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Father Grant says goodbye as he prepares to go back to school to study Liturgy. The Knights reflect on the summer. The Centennial Committee announces some major activities.
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CCATHEDRALATHEDRAL N NEWSEWS Holy Family
August 2013 Tulsa, Oklahoma Volume 19, Issue 1
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
August 15
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Identification Statement: The Cathedral News Issue 1 August 2013 (USPS 022-729) is published 10 x per year (monthly, except for June and July) by Holy Family
Cathedral at 122 W 8th St., Tulsa OK 74119-1402. Periodicals postage paid at Tulsa, OK.
POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: CATHEDRAL NEWS, PO BOX 3204, Tulsa, OK 74101-3204.
Dear Parishioners:
Nearly a year ago, I shared that this year was
the first since I was very young that I did not go
“back-to-school.” Well, it seems that the Lord has
called me back to the halls of academia to further
perfect my mind and heart for the service of His
people in Eastern Oklahoma. And so it is with
sorrow that I bid farewell to Holy Family Cathe-
dral, but it is a sorrow full of optimism and joyful
anticipation of my return to the Diocese after
fulfilling my course of studies. I for one, will be
ever grateful that my first assignment has been
Holy Family. The graces of serving in the heart of
our diocese have formed me with a stable beginning to, what I hope
will be, decades of priestly ministry. And so, for that, I thank the fami-
lies and people of our parish, and especially Msgr. Gier. For sharing
your lives with me and welcoming me into yours.
Its hard not to be excited by the “mysterious ways” of our God,
who is always calling us to follow Him in paths that are “ever ancient,
ever new.” Last week, Pope Francis celebrated the 28th World Youth
Day in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil with 3.2 million people. With the
charism of his radical simplicity, he called Catholic youth to those
familiar themes of our Gospel mission: to go, to not be afraid, and to
serve. It is not always apparent why God calls us to do the things He
calls us to do or go to the places He calls us to go, but that’s only be-
cause we lack the perspective to see the good He has planned for our
lives and the lives of others. But when the deed is done and we are able
to look back, then we can see how gloriously orchestrated our whole
lives have been.
Our duty is to remain always watchful and attentive to the new
ways that He is calling us. We must never grow mulish in our discern-
ment of God’s will for our lives. There may be a temptation to discern
Farewell from our Associate Pastor
Fr. John Grant
our life vocation, or which job to take, or where to
live, and then to stop and say, “I’ve done it. I’ve
discovered God’s will for my life and now I can get
on about the business of accomplishing it. Thanks
God, I’ll talk to you again if I need help…” But re-
call for a moment the life of Abraham who the Lord
called to sacrifice his only son, Isaac. (cf. Gen. 22:1-
12) If Abraham received God’s will as a simple set
of orders and ceased to listen and pray, he would
have missed the countermand that stayed his sa-
bered hand. Maybe that’s too easy of an example.
Then consider the life of St. Frances of Rome, who
wanted to give her life to the Lord in a good and laudable way as a
nun, but whom God had called to marriage and motherhood so she
could give to God a life even better. Better because it was His will. So
instead of asking God to do her will, she eventually acquiesced to His
will, and not only that once but again and again throughout her trou-
bled life in things big and small.
God has a will for every part of our lives, not just the big parts, and
His will rarely follows a straight line. More often it is a series of paths
that turn this way and that guiding us past obstacles and pit falls to
the fulfillment of our lives. This is not hard to imagine if we remember
that God is a loving Father, who, like any of us might do, guides us by
the hand as we would a child to protect them from harm; if only we
will keep our hand in His, not running ahead or falling behind. I am
excited to see what the Lord has in store for me next. And no matter
where He may lead me, I am what I am by the favor of His grace and
the fervor of your prayers. Tulsa will always be my home and I look
forward to returning. But for now I will continue the Lord’s bidding
to go, to not be afraid, and to serve. May the Lord bless you and your
families as abundantly as He has blessed me!
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The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary a holy day of obligation
Schedule of Masses: Wednesday August 14 5:05 p.m. Mass of Anticipation .
Thursday August 15 7:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 12:05 p.m., and 5:05 p.m. Masses
Catholics always seem to be apologizing.
Has the Church really been all that bad?
Explore the facts behind the legends of Catholic history.—facts which
are sometimes shocking, often surprising, sometimes even inspiring.
Learn what they should have taught you in school but didn’t.
Expect to get mad.
Expect to get informed.
Bring your anti-Catholic friends.
Expect them to get mad—and informed—too.
This is not just history. Learn what the Church actually teaches about
war, religious toleration, science versus Scripture, etc.
Questions, comments and arguments welcome.
Second Tuesday of each Month 7:00:8:30 p.m. Halpine Room
September 10 The Crusades
October 8 The Inquisition
November 12 Did Columbus Prove the Earth is Round?
December 10 Church, Copernicus & Galileo
Black Legends:
Horror Stories About the Catholic Church - Are They True?
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After a break for the summer months, Holy
Family will resume hosting special events lead-
ing up to the 100th Anniversary of the Dedica-
tion of the Church in May 2014.
The parish Centennial Committee, chaired
by Bill and Cherie Hughes, aims to host an
event nearly every month that will focus on a
different aspect of parish life throughout this
century. In April of this year, the committee
organized a Mass celebrated in the extraordi-
nary form by Father William DeFine, pastor of
St. Peter’s Church in Tulsa.
The Centennial Committee is offering a
decade-by-decade exhibit of photographs in the
Cathedral Basement. The current exhibit is
from the 1920s and features the 1925 Conse-
cration of the church, likely the most auspi-
cious moment in parish history.
Future events are listed on the Centennial
Calendar. All events will be at the Cathedral,
except for the May 3 Gala event which will be
held at the Hyatt Regency hotel.
Duncan Stroik is an author and a professor
of architecture from Notre Dame University in
Indiana. He worked closely with Prof. Thomas
Gordon Smith, the architect who created the
plans for Holy Family Cathedral's restoration
and for Clear Creek Monastery. He will give a
lecture on church architecture. A Reception
and Tours of the Cathedral will follow.
Centennial Events will celebrate Holy Family’s Impact in Tulsa
Photo Exhibits in the AuditoriumPhoto Exhibits in the AuditoriumPhoto Exhibits in the AuditoriumPhoto Exhibits in the Auditorium
1910s April, 2013
1920s May, 2013
1930s September, 2013
1940s October, 2013
1950s November, 2013
1960s December, 2013
1970s January, 2014
1980s February, 2014
1990s March, 2014
2000s April, 2014
Cherie Hughes is a co-chair of the Centen-
nial Committee. She wrote a dissertation on
the life of Saint Katharine Drexel, the million-
aire nun who founded sixty-three Catholic
schools including the one now known as
Tulsa's Holy Family Cathedral School. The
lecture will be preceded with a Reception.
Our excellent Cathedral Choir will give a
concert in November, followed by a viewing of
Holy Family Cathedral School’s student Art
Exhibit and Contest.
Bishop Slattery's 20th Anniversary Mass
and Reception will take place on Epiphany
Sunday. This celebration of Bishop Slattery's
Episcopal Ordination commemorates his time
as the Bishop of Tulsa plus the unique relation-
ship between a cathedral parish and its bishop.
Receptions follow the 10:00 a.m. and Noon
Masses.
The Tulsa Oratorio Chorus concert is an
event sponsored by the TOC. Admission to the
event requires the purchase of tickets through
the TOC. The concert is the third event of the
2013-2014 TOC season. The evening's theme is
Immortality Set to Music.
The principal celebrations are on May 3 and
4, 2014. The Saturday, May 3, Gala will be held
at the Hyatt Regency and will feature several
guests who are key figures in Holy Family's past
or present. The following morning, Sunday,
May 4, is the Centennial Mass - 100 years after
the Dedication of Holy Family Church.
Centennial Calendar September 22, 2013 1:30 p.m. Lecture: Mr. Duncan Stroik 3:00 p.m. Tours and Open House: Holy Family Cathedral October 20, 2013 1:00 p.m. Reception in the Cathedral Basement 2:00 p.m. Lecture: Cherie Hughes on the Life of St. Katharine Drexel November 14, 2013 7:00 p.m. Concert: Holy Family Cathedral Choir Art Exhibit and Contest January 5, 2014 11:00 a.m. Reception: 20th Anniversary of Episcopal Ordination 1:00 p.m. of Most Rev. Edward J. Slattery April 5, 2014 7:30 p.m. Concert: Tulsa Oratorio Chorus May 3, 2014 6:30 p.m. Gala Event: Celebration of Holy Family’s Centennial May 4, 2014 10:00 a.m. Mass: Centennial of the Dedication of Holy Family
PARISHIONERS TALK WITH MONSIGNOR GIER ABOUT THE PHOTO EXHIBIT IN THE AUDITORIUM.
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Religious Education Classes for Children to begin in September
A recent study of Catholics living in
Eastern Oklahoma revealed that the top
priority for the Church should be passing
the Faith to the next generation. A num-
ber of parents who responded to the study
said that they feel inadequate to teach the
Faith themselves.
Holy Family is ready to help.
The parish’s Religious Education staff is
preparing for the 2013-2014 academic
year. Classes will be offered to three-year-
olds up to seniors in high school.
The class for Second Grade children
will prepare them for First Communion.
Juniors and seniors in high school will be
prepared for the Sacrament of Confirma-
tion. There are additional requirements
and time commitments for students en-
rolled in those classes. DOWNLOAD A REGISTRATION FORM FROM WWW.HOLYFAMILYCATHEDRALPARISH.COM
Bible Study participants to explore Heaven, Hell & Purgatory
Holy Family’s Deacon Jerry Mattox
and a small group of parishioners are tak-
ing a slow and deliberate look at the Bible.
This group is not taking its cues from col-
lege classes that promise a quick survey of
the Old or New Testament in one semes-
ter. Rather, they are moving chapter by
chapter through books of the Bible sug-
gested by members of the group. They are
within a few weeks of finishing the Epistle
to the Hebrews.
Deacon Mattox relies upon a lifelong
interest in Sacred Scripture to lead the
Bible Study. He keeps a number of refer-
ence books at his home and in his office to
help him answer questions asked during
Bible Study. He uses the same tools on
Sunday mornings when he teaches Sacred
Scripture to a group of middle school stu-
dents in the parish Religious Education
program.
Next up, Deacon Mattox plans to ex-
plore the Biblical references to Heaven,
Hell, and Purgatory. He admits, “This is
going to be a difficult project that will re-
quire lots of research on my part.”
Bible Study is at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday
evenings in the Halpine Room. All are
welcome.
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The summer's not so hot
As the year before ‘
And for that l thank my God
with my knees upon the floor!
"Dear God: I can take the 90s
A hundred now and-then;
But, lo and how I suffer
when it hits a hundred and ten."
We pulled up the drawbridge after the last pancake break-
fast in May , put out the "No Visitors" and ”Go Away" signs in
the moat and settled into a summer of, well, nothing! So, we
thought that this would be a good time to ruminate over those
occurrences and happenings either not worth mentioning or at
least of lesser importance than those other occurrences and
happenings that are probably not too important but we write
of them anyway.
We continue to receive cash and coin for our Homeless Pro-
gram and to which we are very grateful However, we often do
not have the space to individually thank those individuals
(thanks to the Editor!) so allow me at this time to say to all of
you who have been appropriately generous we say “Thank
You!”
Occasionally, we will purchase other items than food when
a critical need arises as occurred several months ago when the
word went out that the Center had no toothpaste. Realizing
that man lives not by bread alone but also by the other necessi-
ties of modern life we purchased 20 tubes of toothpaste at a
Dollar Store for, as I recall, $20.00. The reason that we men-
tion this fact is that it may come to pass that" one may hear
that the Council was buying non-food items and it was
thought that the donation was to provide a dinner! Well, these
instances of need occur very seldom but when they do they are
most always a critical need. Now, this/these problem(s) can be
adjudicated somewhat were someone to take it upon them-
selves to check with the Center -it is officially called the Tulsa
Day Center For The Homeless — to see what is or may be of
Notes from the Knighstand: Musings while snoozing! BY MARTIN REIDY
critical need and take a stab at doing what one can do ac-
cordingly. in fact, The Center puts out a monthly email
detailing critical needs of the moment. They are always in
need of both men and women' s shorts, T·shirts, etc. Dis-
posable razors are an on-going item of need. The Center is
also active in easing people from homelessness into a home
—apartment is the more correct description — and they
have an on-going need for household goods and kitchen
appliances, utensils, etc.
It may seem that our only project is the monthly home-
less dinner when, in fact, we have various and sundry un-
dertakings that are there for your participation. One of
these is the recitation of the rosary on the third Saturday
of each month at Calvary Cemetery by the Shrine for the
Unborn just south of the outdoor altar. Don't worry about
a crowd or parking- there are usuall just three or four of
us there! We meet at 9 a.m. and it is usually over by 9:30
but be prepared for the weather . Only in pouring rain or
below zero weather do we abdicate to the chapel on the
hill. The rosary is also recited each Sunday at 7:30 in the
Cathedral before the S a.m. Mass and takes about 15 min-
utes of one's time. From a handful of attendees initially we
now have several handfuls! However, here is your chance
to start another “handful.”
Well, that is enough to think about for the moment.
Time to go back to swatting flies and listen to the gnats
swarming overhead while sipping a cold iced tea! PAX!
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The Knights of Columbus will have a Priest Priest Priest Priest
Appreciation DinnerAppreciation DinnerAppreciation DinnerAppreciation Dinner for the Holy Family clergy
on Tuesday, August 6, 2013 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
in Heiring Hall. All members of Holy Family
Council #10388 and family members are invited.
It is imperative that any/all Knights contact
Martin Reidy at 918-836-5352 to confirm their
and family members attendance. Cost is $5.00/
adults, or $10.00/family. Children under 18 are
free.
Informal summer RCIA is for those curious
about the Catholic faith. An overview of a topic is
presented each week, but any questions are
welcome. Join us Wednesdays, August 7 and 14,
at 6:30 in the Halpine room. Formal RCIA
classes will begin in September.
There is no 55+ Luncheon in August.
Dinner & a Movie: Dinner & a Movie: Dinner & a Movie: Dinner & a Movie: The Knights of ColumbusKnights of ColumbusKnights of ColumbusKnights of Columbus
sponsor a pot luck dinner and the showing of a
full length Catholic or Christian movie on the
first Friday of the month. The pot luck dinner
starts around 6:30 p.m. and the movie begins
around 7 p.m. The kitchen area is open before the
5:05 p.m. Mass for anyone wishing to drop off
their dish before Mass.
Deacon Jerry Mattox’s Bible Study ClassBible Study ClassBible Study ClassBible Study Class meets
every Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in the Halpine
Room. By request, we are covering the Letter to
the Hebrews. Next up is a look at Biblical
references to Heaven, Hell & Purgatory. We still
have plenty of room. This class is a good way to
deepen your knowledge of Scripture.
The CCW Bus Trip to San Antonio, Texas is
October 7-10, 2013. Join us on a visit to the
Alamo, tours of the Cathedral, San Jose mission
and much more. Please make your $100 deposit
now to reserve your reservation because seats will
fill up fast. For more information contact Helga
918-254-7532.
RetrovailleRetrovailleRetrovailleRetrovaille, a Christian peer ministry offering
tools to heal troubled marriages in distress, begins
a new program in Tulsa on September 20-22. For
more information on this innovative program,
please call 918-695-7010, go to
www.helpyourmarriage.com. Preregistration is
required.
The 9th Annual Single Catholics of Tulsa
(SCOT) Mass with Bishop Edward Slattery is
Saturday, September 7, 2013 at the Diocesan
offices - 12300 East 91st Street, Broken Arrow,
on 91st Street between Garnett and 129th East
Ave on the south side of the street. Confessions
are at 4pm; Mass at 5pm; Dinner follows Mass.
RSVP: Terri Knode (918-361-7076) by August
31, so that we know how much food to order.
Bring a lawn chair and join us for a faith and fun
filled evening with Bishop Slattery.
The Oklahoma premiere production of Changing
Habits: The Nun Monologues is Saturday,
November 23 at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday,
November 24 at 2:00 p.m. This is a fundraiser to
help build the much needed new St. Pius X
School in Tulsa. This brand new show, written by
the author of the international smash hit, Late
Night Catechism, will provide an evening of fun
and laughter. If you have questions, call Anita
Gunter at 918-627-8846 or Mary Kay Pfingsten
at 918-438-1870.
Catholic Business & Professional Women’s
monthly dinner meeting is set for September 9.
Adoration for interested members will be from 5-
6 p.m. at the St. John’s Hospital Chapel of Peace.
The Tour will start at 6:15 with dinner to follow.
The speaker will be the St. John’s Hospital
Volunteer Coordinator/Spiritual Director. Cost
of Dinner is $22.00 (includes donation to
scholarship fund). Please contact
www.cbpwoftulsa.org or
[email protected] for reservations/
information.
The Women of Saint Bernard’s Clairvaux Club
invites you to come hear Catholic convert and
apologist Steve Rayapologist Steve Rayapologist Steve Rayapologist Steve Ray speak at Saint Bernard’s on
Saturday, August 17 at 7pm and Sunday, August
18 at 9:45am. In lieu of a fee, please bring a food
item for Catholic Charities.
Single Catholics of TulsaSingle Catholics of TulsaSingle Catholics of TulsaSingle Catholics of Tulsa aims to create and
sustain a welcoming and joy-filled community for
single, divorced and widowed Catholics, 35+. Call
Terri, 918-361-7076, or Bryan, 918-835-3618 for
more information. Here are the upcoming
activities:
Aug 6 Meet Evelyn for DinnerDinnerDinnerDinner at Jason's Deli
(61st and Memorial) at 6pm, then a moviemoviemoviemovie at
Eton Square
Aug 10 - Potluck Dinner/LuauPotluck Dinner/LuauPotluck Dinner/LuauPotluck Dinner/Luau at St. Pius X
Catholic Church, Mass at 5pm, Social time at
6pm, Dinner at 7pm.
Aug 15 - Dinner and Planning Meeting at Full
Moon on Cherry Street, Time 5:30
Aug 29 Summer's Fifth Night at Utica SquareSummer's Fifth Night at Utica SquareSummer's Fifth Night at Utica SquareSummer's Fifth Night at Utica Square:
Grady Nichols, 7pm. Meet in front of Queenies.
Bring a lawn chair and snacks and drinks if you
wish.
Upcoming Events and Activities
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Tulsa, OK 74101-3204 HOLY FAMILY PARISHIONERS ENJOYED A MEAL TOGETHER IN THE CHURCH BASEMENT IN THE EARLY 1920S. SEE MORE PHOTOS LIKE THIS IN THE CATHEDRAL AUDITORIUM. NEW DISPLAYS WILL COME EVERY MONTH.