Fr. Stephen Sandquist, CMRI, will celebrate Holy Week at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Spencer, Oklahoma. Fr. Timothy Geckle, CMRI, will celebrate Holy Week at Sacred Heart of Jesus in Mountain View, Arkansas.
The schedule for Holy Week ceremonies follows, as well as Easter Sunday Mass times for the mission chapels that will not have Sacred Triduum services.
Spencer, OK, (Oklahoma City) Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Holy Thursday (March 28): Mass at 6 pm, followed by All Night Adoration
Good Friday (March 29): Ceremonies begin at 3 pm.
Easter Vigil (March 30): Confessions at 9:45 pm, Easter Vigil Ceremonies will begin at 10:30 pm, followed by Midnight Mass.
Holy Saturday: is a day of Fast and Complete abstinence. Those 7 and older are reminded that they must abstain from meat entirely on this day.
Chelsea, OK, (Tulsa) Our Lady of Fatima Chapel
Easter Sunday Mass at 10 am
Mountain View, AR, Sacred Heart of Jesus Chapel
Holy Thursday, March 28, Mass at 6 pm followed by All Night Adoration Good Friday, March 29, 11:30am Stations of the Cross, Noon-3pm Good Friday Liturgy Holy Saturday, March 30, 10:30 PM Easter Vigil Liturgy Easter Sunday, March 31, 12:00 AM Midnight Mass of the Resurrection Easter Sunday Morning, March 31, 9:00 AM
Guido Reni, 1575 – 1642The Adoration of the Shepherdsabout 1640Oil on canvas, 480 x 321 cmBought, 1957NG6270http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/NG6270
With Christmas on a Monday, and all the holiday travel, knowing all your mass options for is an enormous help.
Oklahoma: Fr. Stephen Sandquist, (402)885-1795 cell
Midnight Mass at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Spencer (near Edmond)
9:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Fatima, Chelsea
Arkansas: Fr. Timothy Geckle, (870) 213-8191 cell Midnight Mass in Fayetteville 9:00 a.m. at Sacred Heart, Mountain View 2:00 p.m. at St. Philomena’s, Roland (near Little Rock)
The view of our new home from Hwy. 28-A. Chapel, sweet chapel!
Deo Gratias!
Fr. Geckle made the momentous announcement this past Sunday that it would be our last mass in our temporary setting in Tulsa.
Fr. Geckle visits with a parishioner after the last mass at Fitzgerald Ivy Chapel.
On Sunday, September 9, we will have mass in our very own church–same time as usual: 1:00 confessions, 1:30 mass.
Our little Ugly Duckling hall will be getting a makeover!
We have several electric hookups along one side of the property. Oh, the possibilities!
The one-acre property is on Oklahoma Hwy. 28-A, off of historic Route 66 near Chelsea, OK. It is also easily accessible from Interstate 44 (Will Rogers Turnpike), Adair exit. It can be found on a GPS under its former name, Good Hope Church. Or if you navigate by landmarks, look for the giant totem pole!
The Totem Pole Park is half a mile north of us.
This new location is why we have chosen “4statesfatimachapel” as our url. Northwest Arkansas, southwest Missouri, southeast Kansas, and northeast Oklahoma are within reasonable driving distances for those determined Catholics who are holding fast to the true Faith as it was practiced at the time of Pope Pius XII.
On the other hand, with its rural location 45 minutes from downtown Tulsa, it might be the place you’ve been looking for to raise a large family in the country with easy access to Sunday mass and other Catholic families. Real estate prices are reasonable, and plenty of family recreation opportunities are nearby.
This is how it was set up by the former owners.
We’re looking forward to moving the piano out and moving an organ in.
We have a work party scheduled for this Saturday to take up the carpet, install laminate flooring, shorten the pews, and get the altar and confessional set up. We’ll be placing the altar on the wall facing the road.
The hall renovations have to wait for now, but on the positive side, we have a gas range, an electric range, and a commercial griddle!
Most of these old pews are ready for the burn pile. Then we’ll be ready to host a square dance! Plus, what a great place for the kids to play when it’s raining!
Father is bringing some seminarians to help, and we will be serving lunch under our wonderful pavilion. There is a hall with a kitchen, but the kitchen will need to be gutted before we can use it because a pipe burst in the wall behind all the appliances. The property has been vacant for about two years, so there is much repair, maintenance, and clean-up to do in addition to Catholic beautification projects inside and out. But we’re so excited to get started and begin enjoying Catholic community.
Fr. Geckle and Mark Baulis discuss some options.
Our coordinator, Annette Brouse, takes notes as Fr. Geckle, Ben Brouse, and Herb Haught discuss the pew situation.
We hope that our good news encourages our friends to persevere. May God bless each and everyone of you. Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us!
Our Lady of Fatima Mission Chapel 