Diocese of Tulsa News
7/14/2009 - EOC Staff
In observance of the Year of Priestly Jubilee, the priests, deacons, religious and lay faithful of the Diocese of Tulsa are invited to spend three consecutive evenings next month to pray for the priests of this Diocese and of the whole Church.
The Triduum will begin at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2 at Holy Family Cathedral and will continue, gathering at the same time and place, on Monday, Aug. 3 and Tuesday, Aug. 4. The Triduum will end on the Feast of St. John Mary Vianney, in whose name Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed the Year of Priestly Jubilee that began in June and will continue through June 2010.
The preacher for the Tulsa evenings will be Father Mark Kirby, O.S.B., who serves as spiritual director to the clergy. He said each event will include prayer for priests, supplication and litany to St. John Mary Vianney, benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament and veneration of the relic of St. John Mary Vianney.
His Excellency, Bishop Edward J. Slattery of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulsa, Oklahoma has given
Father Mark a special mandate to live under the Rule of Saint Benedict in adoration before the Eucharistic Face of Jesus, offering thanksgiving, intercession, and reparation for all his
brothers in Holy Orders. In this way, Father is preparing the foundation of the new Diocesan Benedictine Monastery of Our Lady of the Cenacle. Father Mark is available to the
priests and deacons of the Diocese for spiritual and sacramental support in their pursuit of holiness. He is also charged with the spiritual formation of women who desire to dedicate themselves to spiritual motherhood in favour of priests.
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