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Recently, my wife and I watched the excellent movie, The Song of Bernadette, the story of St. Bernadette Soubirous, the seer of Lourdes. One scene in particular was especially moving: After the village school children completed their lessons well, a priest rewards them for their good behavior by giving them holy cards. Now, a holy card doesn’t sound particularly exciting to us,…
Read MoreIf there’s a modern renaissance man, it’s Dr. Taylor Marshall. He’s the founder of the wildly successful New Saint Thomas Institute, the founder of the Catholic scouting organization the Troops of St. George, a professor, a best-selling author, a popular blogger, an in-demand speaker, a gentleman extraordinaire, and a P.h. D in Philosophy, among other things. Oh yeah,…
Read MoreIn less than 2 months Oklahoma will be hosting the 19th Annual In the Father’s Footsteps Catholic Men’s Conference on February 28, 2015. If you haven’t been before, do yourself a favor and go this year. The speakers are top-notch (as always). Below are a list of speakers and their bios. The theme this year…
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There are many provocative billboards in Times Square, especially around the holidays. Rarely do they have a good message. But thanks to a Christian group, Answers in Genesis, this billboard might make the millions of tourists visiting this New Year Eve think twice.
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SCOT MISSION STATEMENT: To create and sustain a welcoming and joy-filled community for single, divorced and widowed Catholics. Be sure to find Single Catholics of Tulsa on Facebook, “like” us and you will get regular reminders of SCOT activities. Click Here If you haven’t been to a SCOT activity in a long time, please know…
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All the streets are filled with laughter and light And the music of the season And the merchants’ windows are all bright With the faces of the children And the families hurrying to their homes While the sky darkens and freezes Will be gathering around the hearths and tables Giving thanks for God’s graces And…
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I set out this for a quick errand to find a book on the importance of Advent. How hard could that be? As I was to learn, very hard indeed. Four bookstores and two library branches later, I came home with one book of dubious value and one booklet with some good stuff. (I also came…
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The world became much smaller at the end of the 19th century when Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi harnessed the power of radio waves to send Morse Code signals from one place to another without the use of wires. Within a few years he had successfully bridged the English Channel with wireless radio signals, and a few…
Read MoreThe third Sunday of Advent is known as Gaudete Sunday. Gaudete Sunday takes its name from the first word of the Entrance Antiphon at Mass which proclaims: “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say rejoice!” which reads in Latin as “Gaudete in Domino semper: iterum dico, gaudete.” (Sounds so cool in Latin doesn’t it?)Here are 7 reasons why I…
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The Feast of the Immaculate Conception celebrates the solemn belief in the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (not Jesus as some misunderstand). Many people struggle with this asking, “Where in the Bible do we get the belief of the Immaculate Conception?” And, “If God did that for Mary, why wouldn’t He do it…
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