America is not a land of shrines. A historically Protestant country, our nation is not filled with beloved, ancient pilgrimage sites. So when a new shrine is dedicated, as the Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine was on February 17 in Oklahoma City, it’s
Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine’s historic dedication honors martyr’s mission to share Jesus’ love
Two days and eight hours after Theresa Hohenberger and Marilyn Freund climbed into a sedan in Atlantic, Iowa, they were standing among thousands of faithful waiting to join the dedication Mass of the Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine in Oklahoma City.
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As progress on the Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine in Oklahoma City nears completion, Paul Senz explores the life of Blessed Stanley Rother, and his love for the people of Guatemala where he was martyred on July 28, 1981. Father Rother’s cause for
Construction of a shrine honoring an American priest who was killed while serving in Guatemala reached a milestone with the installation of a massive dome.
Workers Aug. 12 carefully lifted the 45,000-pound dome onto the chapel in Oklahoma City memorializing Blessed Father Stanley
Forty years ago, Father Stanley Rother of Oklahoma was killed while serving as a missionary in Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala. In 2016, Pope Francis declared him a martyr for the Faith, and he was beatified in Oklahoma City a year later. In marking
OKLAHOMA CITY (CNS) — Archbishop Paul S. Coakley broke ground Nov. 3 for the Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine in south Oklahoma City. “What we are about to construct here we are building for the honor and glory of God whose goodness, whose
On Dec. 2, 2016, Pope Francis officially recognized Father Stanley Rother's martyrdom for the Faith and for his people at Santiago Atitlán, making him the first American martyr and the first priest from the United States to be beatified -- a historic