These changes are for Sunday, August 12 only.
Edmond, OK, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel: Confessions at 7:30 am, Mass at 8 am.
Tulsa, OK, Our Lady of Fatima: Confessions at 11 am, Mass at 11:30.
Behind the Scenes with Ben’s Gradines
When we first started having Sunday Mass at the Fitzgerald Ivy Chapel in Tulsa, we had only a simple table for an altar. Parishioner Ben Brouse quickly started work on making a set of gradines and a mock tabernacle to help provide a Catholic foundation on which to build. Using select pine he crafted the gradines and mock tabernacle in sections for ease in setting up and taking down the altar. He said that he added design elements as he worked and saw the need, like the little boxes that form a border underneath each gradine top. He added what he describes as a “Roman” roof to the mock tabernacle to make it more attractive. Read more
A Chubby Lil Mass Book for Their Chubby Lil Hands
St. Jerome Homeschool Library and Bookstore, a traditional Catholic publisher, announced this morning that their board book has arrived from the printers and will be officially released August 16. Written by Fr. Vili Lehtoranta, a master at children’s storytelling, and illustrated with full-color photos of Fr. Bede Nkamuke saying Mass, this is going to be a fantastic resource for children.
What a Dignity, to Be the Mother of the Mother of God
Fr. Benedict Hughes, CMRI, illuminates for us the glories of St. Anne and the importance the Church places on her role in salvation history in this sermon.
CMD Sisters Lift Our Hearts
Recently we were blessed to have two Congregation Mater Dei nuns visit our chapel and teach catechism before Sunday Mass. In the photo above, Sr. Mary Catherine instructs the older group. Sr. Frances taught the younger group. In both cases, the sisters assessed the students’ knowledge and adapted the lessons to fit their needs. Read more
Our Lady of Fatima Mission Chapel 