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December 9, 2014 - Rev. William J. Swift, a retired priest of the Diocese of Tulsa, died peacefully on Dec. 5, 2014. He was born in Bartlesville, OK on Dec. 29, 1919 to Frank and Helen Swift.

December 4, 2014 - Father William Keally Skeehan, or “Father Bill” as he was familiarly known, passed away early Saturday morning Nov. 29, 2014 just nine days before his 89th birthday. His Funeral Mass was held on Dec. 4, 2014 at Christ the King Church in Tulsa. Father Bill was born on Dec. 8, 1925 in Forest Hills, N.Y. to Eva Mary Keally and Edward Michael Skeehan and was the youngest of five children.

December 4, 2014 - Bishop Slattery recently received the following letter of gratitude from Dr. Carolyn Y. Woo, President and CEO of Catholic Relief Services for our diocese's annual contribution.

October 22, 2014 - Bishop Slattery has announced the appointment of Father John Grant as Associate Pastor of Holy Family Cathedral, effective May 12, 2015, serving under the newly appointed Rector, Father Jovita Okonkwo. Father Grant is also appointed Assistant Director of the Diocesan Office of Liturgy and Assistant Master of Ceremonies assisting Msgr. Patrick Brankin, Director of Liturgy.

October 16, 2014 - There has been a lot of confusion regarding the Church’s pastoral position and doctrinal assessment of divorced and remarried Catholics, cohabiting couples, and persons who experience same-sex attractions. Much of the confusion follows the October 13 publication of the Relatio post Disceptationem, of the Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the Family (October 5-19, Rome).

October 13, 2014 - Bishop Slattery has released a letter he received on September 19 from Father Larry Dunham, OFM, Commissary of the Holy Land, expressing gratitude for the amount of $29,391.76 given by the people of the Diocese of Tulsa in this year's Good Friday Collection for the Holy Land.

October 8, 2014 - I am happy to announce the success of our recent diocesan campaign, Rooted in Faith, forward in Hope. Our goal was set at $12 million and as of today, that goal has been reached and surpassed. We have $15,255,787 as of October 1, 2014. Besides the campaign having succeeded by reaching and surpassing its goal, it has also given evidence of the many parishioners’ love of the Church. ...

October 6, 2014 - The Most Rev. Edward J. Slattery, Bishop of Tulsa, wishes to share a statement issued earlier this afternoon by the Chairman of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee On Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth, Bishop Richard J. Malone, Buffalo, New York, and the Chairman of the USCCB's Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, of San Francisco expressing their grave concern and serious disappointment regarding today's decision by the US Supreme Court not to consider current cases that strike down laws upholding marriage as between one man and one woman.

October 6, 2014 - The icon of “Our Lady of Czestochowa” (“the Black Madonna”) is reputed to have been “written” on Mary’s table top from her house in Nazareth by Luke the Evangelist. She has been credited with numerous miracles and healings – both of a spiritual and physical nature. A beautiful copy of this icon has been blessed and consecrated at the monastery of Jasna Gora in Poland, where the original is kept, and entrusted to the defense of life and family. Now, after traveling 40,000 miles from Vladivostok in Russia through 24 countries in Europe, she will be visiting Tulsa on her global pilgrimage.

October 1, 2013 - The diocesan capital campaign, Rooted in Faith, Forward in Hope has raised over $15 million, far surpassing the original goal of $12 million. Over 2,700 Catholic families in the Diocese of Tulsa have participated in the campaign, pledging an average gift of over $4,800. The hard work and committed vision of pastors, deacons, and lay leaders throughout Eastern Oklahoma have made this drive a remarkable success.

September 21, 2014, St. Francis of Assisi Church - Praised be Jesus Christ! It is my great privilege to welcome you to St. Francis of Assisi Church and to spend this hour together with the Lord in prayer and adoration. Thank you for being here. Your presence is a powerful witness of faith in the midst of what has been a particularly challenging time for our community. I would like to gratefully acknowledge the participation of our Catholic people from around the Archdiocese but also those of you who have come from near and far to join us today. I am especially grateful for the presence of my brother bishops (and their support), Archbishop Beltran, Bishop Slattery of Tulsa, Bishop Kemme of Wichita and so many priests, deacons and religious women and men. It is a special blessing to recognize here so many Christian leaders and believers from other churches and ecclesial communities who have come to join us in prayer as well.

The Diocese of Tulsa has been challenged by Catholic Extension to raise $100,000 for the St. John Vianney Seminarian Education Trust. (The interest from St. John Vianney Seminary Education Trust is used to pay the seminary education expenses of the seminarian in the Diocese of Tulsa) If we raise $100,000 in the calendar year 2014, we will receive $50,000 from Catholic Extension for the Trust.

ST. MARY'S RESTORATION FUND Our Church is a sign of the faith tradition that has inspired parishioners and visitors alike for many years. Matícka Praha is in need of restoration. The target date for the completion of this project is August 15, 2015, the 160th Anniversary of the erection of the parish and the 120th Anniversary of the present Church building. The Restoration Fund is set up to afford parishioners and benefactors of the parish the opportunity to be a part of this historic event. We ask you to prayerfully consider making a donation. You may choose a two-year payment plan, give a one-time gift, or make a donation towards an item of your choice in memory of a loved one. The estimated cost of the restoration project will be determined when all the bids are submitted.

On Sunday, Sept. 21, a local satanic sect apparently will be allowed to conduct a public act of blasphemy in the form of a so-called black mass at the Civic Center in Oklahoma City. In spite of an overwhelming outcry of alarm from around the world, our city leaders will allow this outrage to take place in a publicly supported facility. They will not accede to the reasonable requests of local citizens to stop this outright mockery of the Catholic Mass nor the reasonable concerns of so many that this satanic ritual invokes powers of evil and invites them into our community.

September 10, 2014 - The Satanic group which calls itself Dakhma of Angra Mainyu has not retreated from its plan to offer a kind of Black Mass in Oklahoma City on September 21.

September 13, 2014 - Bishop Kurt Burnette of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic has asked Bishop Slattery to inform the people of the Diocese of Tulsa of the upcoming beatification of an American nun, Sister Miriam Teresa Demjanovich. Bishop Slattery would like everyone to read her brief biography below and pray for her cause for canonization.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug 22, 2014 / 09:35 am (CNA).- Chances are you've viewed at least one video this week of someone dumping a bucket of ice water over their head and challenging others to do the same.

Aboard the papal plane, Aug 18, 2014 / 04:30 pm (CNA).- Speaking to journalists aboard the Aug. 18 flight to Italy from South Korea, Pope Francis said he supports international intervention in Iraq and is willing to go to there personally if it will help end the violence against Christians and other religious minorities.

Aboard the papal plane, Aug 18, 2014 / 12:07 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis supports international intervention in Iraq and is willing to go to there personally if it will help end the violence against Christians and other religious minorities.

A letter from Bishop Slattery - Countering with Prayer the proposed Black Mass in Oklahoma City