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CCATHEDRALATHEDRAL N NEWSEWS February 2013 Volume 18 Issue 7 Tulsa, Oklahoma
Holy Family
Bishop Slattery celebrates Ash Wednesday Mass in a full Cathedral. [Photo: 2009]
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Identification Statement: The Cathedral News Issue 7 February 2013 (USPS 022-729) is published 10 x per year (monthly, except for June and July) by Holy Family Cathedral at 122 W 8th St., Tulsa OK 74119-1402. Periodicals postage paid at Tulsa, OK. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: CATHEDRAL NEWS, PO BOX 3204, Tulsa, OK 74101-3204.
Dear People of Holy Family,
At the beginning of the Mass on Ash Wednesday, you
will hear me pray,
“Grant, O Lord, that we may begin with holy
fasting this campaign of Christian service.”
Lent is our great campaign of Christian service when
we evaluate how well we serve God. We fast, we abstain,
we give up those things that distract us from becoming
the best servants of God we can be.
We plan too. We plan where and when we will go to
church to receive our ashes. We make plans to obey
Monsignor Halpine’s command to “Go to Confession!” We
plan our personal or family schedule for Holy Week and
for Easter.
As your pastor, I pray that your planning goes well.
May your Lent be spiritually productive. May you be open
to God’s loving action as He reaches into your heart and
perfects you.
I am making plans too: both for my own observation of
Lent and for a much more public and ambition series of
events. In April of 2014, our beloved Cathedral Church will
be 100 years old. I have assembled a Centennial Commit-
tee to determine the best way for our parish to observe
this milestone.
Since all of the Centennial Committee members are
good Catholics, they told me, “Oh, Monsignor, our Cathe-
dral deserves better that one tiny event. We must cele-
brate for a whole year.”
Father John Grant and I took the Committee’s recom-
mendations to Bishop Slattery. He approved a year of
celebrations beginning in April of 2013 and leading up to
the 100th Anniversary of Holy Family’s dedication Mass
in April of 2014.
It is too early to list all of the events we are planning.
Please be aware of this Centennial and pray that it – like
Lent – will bring us all closer to God.
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Yours in the Holy Family,
Msgr. Gregory A. Gier, Rector
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Fridays of Lent
5:05 Mass
5:35 Adoration
6:00 Dinner
6:45 Benediction
7:00 Stations of the Cross
7:45 Movie (starting on Feb. 15)
Various parish organizations will provide meatless dinners on
Fridays of Lent. Your donations are most welcome to help them
cover costs.
The Knights of Columbus will be showing a religious themed
movie in the Halpine Room on Fridays of Lent beginning on Feb-
ruary 15.
Ash Wednesday and Lent
Ash Wednesday Masses
7:00 and 9:00 a.m.
12:05 and 5:05 p.m.
All Masses will be in the Cathedral. Ashes will be distributed at
all Masses. Bishop Slattery will be the celebrant at the 12:05
p.m. Mass.
Ash Wednesday is a day of fasting and abstinence.
Catholics, age 14 and older abstain from meat on Ash Wednes-
day, Good Friday, and all the Fridays of Lent. On Ash Wednes-
day and Good Friday, Catholics age 18-59 abstain from meat
and limit themselves to one full meal each day. Catholics are
encouraged to pray more during Lent, especially with Scripture.
Lenten Dinners Schedule:
February 15: Women’s Club serving Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese
February 22: Holy Family Cathedral School
March 1: RCIA
March 8: Youth Group serving Macaroni and Cheese
March 15: Knights of Columbus
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I want to take this opportunity to brag on our faculty. This
year they have handled changes in administration,
changes in faculty members and positions, new materials,
new methods, as well as more students; and they have
taken it all in stride.
Your child’s teachers do so much more than you may
know. They spend summers, holidays, nights and week-
ends planning, creating, grading and meeting to discuss
how we can improve what we teach and how we teach.
They give their time and talent to insure that your child’s
educational, physical and spiritual needs are met, and they
strive each day to create a safe and loving environment
where educational excellence can be achieved. They do
these things not for the monetary rewards, but for the sat-
isfaction of seeing happy students,
joyfully learning.
Please take time to acknowledge and
thank your child’s teachers for the tre-
mendous work they are doing here. It
will make their day.
Yours in Christ,
Mrs. Southerland
Left: The Eighth Grade loaded our “gently used” lunch
tables into a truck to be sent to San Miguel School.
Right: HFCS received new round lunch tables to ac-
commodate a growing student body.
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Above: Students enjoyed sundaes
after lunch on Thursday of Catholic
Schools Week.
Below: Catholic Schools Week ended
on Friday with a pizza lunch and a
great volleyball game between the
Eighth Grade and the Teachers.
Catholic Schools Week at Holy Family
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We are prepared to enter Lent and our class is learn-
ing what fasting and abstinence is all about. They
study the sacraments in detail and discover the struc-
ture of the Church and they find ways to express their
faith in daily life. Members of our class have been at-
tending Mass and learning how this is the source and
summit of Catholicism. They appreciate being able to
join other parishioners in the communion line as they
receive a blessing, and they look forward to Easter
when they will join us in receiving the Eucharist.
Sponsors have had the opportunity to attend a ses-
sion on the responsibilities of being a sponsor. They
understand the importance placed on their support
Entering Lent with RCIA BY T H E RCIA MI N I ST RY T EAM
and guidance of their charge during the rites and
in assisting the neophytes enter the Catholic
community.
The catechumens and candidates sign the
Book of the Elect at the Rite of Sending on Febru-
ary 10 at 10 a.m. Mass. They will be meeting the
Bishop in the Rite of Election, gathering with other
candidates and catechumens from around the
diocese.
Please continue to pray for our group as they
make this journey within our Church.
J ORD AN A CA T UREG LI WI LL HA M M OCK DA N NY HI G HT OWER MELOD Y HURLEY CH RI ST Y J ON ES
HON G L E MI C H A EL MC GEE KI M B ERLY MOORE- WA I T E J OH N PRI CE WI LLI A M T OWN S
AB OV E: DEA C ON T OM GORM AN T EAC HES A C LA SS ON BA P T I SM . BELOW: CA N D I D AT ES & CA T EC HUM EN S WH O A RE WORKI NG T OWA RD FULL C OM M UN I ON A T EA ST ER
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For now comes upon us
the cleansing weeks of Lent
a time for errant souls
of their sins be spent.
These forty days to ponder
our redemption from our loss
by the trials of Christ
Who died upon the cross!
So don sackcloth and ashes
or what you always wear.
Reflect upon your sorrow
and turn to Christ in prayer!
Hardly are we done with the joy of Christmas when we enter
the somber season of Lent come Ash Wednesday with its omi-
nous warning: "Remember, man, thou art dust and unto dust
thou shalt return!" These words had little import on me as a
child for Lent meant little more than no more double feature on
Saturday afternoons (mother's idea-not mine!) for six weeks -
seemingly a lifetime - and the family rosary every night. A pen-
ance on top of a penance! Death was simply an inconceivable
event that happened to old people - some of whom I was aware
but had no reason to know. Though I served as an altar boy at a
few funerals these were just a chance to get out of class for an
hour. Death was simply a foreign event that may happen so far
into the future that it may be possible to avoid it altogether. So,
as the youth becomes the man the dictum becomes a prophecy!
Today I can hardly read the obituaries without recognizing a
familiar name and in the wisdom of old age I have come to the
realization that death cannot be avoided. Death is forever linger-
ing in the shadows whispering ever so softly that paraphrase,
“Remember, you are but a grain of sand in the hourglass of
Time!” So it is that I come to this Lenten season with a renewed
sense of appreciation and when I contemplate for what I must
answer, and wish to God that I had done many things differently,
skipping the movies and saying the rosary for six weeks does
not appear to be the penance it seemingly was at one time. Oh,
that life could be so simple as to absolve our faults and sins
with a prayer said and movie delayed! However, God, in the wis-
dom that is God, recognized that Lent would weigh heavily upon
us so He gave us Mardi Gras for an evening of joy and elation
before our coming trial of contemplation. The Council, in con-
junction with the HFWC, is sponsoring an evening of merriment
on Saturday, February 9th in Heiring Hall. Last year was our first
Notes from the Knightstand BY MA RT I N REI D Y
time out for this event and it had, to be sure, a few hits and
misses. However, we learn from our mistakes (we hope,-praise
God!) and it is our further hope that you will join us for an eve-
ning of levity. Tickets are $25.00/couple - about the cost of a
movie with popcorn!
Homeless dinner report:
We report to you that our December Homeless dinner at the
Day Center had a cost of $289.15, or about $2.41/person. How-
ever, recall the January Newsletter where at our many volun-
teers – our “hovering angels” so to speak — donated approxi-
mately $300.00 worth of food in the pies, dressing, potatoes
served along with the purchased items. It is only with their un-
stinting assistance do» we feel that we can continue the feeding
program without resorting to our "beggar's cup" at the door of
the Cathedral. Also, and I realize that there were individuals who
went the extra "mile" in organizing the various donations there
was not room in the January Newsletter to specifically thank
Sharon Thierry who organized the potato dressing, and gravy
brigade and her husband, Johnny, for his help and patience. This
accolade by no means takes away the thanks we owe to all of
these volunteers who gave their all! We also extend a tip of the
chapeau to the various classes at Holy Family School who take
monthly turns in bagging the cookies for the dessert.
A final note: it is my understanding that a Lenten meal will be
offered in Heiring Hall on Fridays before the Stations of the
Cross. You may not find lobster bisque on the menu but it will be
filling, nourishing, and CHEAP! PAX!
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Holy Family Cathedral
P.O. Box 3204
Tulsa, OK 74101-3204
RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED
The Cathedral Women’s Club is collecting items for our annual
Garage Sale. It will be held March 21 from 7:30 to 4:00; March
22 from 7:30 to 4:00; and March 23 from 7:30 to Noon. Contact
Ann Owen, 918-748-9419 to arrange pickup. Beginning March
18, you may bring donated items directly to the Auditorium.
Garage Sale