholic identity by to learn.” and in July was given the His- “Thanks to God I’m very pro- in Rm. 201. speaking youth reaching out to the less Glydwell added, “I look forward to panic Heritage Award for his lific. I can do bronzes, ceramic, “Our and adults. fortunate and helping teaching every day because every artistic folder composed of cow- jewelry, paintings on canvas, days will Travelers others, while learning day affords me the chance to im- hide, deer suede, elk hide and paintings on board, paintings start with need not be how to balance studies, pact a life. Saint Mary is graced that sheepskin. The folder depicts on tin. I am one of a handful of prayer, then drive to visit the from the church service, time with family way.” facts about his ancestors, detail- artists in the world that paints people of local ‘ranchos,’ a differ- to participate, and it is open to and a healthy lifestyle,” Charles Albert is a freelance writer ing their births, baptisms and on hide, deer, elk, bison and ent one each day,” Todd said. “We anyone 18 years or older. Prior to Post said. deaths. sheepskin.” will visit multiple homes, find out the trip, the group will have sev- On Feb. 1, Archbish- for the Sooner Catholic. “The award is one of the high- Of his many awards, he says it about their lives, pray for their eral team building meetings and op Coakley will join the lights of my career because it not is good to be recognized, but “For families, and invite them each day local mission work to build a bond students for school Mass only represents my talent, but me, it is more important to create to meet at their chapel to pray among the Oasis missionaries. and classroom visits. For more information is a tribute to my ancestors who a work that is going to promote the rosary, sing and offer up their Judy Hilovsky is a freelance writ- Instructors and staff on enrolling at St. Mary: provide individual were the first settlers,” he said. and inspire devotion or that prayer intentions for the day. We er for the Sooner Catholic. will have Mass every day and student attention in www.stmarys-ok.org “The first settlers were not the someone’s faith is going to grow afterward a time of sharing about each class and get to pilgrims. The first settlers were from seeing one of my pieces.” Oasis mission trip the day, building our relationship know each student well. Principal Nancy Post my ancestors, and I’m very proud For more information about the Lisa Todd with the missionaries.” Top: Students brought in more than 1,300 canned good items for the local food bank Eighth grade students (580) 355-5288 of that fact.” artwork of Joseph Chavez, go on- (405) 850-2932 Saint Joseph parishioners Middle: Students collected items for babies born to drug addiction. are enthusiastic about [email protected] His art appears in different line to www.artedechavez.com. [email protected] chose Saltillo because of the Bottom: Candice Glydwell, a language arts teacher, looks forward to teaching every day. their experience at Saint styles depending on the subject: Ted King is a freelance writer for bonds of friendship between the Photos provided. Mary, with one student Spanish colonial, gothic, baroque. the Sooner Catholic. 10 January 22, 2017 Sooner Catholic Sooner Catholic January 22, 2017 11

continued from page 1 Jesse Jackson. They took turns his wife to show solidarity with families who reading the list of Andrew Garfield on the Ignatian journey that have lost someone to violence. victims’ names. “It draws attention to the issue,” Doucette Larren Davis said. “It gives people an opportunity to express was astonished by led him through ‘Silence’ their feelings and be witness to those who are the rows of cross- suffering. We need to do something.” By Brendan Busse foolishly trying to play the hero experience itself, he smiled widely was to play Ophelia in Shake- es, some seven America Magazine: The National Opening the march, Father Pfleger told the during a hopeless battle, Ignati- and said: “What was really easy speare’s “Hamlet” at the Globe deep, waiting to Catholic Review us began to read. He soon came was falling in love with this per- Theater in London. “It’s about two group that the violence will not end until every- be claimed and one gets involved. People make the Spiritual Exer- to realize that the consolation he son, was falling in love with Jesus hours before and suddenly, I feel carried. Davis’ son, cises of Saint Ignatius Loyola for was looking for, the healing he Christ. That was the most surpris- like I’m going to die,” he remem- “We’re protesting violence,” he said. “Who are Sentwali Davis, 37, we calling to get involved? Everyone … every a variety of reasons. Preparing to needed, was not to be found in the ing thing.” bered. “I genuinely feel that if I step was robbed of his elected official; every government agency; every play a featured role in a Martin fantasies of chivalrous fiction, but He fell silent at the thought of on the stage I’m going to burn up cellphone, shot in business and corporation; every mosque and Scorsese film is not one you hear rather in the lives of the saints. it, clearly moved to emotion. He from the inside out. I’ve never felt the head and left in synagogue and church; every law enforcement often, but it’s probably not the Moreover, he came to realize that clutched his chest, just below so much terror, like mortal dread, official; every parent, neighbor and res- worst reason. Men and women a deeper and more satisfying life the sternum, and what he said not-enough-ness, self-doubt. Ter- ident; and every citizen from children to often make retreats to find some was being revealed in the intrica- next came out through bursts of ror at being seen. Terror at reveal- elders. Everyone. clarity about who they are or who cies of his own passions. Ignatius’ laughter: “God! That was the most ing and offering my heart. Expos- “Peace does not just happen. Peace is they’re called to be. I suppose it conversion began when he became remarkable thing – falling in love, ing myself, saying, ‘look at me.’” created,” the outspoken priest contin- was so for Andrew Garfield when sensitive to the complexity of his and how easy it was to fall in love To calm his nerves he walked up ued. “The Bible says, ‘Blessed are peace- he asked America’s James Martin, own interiority. with Jesus.” and down the South Bank of the makers,’ not the peacekeepers, because S.J., to guide him through the Ex- In my conversation with Garfield, “I felt so bad for [Jesus] and an- Thames. It was an overcast day ner had photos of parishioners recently killed peacekeeping is business as usual. ercises as he prepared to play the it became abundantly clear that he gry on his behalf when I finally did and his thoughts turned to escape: an alley Oct. 22. by violence. Peacemakers create peace and make lead role in Scorsese’s new film, shares this Ignatian sensitivity. meet him, because everyone has “I begin thinking of throwing my- “They have the atmosphere where justice and peace “We support the family when somebody dies “Silence.” “I have been drawn to stories given him such a bad name. So self into the river. I have nothing no leads in the stand together.” through violence. Saint Agnes will support Father Martin was hesitant at that are attempting to turn suffer- many people have given him such to give, I have nothing to offer, I’m Father Pfleger also called for account- case,” Davis them in their time of need,” said Castaneda, first. But, Garfield was looking for ing into beauty,” he said. “I feel like a s--- f------name. And he has a fraud.” He understands it now ability for gun traffickers and gun shops said. adding that her own daughter had been shot, something. Or someone. And that’s been used for so many as a moment of prayer: “I’m asking that make illegal sales. Davis said he but survived. “Everybody in the community is not a bad reason at all. In the end, dark things.” for something. I’m asking for help.” Cross-maker Zanis said he was heart- passed people touched by violence.” it was enough for Jim. And more When I say that Gar- And then, he heard a street per- broken by the continuing violence. He ice skating in Father Don Nevins, Saint Agnes of Bohemia than enough for God. field was successful in former singing, rather imperfectly, has made crosses to remember victims Millennium Park pastor, said parishioners felt it was important *** the Exercises, it is exactly a familiar song, “Vincent,” by Don of violence for years, including those People carry a banner and crosses with on his way to the to participate after hosting their own anti-vio- It was a rainy day in Los Angeles this profession of love MacLean. It was the imperfection names of victims of gun violence during killed in the mass shootings in Littleton, march. lence march in November. when I had lunch with Garfield to that proves the point: He of the performance that he remem- a Dec. 31 march in downtown Chicago. “They should “It’s not just a situation in the African-Amer- talk about his experience of the falls in love with Jesus. bers most. “If that guy had stayed Colo., and Newtown, Conn. Photo CNS/Karen Callaway, Catholic “I just don’t know what else to do,” he be out here ican community,” Father Nevins said. “It’s very Exercises. We met in a small bus- He suffers with and for in bed saying ‘I have nothing to New World. tling restaurant in Los Feliz, an old the beloved. And his offer, my voice isn’t that good, I’m said. now,” he said. much in the Hispanic community as well.” L.A. neighborhood that sits below compassionate suffering not ready to perform in public, I’m He had planned to display the cross- “Everything After the march, Father Pfleger said he was the iconic Griffith Observatory just is given over in a voca- not enough.’ If he had listened to es in Chicago over the New Year holiday, and should be stopped. We’re in a war zone. Home- heartened by the response. east of Hollywood. I was early. He tion that intends to help those voices, I wouldn’t have been when Father Pfleger approached him with the land Security should be right here.” “Look at this group,” he said. “It’s black and was on time. We were both hungry. others into love and out given what I needed,” he said. “His idea of the march, he agreed to bring the cross- Dolores Castaneda was among the Catho- white and brown. And, it’s going to take all of Garfield seemed weary. It was of its absence. “That’s for willingness to be vulnerable really es. lics who joined the march. She helped carry a us to solve this.” just past noon when we met, and me the beautiful agony of changed my life. I think I under- The march proceeded in near silence, led by banner from the Padres Angeles group at Saint Martin is a staff writer at the Catholic New Father Pfleger and others, including the Rev. he was tired. creating,” he continued, stood for the first time how art Agnes of Bohemia Parish in Chicago. The ban- World, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Chicago. He had been working for weeks, “the beautiful agony of makes meaning, how art changes promoting two movies, filming a never being able to fully people’s lives. It changed my life.” third and preparing to return to express the possibility of This shared moment of artistic London for an upcoming stage pro- love and the possibility imperfection saved him: “And liter- duction. He carried a small collec- of loving as he teaches, ally the clouds parted and the sun tion of notebooks and a phone. It and living as he wants us came out and shone on me and was New Year’s Eve, and he was to live. My compulsion this guy and I was just weeping having lunch with a spiritually to work is this longing to uncontrollably. And it was like God curious Jesuit whom he had never express that very thing.” was grabbing my by the scruff of Go Make Disciples met before. Not exactly the glam- *** the neck and saying, ‘You’ve been orous Hollywood life one would Photo Paramount Pictures. The experience of falling thinking that if you go on stage Archbishop Paul S. Coakley expect. I could appreciate the in love with Jesus was you’re going to die. But, actually, if invites you to the weariness. I’ve been gifted and cursed with a most surprising, perhaps, because you don’t you’re going to die.’” He was tired but grateful – grate- closeness to some grief...the grief Garfield, like many people, came He has lived ever since with Celebrating Catholic Education ful for the chance to recall his of living…” He paused as if gather- to the Exercises asking for some- this same creative tension – with year-long experience of making ing strength to say what he really thing else. What he brought to the a deep fear of being seen and an Breakfast the Exercises with Father Martin, meant: “...the grief of living in a Exercises was not an explicit desire even deeper need of it. If it is be- grateful to get back into a place of time and a place where a life of joy to know Christ but rather a painful ing seen in our imperfection that Save The Date greater depth and consolation than and love is f------impossible.” and persistent sense of his own terrifies us, it is being held in our Friday, March 3, 2017 he was in at the moment – a place He repeated this thought at “not-enough-ness.” vulnerability that will redeem us. 7:15-9 a.m. of Hollywood self-promotion. “This various moments in the few hours Like Ignatius before him, Gar- *** The Sheraton Hotel — Grand Ballroom is like the marketplace of ‘riches, we were together. His life has been field was a young person looking When I arrived back to Madrid, 1 N. Broadway Ave., Oklahoma City honor and pride,’” he said, refer- taken up by the burdens of love, for his own place in the world. I noticed again a paperweight that encing, unprompted, a key medita- by the possibility, or impossibility, And, like many of us, beneath this my father had given me. It is a tion from the Spiritual Exercises. of real love. longing he carried a deep fear, a simple aluminum block that reads We began to talk about how he *** fear that he wasn’t good enough. in bold letters, “I AM ENOUGH.” Join us for this opportunity to learn about the future came to acting as a vocation and Andrew Garfield was, for lack “The main thing that I wanted This seems to be the grace that of Catholic education, and all of the ways the what kind of spiritual experience of a better word, successful in to heal, that I brought to Jesus, God had in mind for Andrew Gar- archdiocese is bringing educational opportunities to he brought to the Exercises. “Films the Exercises. “There were so that I brought to the Exercises, field, the grace all parents want children across central and western Oklahoma. were really my church,” he said. many things in the Exercises that was this feeling of not-enough- for their children: that we might “As a young kid it was movies and changed me and transformed me, ness,” he said. “This feeling of come to know ourselves as nothing books; it was nothing remarkable that showed me who I was ... and that forever longing for the perfect more or less than the personifi- Speaker: Sister Mary Paul McCaughey, former Catholic really, just that is where I felt where I believe God wants me to expression of this thing that is cation of their love. And, that this soothed, that is where I felt most be,” he told me. That’s about as inside each of us. That wound of knowledge be enough. It is the schools superintendent, Archdiocese of Chicago myself ... safest.” good a retreat outcome as one can not-enough-ness. That wound of final prayer Ignatius recommends “In books and movies, I was hope for. feeling like what I have to offer is we make in the Exercises: “Take transported into myself, into the When I asked what stood out in never enough.” everything, God. Give me only Are you interested in becoming a sponsor? vast inner landscape of myself.” the Exercises, he fixed his eyes The moment he remembers as your love and your grace. That is Contact Peter de Keratry at Saint Ignatius Loyola was sim- vaguely on a point in the near dis- the deepest experience of God’s enough for me.” [email protected] or 405-709-2745, ilarly transported when he began tance, wandering off into a place of presence in his life happened just Brendan Busse, S.J., a contribut- or visit us online at archokc.org/breakfast. writing the Spiritual Exercises. Af- memory. Then, as if the question before his first public performance ing writer for America, is currently ter a grave failure, wounded while had brought him back into the upon finishing drama school. He studying theology in Madrid, Spain. 12 January 22, 2017 Sooner Catholic Sooner Catholic January 22, 2017 13

Lánzate a lo más Profundo Luke 5:4 Ridiculizado, intimidado y rechazado por su Una homilía para la observancia anual de MLK propia familia Ofrecida en la Iglesia de Corpus Christi Oración, Estudio, Escribir e impresionantes cantidades de pasta fue la respuesta de este santo 14 de enero de 2017 Los estacionamientos alrededor Era obvio tanto para su famil- año de ser encarcelado, se escapó, Este domingo marca el regreso de la época de desigualdad racial que han sido la heren- que rara vez se de los gimnasios están llenos. Mu- ia como para su maestro que su se volvió a reunir con su grupo de litúrgica que llamamos Tiempo Ordinario. En cia persistente y escandalosa de nuestra gran habla de la forma chas dietas han comenzado. Las camino en la vida sería uno de mendigos y continuó sus estudios. Pedro A. Moreno, el Evangelio de hoy (Juan 1: 29-34) se nos nación desde su nacimiento en medio de los en que estos resoluciones de Año Nuevo, que servicio fiel a Dios, pero dónde y Su camino de aprendizaje católi- O.P. presenta a Juan el Bautista. En el Cuarto pecados de la esclavitud, y su posterior fruto pequeños niños aún no han sido rotas, expresan cómo, no estaba claro. Su familia co terminó con muchos grados y Director, Oficina de Evangelio, la misión primaria de Juan es dar amargo hasta nuestros días actuales. El testi- son blanco de deseos de estar delgaditos y en for- esperaba que siguiera el mismo títulos académicos, muchas opor- Ministerio Hispano testimonio de Jesús: “¡He aquí el Cordero de monio personal y la oratoria de Martin Luther personas poder- Arzobispo Pablo S. Coakley ma. Yo no. (¡Espero que mi Doctor camino de los honorables monjes tunidades de enseñar y una impre- Dios, que quita el pecado del mundo!” “Él los King tuvieron un efecto galvanizador en toda osas que promue- no lea esto!) Y tampo- que formaban sionante cantidad de escritos. Sus bautizará con el Espíritu Santo”. Un testigo la nación. Como Jesús, él se convirtió en un ven el aborto. Nuestras poblaciones negra e co estuvo a dieta mi parte de su famil- escritos sobre la Eucaristía tienen testifica sobre la verdad basada en sus experi- signo de contradicción porque simplemente no hispana están desproporcionadamente dirigi- buen amigo italiano, ia y sus maestros; un lugar especial en la Iglesia. Su sin menospreciar nunca el camino encias personales sobre esa verdad. De alguna se podía escuchar su poderoso testimonio y das a través de la colocación de instalaciones nuestro primer tema Fueron vistos vida fue de dedicación a Dios y propio de la razón. manera misteriosa, Dios le había revelado a permanecer indiferente ante el reto y la visión de aborto y propaganda en sus comunidades. de reflexión en este como un grupo de seguir por el camino de la santi- Justo antes del final de su vida, Juan que aquel sobre quien viera descender que él propuso. Esta semana la nación también marcará la Año Nuevo. prestigio. Estaba dad; También era importante para tuvo una revelación única de Dios el Espíritu sería el elegido y ungido de Dios. El logro más grande del movimiento de los infame decisión de la Corte Suprema Roe v. Este año intentaré mirando en una él una constante sed de la verdad que fue tan profunda y tuvo un La misma razón por la que Juan fue enviado a derechos civiles en los EE.UU. fue ciertamente Wade que legalizó el aborto en nuestra nación. leer y reflexionar un dirección difer- a través del estudio de las ciencias impacto tan grande en su vida que bautizar con agua fue en última instancia para la marcha sobre Washington en agosto de Cada aborto es una tragedia. Tiene al menos poco más sobre los ente. sagradas y tener oportunidades se refirió a todos sus escritos como dar a conocer a Israel el Dios Único que en- 1963, durante la cual el Dr. King pronunció su dos víctimas: madre e hijo. Pero el asalto que grandes hombres y Este joven ital- de compartir con los demás lo que sólo paja. Nunca volvió a escribir. viaría a Bautizar con el Espíritu Santo. Y así él famoso discurso “Tengo un sueño”. esta industria, incluyendo Planned Parenthood mujeres que son reflejos de Cristo iano nunca se sintió cómodo con había descubierto. Es el Santo Patrón de los es- da testimonio: “Ahora he visto y testificado que El cumplimiento de su bello sueño de ig- y su fundadora Margaret Sanger, ha empren- y también son buenos modelos de su estilo de vida familiar tan aris- San Juan Pablo II dijo acerca de tudiantes católicos y la educación él es el Hijo de Dios”. ualdad racial ha sido difícil de alcanzar. Han dido en la comunidad afroamericana desde el discipulado. Mis columnas este año tocrática. Su constante reflexión él en Fides et Ratio No. 78, “(Él) católica. También es uno de los Dar testimonio y dar testificar es un aspecto habido pasos hacia adelante y pasos hacia principio algo que podría ser descrito como un serán sobre mis santos favoritos. sobre la grandeza de Dios lo lleva es un autén- muchos Santos Pa- importante de nuestro discipulado también. atrás. Un cierto signo de progreso que incluso genocidio. Mi primera selección no llegó a reconocer su propia humildad. tico modelo trones de la pureza. Cada uno de nosotros ha tenido alguna ex- el Dr. King podría haber encontrado difícil de El Dr. King no apoyaba el aborto, ni tampoco a cumplir sus 50 cumpleaños. Era tímido, calladito y crecía en para cuantos Él es el más sabio periencia personal de Jesús, por lo que cada imaginar hace apenas cincuenta años ha sido muchos de sus principales colaboradores en Aunque su biografía no menciona humildad. buscan la entre los doctores uno de nosotros está llamado a dar nuestro la elección del primer presidente afroamericano el movimiento por los derechos civiles, entre sus signos vitales o números de Para gran consternación de su verdad. En de la iglesia mien- testimonio personal de lo que Jesús ha sido de nuestra nación, que completa su segundo ellos el Dr. Ralph Abernathy y el hermano del colesterol, sí mencionan que era aristocrática familia italiana, eligió efecto, en su tras que también es para nosotros en las circunstancias particu- cuatrienio esta semana. Pero es innegable que Dr. King, A.D. King. Dick Gregory, un asociado un hombre tímido y calladito de ser miembro de un nuevo grupo reflexión la un gran ejemplo de lares de nuestras vidas muy diferentes. ¿Cómo todavía hay grandes desafíos a superar antes del Dr. King, así como autor, comediante y en muchas, muchas libras de peso. religioso de mendigos católicos exigencia de santidad única den- lo conocemos? ¿Llegamos a conocerlo como de que se realice el sueño de King de igualdad una ocasión hasta candidato presidencial, dijo Nacido en Italia, dentro de dedicados a enseñar y compartir la razón y la tro de este grupo. sanador cuando estábamos sufriendo alguna racial, justicia y fraternidad: el desafío de un en una entrevista con la revista Ebony: “Pro- una familia rica, fue enviado de la Buena Nueva de Jesucristo. Su fuerza de la Lo celebramos cada enfermedad? ¿O lo conocemos más concreta- mayor acceso a oportunidades educativas y gramas gubernamentales familiares diseñados muy joven a una escuela católica familia se ofendió y se sintieron fe han en- 28 de enero. mente como salvador cuando estamos en las económicas reales para todos, el reto de la es- para negros pobres que enfatizan el control privada. Fue un gran estudiante. insultados con su decisión y decid- contrado la Él es el Doctor profundidades de la angustia? ¿Lo conoci- piral de violencia en nuestras comunidades, La de la natalidad y el aborto con la intención de Le encantaba leer y le encantaba ieron poner fin a esto secuestrán- síntesis más Angélico. Es uno de mos como nuestro hermano o amigo cuando reforma de la justicia penal, el restablecimiento limitar el la población negra es genocidio. El aprender. Debido a que era tan dolo y encerrándolo en casa. alta que el los grandes san- necesitábamos compañerismo? ¿Lo conocimos del respeto, el fortalecimiento de las familias y asesinato deliberado de bebés negros por el callado y tímido, y probablemente Mientras estaba encarcelado por pensamiento tos de la Orden de como buen pastor cuando estamos perdidos la eliminación del temor que continúa plagando aborto es un genocidio, tal vez el más manifies- porque también tenía mucho su familia, intentaron sin éxito haya alca- los Predicadores, y confundidos? En el avance de la misión de a nuestra nación ya nuestras comunidades. to de todos.” Esta es una dura verdad. sobrepeso, fue constantemente disuadirlo de lo que creían que nzado jamás, Dominicos. (Él es evangelización de la Iglesia, los maestros de la Como dijo una vez el Dr. King: “Ahora es el El Dr. Martin Luther King dio testimonio de ridiculizado por otros estudiantes. era una mala elección. Llegaron a ya que supo la prueba de que fe ciertamente son muy importantes. momento de elevar a nuestra nación de las are- la verdad y pagó el precio al dar su vida. El Sus profesores lo defendieron, enviarle mujeres de mala reputa- defender no todos los santos Pero incluso antes de los maestros, lo que la nas movedizas de la injusticia racial a la sólida testimonio profético puede ser costoso. Pero pero dudo que se detuvieran las ción para tratar de seducirlo, pero la radical son delgaditos y Iglesia y el mundo necesitan hoy son testigos, roca de la hermandad”. “¡Ahora es el momento hasta que estemos dispuestos a dar testimonio bromas. Su respuesta fue más él las corrió a todas. Ofender a novedad flacos.) testigos creíbles. Lo que hemos visto y conoci- de hacer de la justicia una realidad para todos de la verdad sobre los efectos corrosivos de la oración, más reflexión, más estu- Dios con actos de impureza no era aportada por Es Santo Tomás do, los caminos misteriosos y concretos a través los hijos de Dios!” Describió a menudo su espe- desigualdad racial y los devastadores efectos dio y más pasta. una opción. Después de casi un la Revelación de Aquino, O.P. de los cuales Dios ha tocado y transformado ranza para el futuro en términos de su sueño del aborto sobre la población negra y sobre nuestras vidas estamos llamados a compartir de un día mejor para nuestros niños: “Tengo toda nuestra nación, seguiremos esclavizados continuado de la página 12 bién tiene el grupo de nuevos con los demás. ¡El testimonio de los testigos un sueño que un día pequeños muchachos por la mentira. ¡Sólo la verdad puede hacer- miembros más pequeño que el de tiene una autoridad que es difícil de resistir! y muchachas negros estarán tomados de la nos libres! “Cuando permitimos que la libertad cualquier Congreso de los últimos Esta noche estamos honrando la memoria de mano con pequeños muchachos y muchachas suene, aligeraremos el día en que todos los son casi todos cristianos, el 80 10 años, con 62 nuevos miembros un testigo tan creíble: Dr. Martin Luther King blancos.” Suyo era un sueño de reconciliación hijos de Dios podrán cantar ‘¡Libre al fin! ¡Libre por ciento, pero los que no son uniéndose a los 473 que regresan. Jr. Como testigo profético el Dr. King despertó y armonía basada en la justicia para todos. al fin! ¡Gracias a Dios Todopoderoso, somos cristianos tienen más diversidad Entre los miembros nuevos la mit- la conciencia de nuestro país a las injusticias Un área de desigualdad racial y la injusticia libres al fin!” religiosa. ad es cristiana y aproximadamente Entre los 242 demócratas miem- un tercio es católico. bros del Congreso, 28 son judíos, El informe del centro Pew seña- Católicos en el Congreso: un tercio de la Cámara, un tres budistas, tres hindúes, dos la que algunos grupos religio- musulmanes y un unitario univer- sos -- incluyendo protestantes, salista, además tienen un miembro católicos y judíos -- tienen mayor cuarto del Senado no afiliado a una religión y 10 que representación en el Congreso no quisieron declarar su afiliación que en la población general. Los Por Carol Zimmermann recopiló por primera vez este tipo ciento del Congreso religiosa. judíos, por ejemplo, componen el Catholic News Service de información. En aquel momento No. 87 y ahora son En general, el nuevo Congreso 2 por ciento de la población adulta el 95 por ciento de los miembros el 31 por ciento del WASHINGTON – La composición tiene siete protestantes menos que estadounidense pero son el 6 por del Congreso era cristiano. cuerpo legislativo. religiosa del 115 Congreso de Es- el Congreso anterior. Los bautistas ciento del Congreso. Otros grupos Datos sobre la afiliación religiosa Examinando cada tados Unidos es significativamente tuvieron la mayor pérdida -- siete -- incluyendo budistas, mormones, de los senadores y representantes partido, dos tercios puestos menos -- seguidos por los musulmanes y católicos ortodoxos cristiana, el 91 por ciento, con los fue recopilada por el centro de (o el 67 por ciento) anglicanos y los episcopales con -- están representados en el Con- católicos formando un tercio de investigación Pew y anunciada el 3 de los republicanos Un hombre carga seis puestos menos. greso en una proporción casi igual la Cámara de Representantes y de enero. del nuevo Congreso cruces con nom- Entre los grupos religiosos no a sus números entre el público aproximadamente un cuarto del El informe del centro Pew señala son protestantes y bres de víctimas de cristianos, los judíos y los hindúes estadounidense. Senado. que el gran número de cristianos el 27 por ciento de la violencia duran- tuvieron el mayor aumento con Otra novedad importante es que En general hay seis cristianos en el Congreso ha cambiado en los demócratas es te una caminata dos puestos cada uno. Los judíos el grupo con notablemente menos menos en el nuevo Congreso, con años recientes y el número con católico. Entre los del 31 de diciem- ahora ocupan 30 puestos en el representación en el Congreso es 485 miembros. Pero hay cuatro afiliación a la iglesia protestante demócratas el 42 por U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan/Foto CNS bre en el centro urbano de Chicago. Cientos se unieron a la cam- Congreso. El número de hindúes el de personas que no están afil- católicos más, que ahora han au- ha bajado. En 1961 los protestan- ciento es protestante inata organizada por padre Michael Pfleger, pastor de la parro- aumentó de uno a tres y el número iadas a una religión. Este grupo, mentado el número total a 168. tes formaban el 87 por ciento del y el 37 por ciento es dos judíos son cristianos. Los quia St. Sabina en South Side, para recordar a los que murieron de budistas aumentó de dos a tres. también conocido como los “nin- Este alto porcentaje de cristianos Congreso, comparado con el 56 católico. demócratas del Congreso también por violencia con armas de fuego durante el 2016. El número de musulmanes en el gunos”, son el 23 por ciento del en el Congreso es similar al del por ciento de hoy día. Los católi- De los 293 republicanos en el Foto CNS-Karen Callaway, Catholic New World. Congreso, dos, no cambió. público pero componen solo el 0.2 Congreso 87 de 1961, cuando se cos, al contrario, eran el 19 por nuevo Congreso, todos menos continúa en la página 13 El nuevo grupo legislativo tam- por ciento del 115 Congreso. 14 January 22, 2017 Sooner Catholic Sooner Catholic January 22, 2017 15 Calendar Briefs This calendar only covers the two weeks between issue dates and may not reflect all of the calendar items. To see a full calendar, go to www.soonercatholic.org. Week of Prayer for Christian Spaghetti dinner Tulsa, is providing a Lenten re- will be celebrated after the session January 28 Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas. at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, at home to the Sacred Heart of Unity The Knights of Columbus at treat on Saturday, March 4, at the as well as a traditional American the CPC. All invited; free will Jesus will be available after The annual “Week of Prayer for St. Eugene in OKC is hosting its Catholic Pastoral Center. Speaker 22 Pray the Rosary for Life at 28 The Knights of Columbus offering. Contact Sr. Maria at Indian meal. Seating is limited. Mass. Call the Office of Family Christian Unity” is Jan. 18-25. annual pasta and homemade Maria Morena Johnson is a Catho- Register by Feb 10. Contact Dea- the Norman abortion center, spaghetti dinner at St. (405) 778-1107, srmariaoft- Life, (405) 721-8944, or Diane Special prayer service at 4 p.m. Italian sausage meatball dinner lic author and speaker. In her first con Roy Callison, (918) 822-3255, 2453 Wilcox Dr., at 6:30 p.m. Eugene, OKC, at 5:15 p.m. [email protected]. Sunday, Jan. 22, at OKC First at 5:15 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. every Sunday. Contact Con- Saturday, Jan. 28, 2400 W. Grim at (405) 528-6252. book, “My Badass Book of Saints: [email protected], American- Church of the Nazarene, 4400 28 at St. Eugene, 2400 W. Hefner Courageous Women Who Showed nie Lang at (405) 249-1041, Hefner Rd. Tickets $10 for February [email protected]. Northwest Expressway. Everyone Rd. Tickets $10 for adults; $5 for Me How to Live,” she shares family [email protected] adults; $5 for children 6-11. Kids ages 5 and under free. 2 Feast of the Presentation of 3 Mercy in Motion at Camp is invited. The service includes children 6-11. Age 5 and under stories of immigration, illness and Day of Prayer for the legal the Lord. George Thomas. Youth Reli- music, prayer, scripture and pre- free. All profits benefit Friends of Annual essay contest 23 All profits benefit the Friends hope. The retreat is 9 a.m. - 3:45 protection of unborn children. of Bolivia medical mis- sentations by two speakers: Rev. Bolivia medical mission. Tickets The Oklahoma Central Region gious Emblem Awards Re- p.m. with Mass at 4 p.m. Cost is 2 Charismatic Catholic prayer Council of Catholic Women an- sion. Tickets available at the treat Feb. 3-4. Floyd Schoenhals, bishop emer- available at the door. Takeout $30, including continental break- 24 Feast of St. Francis de Sales. door. Takeout available. Con- meeting, 7 p.m. at the Cath- itus of the Evangelical Lutheran available. Contact Steve Chastain fast and lunch. Register online at nounces their annual essay con- tact Steve Chastain, (405) olic Pastoral Center chapel Church in America, and Sister at (405) 470-2045. www.okcaccw.com and click on test for seventh and eighth grade 25 Feast of the Conversion of St. 470-2045. and Rm. 136. Contact Toni 4 The Lay Missionaries of Char- Diane Koorie, R.S.M., director of the retreat link. Call or text Mary Catholic students. This year’s topic Paul the Apostle. Calvey at (405) 630-0539, ity, the Secular (Lay) Order of the archdiocesan Pastoral Ministry Rose Day bus ride 29 Pray the Rosary for Life at [email protected] or Ann Schmitt at (405) 650-9674. is a quote from Mother Teresa: “If Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, at Program. The goal of the week is to A charted bus is available for we pray we believe, if we believe we 26 Feast of Sts. Timothy and the Norman abortion center, visit www.SpiritOKC.org. Titus. 2453 Wilcox Dr., at 6:30 p.m. St. Ann Nursing Home, OKC, pray for the unity that Christ wills those attending Rose Day, the Prayer in the Four Directions will love, if we love we will serve.” by whatever means He wills it. annual pro-life event, on Wednes- every Sunday. Contact Con- 3 First Friday Sacred Heart on the first and third Satur- The American Indian Catholic How do these words of wisdom day, Feb. 8. Everyone is invited to 27 The Women of St. John in nie Lang at (405) 249-1041, Mass at the Catholic Pasto- days of each month. Mass at Outreach for the Archdiocese of touch your heart or mind? Reflect 12-step spirituality retreat 7:30 a.m. Mass in the chapel at St. Edmond present Audrey As- [email protected]. ral Center. Exposition of the Oklahoma City will have an evan- sad. Wine and cheese recep- Blessed Sacrament at 5:30 9:30 a.m. in the chapel with The Substance Addiction Minis- Francis of Assisi, 1901 N.W. 18, on ways they might assist you in 30 gelization retreat at 9:30 a.m. the journey of life. Essays must be tion 7 p.m. Concert 7:30 p.m. “Living the Joy of the Beati- p.m. with the Sacrament of meetings following. Fr. Tara- try is sponsoring a 12-step spir- on the second floor of The Meer- March 18 at Our Lady of the Lake one page, typed, double spaced, in the sanctuary. Register tudes” with Fr. Jacques at 7 Reconciliation available prior sisio is the spiritual director. ituality retreat, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. schaert House. Light breakfast Retreat House, 1205 Hill Drive, in online at Stjohn-catholic.org p.m. Monday, Jan. 30, at the to Mass. Mass is at 7 p.m. unedited by teacher/parents, and Contact Karen Banks at (405) Saturday, Jan. 28, in Rm C-3 served. The round-trip bus ride to Guthrie. Speakers are Fr. Michael for $10 pp. Nursery provided; Catholic Pastoral Center, and Materials about First Friday 396-9086 or Toni Harrelson at the Catholic Pastoral Center. the Capitol is $15 pp. and leaves Carson (Louisiana Choctaw Na- students must write their name, space is limited. 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, at Devotion and the practice of The retreat will focus on steps at 9:30 a.m. Program begins at 11 tion), assistant director for Native grade and school/church on the St. James, OKC. In Spanish consecrating the family and at (405) 341-2199. No. 1 through No. 7, and how a.m. Rose Day is an important way American Affairs, United States back of the paper. Submit before these steps bring transformation, for Catholics to show love for the Conference of Catholic Bishops, March 31 to Charlene Smith, 5024 Jobs Box self-acceptance and being at peace unborn. People attending Rose Day and Sister Kateri Mitchell, (Mo- N.W. 60, OKC 73122. Contact Youth ministry coordinator john-catholic.org by Jan. 27. and supporting marketing, pub- Apply at www.ccaokc.org/careers. with oneself. There will be time are asked to bring four red roses. hawk Nation) executive director of Charlene Smith, (405) 728-7546, for individual prayer and medita- Contact Mary Ann at (405) 943- Full-time position for practic- lic relations, parish engagement, the Tekakwitha Conference. Mass [email protected]. tion. There is no fee and lunch will 5758, (405) 650-9674. Mail check ing Catholic, well-organized and Senior director of mission and volunteer coordination activ- BMCHS cafeteria staff be provided by the archdiocese. made out to ACCW for $15 to Mary self-starter, passionate about advancement ities undertaken by supervised Bishop McGuinness Catholic Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Ann Schmitt, 1820 N. Ann Arbor, bringing youth to better under- The senior director of mission staff. Should possess a Bachelor’s Contact the Office of Family Life OKC 73127. stand the Catholic faith. Evening advancement directs and oversees degree in PR, communications, High School is seeking a full-time for reservations, (405) 721-5651. and weekends required. Experi- Catholic Charities of the Arch- business or related field, 10 years cafeteria worker. Hours are 6 a.m. Elvis tribute concert fundraiser ence with social media required. diocese of Oklahoma City’s Mis- of progressive fundraising and – 2:30 p.m. Contact Laura Scott Buttons and vases Glenn Mayko will present his Bachelor’s degree in pastoral sion Advancement department’s supervision experience, a history at [email protected], (405) 842- The Center of Family Love in “Memories of Elvis” tribute show theology, and proven ministerial support of agency long-term of soliciting large gifts, and event 6656. Okarche is collecting buttons and and concert on Saturday, Feb. 11, experience required. Applicant objectives, staff and all related management experience for 400 flower vases for residents to use with proceeds to benefit the build- must undergo archdiocesan safe activities. Primary functions are or more guests. Advanced degree, for craft items sold in the gift shop ing of a community center in the environment background check. development and execution of CFRE designation, and fluency in To see more job openings, go on- or used in the flower shop. Bring village of Katrapadu, India. Doors Submit resume to hkocurek@st- agency fundraising strategies, English and Spanish preferred. line to www.soonercatholic.org. items to the center between 8:30 open at 5:30 p.m.; show begins at a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Jan. 16-27. 7 p.m. Seating is theatre style and Are you listening? By Sally Crowe Nash is first come, first served. Refresh- Church history course ments available for purchase; door Deacon Larry Sousa often us because they act on their The Pastoral Ministry Program prizes. Tickets $15. Contact Sara sends me his schedule of up- dreams and vision despite the is offering a course during Spring at (405) 391-6070, (405) 659-7992. coming guests for his radio pro- obstacles, and they do make a 2017 for anyone wanting to learn gram, “Make Straight the Way.” difference. They give evidence more Church history and its early Day of spiritual enrichment It is worth knowing, for those of God’s power and glory by years of development. Church “The Graces of the Spiritual Ex- of you who have never tuned their actions; what we would History I will be offered 7 p.m. - 10 ercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola” in, who his guests are. They are call “Living their faith.” p.m. on Mondays, Jan. 23 – May presented by Fr. Kevin O’Brien, 9 people we can connect with on We want that same ability. 8, with Deacon Bill Gorden. Attend a.m. - 3 p.m. Feb. 17 in the Con- the most common level in that Through the “Make Straight the the course at the Catholic Pasto- nor Center at The Cathedral of our we all share our Catholic faith. Way” guests, we are receiving ral Center or remotely at locations Lady of Perpetual Help, 3214 N. What is appealing to you and support and encouragement throughout the archdiocese. The Lake Ave., in OKC. Fr. O’Brien is me is that we can identify with to live the potential that God course can be taken for college the dean and university professor Deacon Larry’s guests because intends for each of us. credit or personal enrichment. of the Jesuit School of Theology like you and me, they have So, here is the schedule of In addition, two core courses are of Santa Clara University. Cost is hopes and dreams they want to guests in January and February being offered: Sacramental Theol- $60 and includes lunch. After Feb. fulfill, and they also face cir- for “Make Straight the Way.” ogy, Tuesday evenings; and In- 8, cost is $80. Contact Stephanie cumstances and obstacles that Jan. 24-25: Sister Veronica troduction to the New Testament, Kirby, (405) 471-2937, Stepha- get in the way. Higgins, C.S.T. Thursday evenings (Registration [email protected]. I know for myself when I got Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Peter de closes Jan. 27). Call (405) 721- my first big box of crayons, I Keratry, executive director of 4208, (800) 721-5651, Ext. 131; Oklahoma Catholic College was sure that I was destined stewardship and development e-mail [email protected], or visit Student Conference to be an artist. I soon realized for the archdiocese. www.archokc.org/office-of-pasto- “Weren’t our Hearts Burning? Do that I had no talent to fuel that Feb. 7-8: Jeff Finnell and ral-ministry/home. I really know this Jesus I’ve met aspiration. Deacon Larry Sousa, co-found- on the road?” Will be the topic for What sparks our interest in ers of Oklahoma Catholic Audrey Assad concert the Feb. 24-26 conference present- Deacon Larry’s guests is their Broadcasting. The women of St. John the Bap- ed by Fr. Anthony Ariniello. Ages faith; the faith that as Saint Feb.14-15: Sister Maria tist in Edmond present Audrey As- 18-25 and out of high school are Paul describes in Hebrews 11:1 Faulkner, Gospel of Life Dwelling. sad at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, welcome. Cost is $40. Registration “... is the realization of what Perhaps you know some- in the sanctuary. Wine and cheese deadline is Feb. 17. Contact the is hoped for and evidence of one who has brought his or reception at 7 p.m. Register online Youth and Young Adult Office at things not seen.” As Deacon her faith to life. Use my contact at Stjohn-catholic.org for $10 a (405) 721-9220. Larry puts it these are “Catho- information to call or e-mail person. Nursery provided; space lics who are making a difference and let us know who might be limited. Everyone welcome. Audrey 2017 Lenten retreat in Oklahoma.” next to make a difference on Assad on YouTube: www.youtube. The Council of Catholic Women, These Catholics connect with “Make Straight the Way.” com/user/audreyassad. provinces of Oklahoma City and 16 January 22, 2017 Sooner Catholic ‘Letters’ well worth reading

By J.E. Helm Bartholomew’s on Tiber Island in Rome, he for a place, and each one has a subtitle that The Sooner Catholic writes “There is a place I’d like to take you notes what Weigel means to say in presenting The book is billed next.” it. as “The Revised and This is a man well-travelled. He paints a clear “Letter Four,” for example, takes the reader Expanded Edition picture of each place and notes the remarkable to “The Dormition Abbey, Jerusalem,” and this of a Modern Spiri- details that each one offers. At Saint Cather- is a chapter where Weigel presents “Mary and tual Classic,” and a ine’s Monastery near Mount Sinai, “two dozen Discipleship.” “Letter Twelve” describes the Hill classic it is. George monks offer pastoral care to some 9,000 local of Crosses in Lithuania and connects them to Weigel’s “Letters to Christians” and these Greek Orthodox resi- “The New Martyrs among us.” “Letter Thirteen” a Young Catholic” is an impressive, beautiful- dents also “care for some of the greatest trea- focuses on “Cell 18, Block sures of the Christian world,” includ- ly crafted work whose significance is sure to 11, KL-Auschwitz” (where ing the fabulous 6th century icon, increase over time. Saint Maximilian Kolbe died) Christos Pantokrator. Many books are written, and they come and and uses it to look at “The In the Sistine Chapel, he makes his go as popular favorites, but Weigel’s book Mystery of Evil.” reader appreciate the masterpieces of transcends the commonplace. His writing pres- All of this is best seen in Michelangelo’s creations. Viewing the ents and underscores the fabulous truths and “Letter Fourteen, Chartres chapel’s ceiling, tourists “are stunned beauty of our Catholic faith. Cathedral, France,” sub- into silence.” The “Last Judgement” is The book is written in 19 “letters” specifically titled “What Beauty Has “a massive swirl of imagery centered addressed to young Catholics. In every chapter on the triumphant figure of the Risen to Teach Us.” Weigel calls – or letter – he speaks directly to this audience. Christ.” Chartres Cathedral “an an- “Letter Five” is about John Cardinal Newman, Weigel can tell his readers that the techamber of heaven,” and and Weigel refers to the long “note” to New- North American College in Rome “oc- says that “there are import- man’s autobiography, “Apologia Pro Vita Sua,” cupies enormous tracts of land, some ant things to be learned in which he denounces 18 liberal positions. three times the size of Vatican City, in here … the importance of Weigel writes, “They’re well worth your read- the Tibertino district, near Stazione beauty and the beautiful to ing – indeed the entire “Apologia” is well worth Termini, the main train station.” our Catholic faith.” your reading.” The Scavi, the excavation beneath Saint He notes what Saint Augustine said about In “Letter Ten,” he writes about the vocations Peter’s in Rome, is accessed by “passageways beauty and then takes us away from France to of Saint John Paul II and the Polish mar- [that] are narrow and slightly musty, even Florence, Italy, where in the Convent of Saint tyr Jerzy Popieluszko. Weigel tells his young dampish.” In Warsaw, “Tyniecka Street bor- Marco is found Fra Angelico’s famous fresco audience that he hopes that the lives of these ders the embankment on the Debniki side of of the Annunciation. Even more remarkable is two men “encourage you to think vocationally, the Vistula,” and this is where, in a three-story that every one of the several dozen cells of the rather than in terms of a ‘career.’” house, Karol Wojtyla, later Saint John Paul II, Dominicans’ residence, now restored and pre- These examples are not to suggest that the lived from 1938 to 1944.” served, “has a small Fra Angelico fresco in it.” whole book is written in second person direct Weigel also is well-read and well-educated. Weigel explains that “from the prior to the address. If anything, “Letters” is more of a He knows the facts about the building and humblest monk, everyone had a beautiful Fra travelogue. then the restoration of America’s first cathe- Angelico fresco in his cell. Because everyone In each letter, Weigel takes his reader to a dral in Baltimore. He explains that icons are needs beauty. We need it for our souls. We specific geographic location. In his “A Prelim- written, not painted. He identifies the many need beauty to prepare our souls, and the rest inary Postcard” of an introduction, he says, painters and sculptors at all the sites he visits, “Let’s begin by visiting the Catholic world of of us, for what lies ahead, when we come home and he handily manages references to every- at last.” my youth.” “Letter Six” says, “I want to take one from Chesterton and Flannery O’Connor to As a writer, as a Catholic, George Weigel you now to a pub, the Olde Cheshire Cheese, Swiss theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar and has much to offer, and his gift is intended for on London’s Fleet Street.” On the way to Saint Saint John Paul II and a very special audience. He very directly says his “Theology of the that “the moral architecture of freedom in the Body.” He can quote United States is crumbling. Young Catholics Blake’s poetry and Twelve-step spirituality retreat lines from “A Man for have a real opportunity, and a great responsi- All Seasons.” He can bility, to do something about that.” He points out the amazing number of young he archdiocesan Substance Addiction Ministry use and explain the people who have attended World Youth Day (SAM) is offering a 12-step spirituality retreat to Latin of “mysterium and tells his young readers, “By all means, put deepen the relationship with God; have a better iniquitatem “and “lex a future World Youth Day on your schedule.” understanding, acceptance and love of self; and to orandi lex credendi” “Letters to a Young Catholic” would make experienceT a sense of peace and serenity. (“the mystery of evil” and “what we pray is an excellent high school or college graduation The retreat will be Saturday, Jan. 28, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. what we believe.”) gift, and other Catholics will find that they, too, at the Catholic Pastoral Center, 7501 Northwest Expressway. This book is much can gain a great deal from Weigel’s work. It is a The retreat includes individual prayer and meditation. Lunch more than just name book not to be missed. will be provided; registration begins at 8:30. Register by call- and place dropping. J.E. Helm is a freelance writer for the Sooner ing (405) 721-5651. Each “Letter” is named Catholic. Addiction is a spiritual, mental, emotional and physical dis- ease that disconnects a person. Addiction can be devastating JOIN FR. JACQUES PHILLIPE AS HE RETURNS TO OKC FOR A RETREAT! to individuals and families. Addiction causes broken marriag- es and families, lost jobs, bankruptcy, homelessness, impris- onment, illnesses and death. The 12-step program, initially developed by Alcoholics Anon- Living ymous, is a powerful spiritual program that enables alcoholics and addicts of other substances to relieve their addiction with faith. the Beatitudes Steps one, two and three provide a major shift in thinking and behavior from a dependence on substances to a depen- dence on faith and seeking the will of God. Steps four through JAN. 30 - 7 P.M. English with Joy! nine help with being in touch with reality, which, over time, JAN. 31 - 7 P.M. Spanish (w/ Fr. De Loera) enables better understanding, acceptance, forgiveness and CATHOLIC PASTORAL CENTER - 7501 NORTHWEST EXPRESSWAY love. The Substance Addiction Ministry (SAM) supports Catholic JAN. 31 - NOON MASS, LUNCH, RETREAT ST. JAMES - 4201 S. MCKINLEY AVE. families coping with alcoholism and addiction to other drugs and substances. The confidential hotline is (405) 397-9497. Free will o ering Contact Sr. Maria Faulkner at [email protected]