Father Stanley Rother

Blessed Stanley Rother shrine fundraising campaign surpasses initial goal
- Catholic News Agency, Church in the US
- Sep 21, 2018
The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City announced Tuesday that its capital campaign, one of the goals of which is the construction of a shrine for Blessed Stanley Rother, had surpassed its original $65 million goal.
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Oklahoma celebrates the first feast day of Blessed Stanley Rother
- Catholic News Agency, Global Church
- Jul 28, 2018
On Saturday, parishes across Oklahoma will celebrate the first feast day of the first U.S. born martyr, Blessed Stanley Rother, marking the 37 anniversary of his death.
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Future priests must be able to ‘see where mercy is needed,’ says Vatican representative
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Mar 19, 2018
The apostolic nuncio to the United States challenged an audience of seminarians, faculty and staff at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary to see future priests not as functionaries of the sacred or managers of a business, but as compassionate pastors and missionaries who joyfully announce the Gospel.
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Father Solanus Casey beatified in Detroit, Pope Francis calls him “humble, faithful”
- Associated Press, Church in the US
- Nov 19, 2017
Tens of thousands of people attended the beatification Mass of Capuchin Father Solanus Casey on Saturday at a Detroit stadium. Italian Cardinal Angelo Amato read a letter from Pope Francis, who described Casey as a “humble, faithful disciple of Christ.” He was given the title of “Blessed.”
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Oklahoma parish receives religious relic
- Associated Press, Church in the US
- Oct 29, 2017
After a relic from the recently beatified Stanley Rother was presented to his home parish, Father John Peter Swaminathan, Holy Trinity’s pastor, said, “A small town in Oklahoma has now become a prominent place on the U.S. map,” anticipating thousands of visitors.
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Pope recognizes martyrdom of Franciscans killed in Guatemala
- Catholic News Service, Vatican
- Oct 10, 2017
Pope Francis advanced the causes for sainthood for nine people on Tuesday October 10 at the Vatican. Two of those, a priest and a layman, were Franciscans who were martyred in Guatemala. They were killed shortly after Blessed Stanley Rother was martyred there. Rother was recently beatified in Oklahoma.
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