Sooner Catholic soonercatholic.org April 21, 2019 archokc.org Go Make Disciples Divine Mercy Sunday April 28 “Blessed are the merciful, for ly the greatest sinners. For each of the five decades they shall obtain mercy” Mt 5:7. The message and devotion to (On each “Our Father” bead From the diary of a young Jesus as The Divine Mercy is of the Rosary, pray): Eternal Polish nun, a special devotion based on the writings of Saint Father, I offer you the body and began spreading throughout the Faustina Kowalska, who, in blood, soul and divinity of your world in the 1930s. The mes- obedience to her spiritual direc- dearly beloved son, Our Lord, sage was a reminder of what tor, wrote a diary of about 600 Jesus Christ, in atonement for the Church has taught through pages recording the revelations our sins and those of the whole Scripture and tradition: that she received about God’s mercy. world. God is merciful and forgiving How to pray the Chaplet of (On each of the 10 “Hail Mary” and that we, too, must show Divine Mercy: beads, pray): For the sake of his mercy and forgiveness. (Repeat three times) O blood sorrowful passion, have mercy In the Divine Mercy devotion, and water, which gushed forth on us and on the whole world. the message takes on a pow- from the heart of Jesus as a Concluding prayer (repeat erful new focus, calling people fountain of mercy for us, I trust three times): Holy God, Holy to a deeper understanding that in you! Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, God’s love is unlimited and Our Father, Hail Mary and the have mercy on us and on the available to everyone – especial- Apostle’s Creed. whole world. Rev. Paul H. JOURNEY TO THE PRIESTHOOD Gallatin Father Gallatin died April 5 at his home in Oklahoma City. Father Gallatin was born on Nov. 3, 1931, in Tulsa to Paul and Esther (Wallace) Gallatin. Af- ter attending Marquette School and Marquette High School in Tulsa, he studied at Saint John’s Seminary in Little Rock. He was ordained a priest at Holy Family Cathedral in Tulsa on May 24, 1958. continued on page 5 Will Banowsky shakes hands with Pope Francis at the Episcopal Ordination of Archbishop Peter Wells. Photo provided. “I’m going to listen to my heart” By Diane Clay “Well, I could have told you that son.” The Sooner Catholic “He knew before I did! He said he knew from the 5th grade when I started altar serving and I eacon Will Banowsky took a deep breath, was having so much fun up there. This has been wiped his sweating palms, then called his exactly where I needed to be.” Ddad to tell him he wanted to be priest. Deacon Banowsky is one of five transitional dea- It was Good Friday 2013. David Banowsky cons who will be ordained priests on June 29 at hadn’t given his oldest son any reason to be weary Saint Mark in Norman. of the call, but Will knew it was a big decision that Banowsky’s journey began as a child, living would affect the rest of his life. overseas in Mexico and Honduras where he gained “I said ‘I’m done listening to my head; I’m going proficiency in Spanish and valuable experience to listen to my heart.’” with families facing poverty. His family moved He waited a few anxious seconds, then heard his dad’s response. continued on page 8 2 April 21, 2019 Sooner Catholic Sooner Catholic April 21, 2019 3 Put Out Into the Deep Luke 5:4 Find more Mount students take “Mercy” to Kenya news on the Newness itself must be renewed By Steve Gust something,” he said. She went on to note the call to children,” she said. “The project website The Sooner Catholic That message was driven home students and staff members to also aims to educate and unite the “God of everlasting mercy, though holy, is always in 2017 when a priest at the serve outside the walls of the high students at the Mount with a cul- who in the very recurrence of the paschal in need of purification By Sooner Catholic Staff ture and community different than feast kindle the faith of the people you have as it travels constant- ount Saint Mary High their own.” made your own, increase, we pray, the ly the path of penance Additional coverage of School’s “Mercy in Ac- Rehema Na Vitendo also im- grace you have bestowed, and renewal in the Holy Church and archdiocesan Mtion,” is now stretching presses Mount Saint Mary Princi- that all may grasp and rightly understand Spirit. news and events, only on over 8,000 miles through a loving pal Talita DeNegri. in what font they have been washed, For Christians, sin re- www.soonercatholic.org. outreach for special needs ele- “The impact our Mount stu- by whose Spirit they have been reborn, mains a possibility even mentary students in Kenya. More dents are making is tremendous!” by whose Blood they have been redeemed.” a than 120 students study there in a she said. “They are truly taking after Baptism. Continu- Archbishop Paul S. Coakley To send photos, event (Collect of the Second Sunday of Easter, ing conversion remains a information or story ideas, Catholic Don Bosco School. mercy across the world, just like In June, the program will re- Divine Mercy Sunday) necessity. But, conversion is not primarily our work. e-mail [email protected]. Catherine McAuley intended when turn to Kenya with nine students It is, first of all, God’s work. His grace calls us to re- the sisters traveled to the Unit- Throughout the Easter Season the Church’s new- and four teachers to help build a pentance and his Holy Spirit enables us to acknowl- a The Catholic Foundation ed States in the late 1800s. Our est members continue to reflect upon the meaning library for the school. This past edge our sins and accept his offer of mercy. of Oklahoma’s 18th annual Catholic schools are built upon of their experience at the Easter Vigil when they year, a contingent traveled there Jesus Christ entrusted to the Church his ministry golf classic is June 3 at the the foundation of serving others, were fully initiated into the mystery of Christ and and built three much needed of reconciling repentant sinners. On the day of his Quail Creek Golf and Coun- and it’s exciting to see how our His Church through Baptism, Confirmation and the classrooms. Resurrection, Jesus appeared to his apostles saying, try Club. Shotgun starts 8 students are intent upon giving Eucharist. The prayers of the Church’s liturgy during a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Sessions The effort called Rehema Na Vi- back, whether it be in our local “Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are this paschal season express our praise and gratitude limited to 120 players each tendo (Mercy in communities or half way around forgiven them, and those you retain are retained” for the newness of life and redemption that we have and are first-come-first-serve, Action), is led the world.” (Jn.20:23). In the power of the Holy Spirit, the celebrated during the Easter Triduum and that we so register early at www. by Brent Rem- In addition to building a library Church carries on Christ’s ministry of healing, forgiv- renew constantly in the sacraments. cfook.org/annual-golf-clas- pe and his wife, in June, the team also will partic- ing and reconciling sinners through the Sacrament of “See, I make all things new!” (Rev. 21:5) During the sic. Tournament benefits Beth, a math Above: The Mount Saint Mary team in June 2018 from ipate in service learning as well as Penance. As the divine physician, Christ acts through Easter Season, we celebrate new life, the new cove- Catholic schools and endow- instructor at left to right: Judith Dickson, Brent Rempe, Rachel cultural immersion, which they nant and the new law of love that we have received his ordained priest to offer mercy, to heal the wounds ments for Catholic schools the Mount in Jones, Magi Whitaker and Beth Rempe. They are stand- will bring back to the MSM com- through Christ’s death and resurrection and the of sin and to restore our communion with God, the ing with the teachers of Don Bosco Special School for in the archdiocese. Contact Oklahoma City. munity. outpouring of the Holy Spirit into our hearts. We are Church and one another. elementary students. (405) 721-4115. The program “We look to our friends in Likuy- a new creation! The Sacrament of Penance (Reconciliation) is a Left: In May 2018, students of Don Bosco Special School came about ani and say ‘nakupenda’ or Swahili “Nevertheless,” the Catechism of the Catholic precious gift that Christ has entrusted to the Church. a in Kenya helped build new classrooms by moving bricks. Holy Family, Lawton, after Rempe Photos provided. for ‘I love you,’” Beth Rempe said. Church reminds us, “the new life received in Chris- Divine Mercy Sunday and this Easter Season invite will have its first Non-Run- visited Africa Fundraising continues for the tian initiation has not abolished the frailty and us to a renewed appreciation for this precious and ners 0.5K Run May 4. Coffee in 2017 as part upcoming venture. To learn more weakness of human nature nor the inclination to sin” indispensable sacrament of Divine Mercy. and donuts at the mid-point; of professional school, Fa- school much like the Sisters of about or to support Mercy in Ac- (CCC 1426).