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A $50 million shrine in Oklahoma built to honor the slain missionary — killed by three masked assassins who entered his rectory during Guatemala’s civil war — is expected to draw thousands of pilgrims to his home state.
(OSV News) -- Michael Cook was away from the Catholic Church for a while, but around 2017, he was 'amazingly pulled back in.' Not coincidentally, that was the same year that fellow native Oklahoman Father Stanley Rother -- the first U.S.-born martyr formally recognized by the church -- was beatified. 'I would definitely put some credit for him helping me come back to the church, 100%,' said Cook, 37, who attends St. John Nepomuk Parish in Yukon, Oklahoma. 'I just was led. I think I had someone
The faithful gathered on Sunday to dedicate a replica of Tepeyac Hill on the Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine campus in Oklahoma City.
Preparations are being made for the Tepeyac Hill dedication, the first public event at the Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine in Oklahoma City.
As Callie Swangin created her self-portrait for a University of Saint Francis art class, she was mindful of a variable irrelevant for her peers using crayon, charcoal and ballpoint pen