Blessed Stanley Rother

Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine’s historic dedication honors martyr’s mission to share Jesus’ love

Two days and eight hours after Theresa Hohenberger and Marilyn Freund climbed into a sedan in Atlantic, Iowa, they were standing among thousands of faithful waiting to join the dedication Mass of the Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine in Oklahoma City.

Calling on ‘Blesseds’ for Synod Assembly prayers

It’s hard to believe that the Synod Assembly is finally upon us. I am looking forward to this Pentecost weekend more than I ever remember in the past. With and through your prayers, I am confident that there will be an outpouring of the Holy Spirit on this local Church as approximately 500 delegates from around our archdiocese gather at Cretin-Derham Hall high school for our first Synod in more than 80 years.

Archdiocese breaks ground, blesses site of Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine

Archbishop Paul S. Coakley broke ground Nov. 3 for the Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine in south Oklahoma City.

El Paso bishop calls out racism but urges accused shooter’s life be spared

It's a pastoral letter that pulls no punches, goes far into the past and continues up to the recent present of racism at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Following in namesake’s footsteps led Minnesota priest to his own Latin American mission

In a way, Father Greg Schaffer, 53, was set up from the beginning to serve as a missionary priest in Latin America. But perhaps not in Venezuela.

In martyr’s ministry, the Gospel of Jesus ‘trumped evil,’ says priest

To Father Thomas Connery, his old seminary classmate was "a big guy from a farming family" who loved music and worked hard.

Martyred priest ‘always served those most in need,’ says Guatemalan

Wearing a red and black traditional Guatemalan shirt that had belonged to martyred U.S. priest Father Stanley Rother, Ronald Arteaga traveled from his village of Santiago Atitlan to witness the Sept. 23 beatification of the pastor he knew as "Padre Aplas."

Blessed Rother ‘an authentic light’ for church and world, says cardinal

If the martyrdom of Blessed Stanley Francis Rother "fills us with sadness," it also "gives us the joy of admiring the kindness, generosity and courage of a great man of faith," Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for Saints' Causes, said Sept. 23 in Oklahoma City.
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