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SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) — Jessie Newell's grandfather talked fondly of the friendships he formed while serving in the U.S. Army, but he didn't have many pictures of himself or memorabilia from his World War II experiences. The lack of mementos seemed more pronounced after his death in 1997. About three years ago, Newell, an award-winning photographer, decided to give veterans and their families something that she didn't have: photos. Newell provides complimentary photo shoots and photographs to Oklahoma veterans, The Oklahoman reported . She s...
SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) — Jessie Newell's grandfather talked fondly of the friendships he formed while serving in the U.S. Army, but he didn't have many pictures of himself or memorabilia from his World War II experiences. The lack of mementos seemed more pronounced after his death in 1997. About three years ago, Newell, an award-winning photographer, decided to give veterans and their families something that she didn't have: photos. Newell provides complimentary photo shoots and photographs to Oklahoma veterans, The Oklahoman reported . She s...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — First came Anna. The 98-year-old woman was living alone on a diet of Ensure and coffee and weighed 77 pounds when a Catholic priest learned of her plight. Then there was Isaac. Diagnosed with a terminal illness and given only two months to live, he was about to be released from a hospital but had nowhere to spend his remaining days. Others in need of hearth and home like Sam, John and Dale soon joined the "family" led by the energetic nun. Current residents Annabelle Miller and Lucy Cooper were also welcomed into the c...
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — A local Oklahoma mom is using her faith-filled blog to inspire and encourage women and men struggling with infertility. S.J. O'Hara said she offers such inspiration out of the depths of her own six-year journey from the heartbreak of suffering several miscarriages to the joy of welcoming her "miracle" twins born via surrogate. The Oklahoman reports that O'Hara titled her blog "Angel Wings" because she had many "angels" to lift her up. These were the individuals who encouraged her and her husband, Dirk, along their j...
OKARCHE, Okla. (AP) — A first-class relic of "native son" Stanley Rother was presented to his hometown parish during a recent much-anticipated Mass and special gathering. The relic — a piece of the priest's rib — was carried down the aisle in a reliquary shaped like a cross by his brother, Tom Rother, during the Mass on Oct. 15 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, which Tom Rother and his family still attend, The Oklahoman reported. The relic gifted to the Okarche church was the same that was viewed and venerated during the beatification Mass...
OKARCHE, Okla. (AP) — The teen couldn't wait to tell his family and friends about the revelation that came to him as he was driving a tractor one afternoon on his family's property in this tight-knit farming community with German roots. Stanley Rother told his parents that instead of working on the family farm, as he'd always envisioned, he felt that God wanted him to enter the Catholic priesthood. Though Franz Rother had assumed his oldest son would follow in his footsteps as a lifelong farmer, as a devoted Catholic, he didn't miss a beat. "We...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Dressed in a royal blue head scarf and an elegant dress of the same color, Wafaa Aldoori stood out in the crowd at an Oklahoma City coffee house. However, the food that she served — a dish of long-grain rice and vermicelli stir-fried with raisins — also captured people's attention. Aldoori was part of a small group of Iraqi refugees who prepared dishes from their native land for the new Refuge Supper Club. The inaugural event held recently at Elemental Coffee was designed to bring refugee communities together with membe...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The wooden shanty sitting on the lawn of Wesley United Methodist Church was created to spark the curiosity of motorists driving along the busy street and others in the community. That's what Rev. Ben Williams envisioned when he had the church's affiliated Boy Scout troop build the structure just a few weeks ago. The building is a replica of the shack — as in "The Shack" featured prominently in a book and movie of the same name The Oklahoman (http://bit.ly/2nsHUtK ) reported. A feature film based on the book "The Shack," wri...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP, posted Sept. 11, 2016) — Thomas McSherry embarked on "the adventure of a lifetime" on a September morning full of promise in 1984. The Catholic priest and his friend and fellow clergyman, Don Wolf, drove out of Norman on their way to McSherry's new mission field in a parish more than 2,000 miles away. Their faith traditions connected the priests to the parishioners in far off Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, where the pair were headed. Those connections were strengthened by life — and death. The Oklahoman (htt...
SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) — The Rev. Boniface Copelin has worn many hats at St. Gregory's Monastery, from tailor, formation director and carpenter to associate professor, vocation director and prior. Two years ago, he added yet another — unlikely — title: chicken wrangler. Copelin, a priest with the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, is part of the monastic community at St. Gregory's. As the sun comes up, this Benedictine monk on the Oklahoma prairie often may be found tending to about 40 squawking chickens and a handful of turkeys and blustering roost...
