Anthony Keiser, the Director of Youth, Young Adult, and Campus Ministry, has resigned from his position at the Chancery. His last day will be September 29, 2017. In acknowledgement of the tremendous growth and success of the Youth, Young Adult, and Campus Ministry department, we want to express our deep appreciation for Anthony’s leadership, and we wish him the best in his future endeavors.

Bishop David Konderla has appointed Father Brian O’Brien as Pastor of St. Francis Xavier in Stillwater. Continuing his role as the Associate Director of Vocations, Father O’Brien will complete his assignment as the President of Bishop Kelley High School on December 21, 2017, and will begin his work in Stillwater on January 13, 2018. The love the Bishop Kelley community has for Father O’Brien is a testament to the excellence he brought to all things during his time as President and to the faithful witness of Jesus Christ he gave as a priest. The Diocese joins with the Bishop Kelley High School community in expressing our heartfelt gratitude for his years of dedicated leadership.

OKLAHOMA CITY—Based on reports that the White House will end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in six months, we urge President Trump and Members of Congress, specifically the Oklahoma delegation, to pursue legislation that strengthens the program or provides legal status for youth hoping for a brighter future.

From Bishop Konderla: In agreement with the efforts of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and in solidarity with those who suffer, I ask that pastors please take up a second collection to help bring charity and aid to those affected by Hurricane Harvey. Please see the following communication from the USCCB, which can be used for bulletin announcements, social media, and other communications. Given the urgency of the situation, pastors should postpone the Catholic University collection until the following weekend.

Reverend Alex Kennedy passed away unexpectedly on Friday, Aug. 18, 2017. He was the pastor of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Grove, Oklahoma. The Rosary and Visitation for Father Kennedy will be at Holy Family Cathedral, 122 W. 8th St., Tulsa on Friday, Aug. 25 at 7 p.m. The funeral Mass will be at Holy Family Cathedral on Saturday, Aug. 26 at 11 a.m.

Father Alex Kennedy, the pastor of St. Elizabeth parish in Grove, has unexpectedly passed away. His funeral arrangements are pending.

The Benedictine Sisters of St. Joseph Monastery along with other professional staff guide a three-day event that enables you to awaken to the teachings of the early Church on praying with the scriptures. The joy and mercy of God come alive as we are mindful of God’s grace in our lives.

Tulsa, Okla.—On August 15, St. Pius X will welcome students to the first day of school for the 60th time in its history. On Saturday, August 19, the St. Pius X Church & School Community will celebrate the start of this anniversary year at their annual Feast Day Picnic (see details below).

Msgr. Patrick Brankin, Vicar for Deacons for the Diocese of Tulsa, has released the assignments for the deacon candidates who, God willing, will be ordained by Bishop Konderla as permanent deacons on June 17. Please pray for these men as they prepare both for their ordinations and their new assignments. 

It is with great joy that we receive the news that the Holy See today announced the appointment of Rev. Msgr. Daniel H. Mueggenborg, pastor of the Parish of Christ the King in the Diocese of Tulsa and Eastern Oklahoma, as an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Seattle, Washington.

Pat Hinson, the founder of the RISE program at Marquette Catholic School, is the 2017 nominee from the Diocese of Tulsa and Eastern Oklahoma for the Lumen Christi Award, which Catholic Extension gives every year to honor an individual or group working in one of America's mission dioceses who demonstrates how the power of faith can transform lives and communities. As the diocesan nominee, Mrs. Hinson will receive a $1,000 award from Catholic Extension for her ministry.

State Question 790 on this November’s ballot would remove a section of the Oklahoma State Constitution, known as a Blaine Amendment, which has been used to prevent groups with religious affiliations from competing for state funds -- even when the religiously-affiliated groups were providing the best services and not using the funds for proselytization.

May 13, 2016 - The Diocese of Tulsa - her priests and deacons, her religious and her lay faithful - give thanks to God and rejoice that His Holiness Pope Francis has named Father David Konderla, 55, as the fourth Bishop of Tulsa.

April 15, 2016 - Bishop Slattery is pleased to announce the 2016 Priestly Assignments.

La Diócesis de Tulsa se complace en informar que hoy en Roma, el papa Francisco ha publicado la Exhortación Apostólica Post-Sinodal Amoris Laetitia (la alegría del amor) sobre el amor en la familia. Esta exhortación reúne los resultados de los dos Sínodos sobre la familia convocados por el Papa en 2014 y 2015.

April 8, 2016 - The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulsa is happy to announce that today in Rome Pope Francis released the post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love) on Love in the Family. It brings together the results of the two Synods on the family convoked by Pope Francis in 2014 and 2015.

Msgr. Peter Wells, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and ordained as a priest for the Diocese of Tulsa on July 12, 1991, will be ordained a Bishop by Pope Francis this March 19th in the Basilica of Saint Peter, Vatican City.

The Diocese of Tulsa offers the following as a clarification on Pope Francis’ recent statement allowing priests to absolve the sin of abortion without having recourse to the local bishop for the removal of the attached penalty of excommunication.

August 14, 2015 - For the first time ever, the major relics of St. Maria Goretti will be brought from Italy to the United States where they will visit 25 Dioceses in 16 states before making a final pilgrimage to the Diocese of Tulsa November 11 through the 13th.