CCCATHEDRALATHEDRALATHEDRAL N N NEWSEWSEWS August 2011 Volume 17 Issue 1 Tulsa, Oklahoma

Holy Family

New Deacons Kevin Sartorius (foreground), New Deacons Kevin Sartorius (foreground),

Greg Stice (back), and Nelson Sousa (not Greg Stice (back), and Nelson Sousa (not

pictured) to serve at Holy Family Cathedral.pictured) to serve at Holy Family Cathedral.

Photo: Dave Crenshaw, cover, p. 4Photo: Dave Crenshaw, cover, p. 4

Photo: Cathy Nelson

Dear People of Holy Family:

The summer has been very hot and I am sorry that

the Church always seems a little warm. Our air condi-

tioning system tries very hard to keep us cool but the

building is not insulated and therefore makes it very

hard to hold the cold air in the building. The use of the

side doors for exiting after the Masses on Saturday and

Sunday has actually helped. So thank you for your pa-

tience and willingness to undergo a little inconvenience

for the ones who follow after you.

The summer also welcomes some newcomers to our

clergy. We are much honored to have the newly or-

dained, Fr. Michael Pratt, with us for August and Sep-

tember before he returns to Rome for the completion of

his graduate studies. We welcome him to Holy Family

Cathedral and hope that the memories and experi-

ences of this summer can be held as dearly as the ex-

perience of his ordination here a few weeks ago.

August will also welcome three new permanent dea-

cons to our ranks. While two of them have greater re-

sponsibilities in other areas, they nevertheless will be

part of our life here at the Cathedral.

Sincerely in the Holy Family,

Msgr. Gregory A. Gier

Rector

Three-Year Renovation Pledges update:

$28,000.00 is currently outstanding on the pledges for the Renovation Fund. Thank you for your continued generosity.

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Deacon Kevin Sartorius we will share with Catholic

Charities where he is the Director and “man in charge.”

Deacon Gregory Stice we will share with the Diocesan

Office of Worship. Deacon Nelson Sousa will be as-

signed here as well as assistant Master of Ceremonies

to the Bishop. Welcome to all of you and we hope you

become a great part of our life here at Holy Family.

October is close at hand and I am sure many of you

will be delighted to have your three year pledge com-

pleted for the restoration of the Cathedral. Your coop-

eration and generosity to this program has been a

great inspiration to me and your fellow parishioners.

Your regularity in paying the pledge has given me great

confidence in being able to pay bills on time and bring

this project to a happy conclusion. I thank you for your

diligence as do all the people of the future who will en-

joy the security and stability of this building. The build-

ing was not more stable the day it was finished in 1914

than it is today. This is a great gift to the future of the

Diocese of Tulsa and the city of Tulsa as well. You are

A Word from the Rector

BY MARTIN REIDY

The moat is dry

The castle’s hot!

We sit and fry

and bemoan our lot!

Well, needless to say the heat

brought nary a peep from our baking

castle keep through much of June and

July. We did manage to elect a new

Grand Knight to lead us upward and

onward, Kevin Ikenberry.

Kevin, along with the other officers

of the Council, was properly installed in

his office at an evening Mass presided

over by our Chaplain, Fr. Van at 6:30

p.m. on June 7th. Kevin is known to be

of sterling character and much beloved

and held in high esteem by his fellow

Notes from the Knightstand

Knights and all of his acquaintance.

Furthermore, Kevin is known through-

out the halls of justice as a barrister

worthy of the many accolades thereby

given and always solicitous of the

needs of the poor and the downtrod-

den! Unfortunately, we were unable to

toast his election in proper manner un-

til the July meeting due to the accumu-

lata of items for the upcoming garage

sale when he was feted in proper man-

ner with a beef rib dinner prepared by

fellow Knight, Joe Parker.

The Council did participate in the

enjoining of the garage sale in June,

recognition of those altar servers

graduating from high school with a cer-

tificate and cash stipend to see them

off on the journey of life, and the Priest

Appreciation Dinner in August attended

by the parish clergy, Knights of the

Council, their ladies, and respective

knaves.

And with that our summer recedes

into history for others to pass judg-

ment. Pax!

Knights move utility sheds

The parish Knights of Colum-

bus, under the leadership of

project coordinator Robert

Schraeder, moved the two

utility sheds across the park-

ing lot.

The sheds now sits on an

unused part of the lot where

the old school playground

was.

The newly freed space will be

open to serve as additional

parking.

Deacon Kevin Sartorius Another couple originally from Kansas, Kevin and Jennifer Sartorius presently attend Holy Family Cathedral. They have five young children and are expecting their sixth in September. Kevin serves as executive director of Catholic Charities. Deacon Kevin’s favorite passage of Holy Scripture is Matthew 28:19, "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit." As an ordained min-ister, he knows that he will be expected to live out this mission as well as the universal call to holiness at a new level of intensity and in a very public way For this reason, Kevin looks to the example of St. Benedict of

Nursia, who believed that holiness can be attained through a balance of prayer and work. As a permanent deacon, he knows that he is now called to both prayer and work in the vineyard of our Lord.

Deacon Nelson Sousa Deacon Nelson is a registered polysomnographic technologist at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa. He and his wife, Sarah, are from Fall River, Mass., and have three daughters and a son. Of Portu-guese descent, Nelson has a special devotion to St. Elizabeth of Portugal. He admires her custom of visiting the poor - espe-cially children - and bringing to them food and staples. She would also allow the children to wear her crown as a symbol of the fact that, as children of God, all the baptized are members of Gods royal family The Por-tugese culture has a particularly pious devotion of cele-brating St. Queen Elizabeth throughout the Easter sea-

son. There is a weekly procession to the parish church, in which the crown of the Holy Ghost is brought from a particular parishioners home. At the conclusion of Mass, all children in attendance are ‘crowned" with this crown. This constant array of weekly festivities culminates on the Pentecost, with the Feast of the Holy Ghost. It is always such a joy for Nelson to be able to return to his birthplace and enjoy these festivities.

Deacon Gregory Todd Stice Deacon Greg is a risk management administrator at Cherokee Nation Busi-nesses LLC. He and his wife, Lisa, have three children: Moriah, 13; Katie, 10; and Joshua, 4. From Anderson, Ind., they now live in Mounds and attend St. Clement of Rome Parish, Bixby. St. Stephen, the Deacon, is Greg’s favorite saint. St. Stephens’s courage in standing up for the truth and preaching the Word of Christ in the midst of opposition has been a source of strength for Greg himself. Also, St. Stephen demonstrated Christ’s love for the widows, children and even his persecutors and this provides the deacon an excellent model for his ordained ministry

Deacon Greg finds that Lent is the most powerful time for him as he at-tempts to purify himself from sin and selfishness through self-denial, prayer and adoration. Greg hopes to spend his life seeking a more fruitful conversion to Christ so that by being more obedient to Gods will he might better spread His Word and do His work.

Cathedral Welcomes Three New Deacons

Father Mike Pratt

to join Holy Family

for the summer

Father Michael Pratt joins dozens

of newly ordained priests who have

come to Holy Family either to serve

as associate pastors or to live in resi-

dence for a short time. Father Pratt

belongs to the latter group, much like

Father Jack Gleason did in the sum-

mer of 1996.

Father Mike grew up in Stillwater,

Oklahoma. He spent time with Frs.

Bob Schlitt, Joe Townsend, and Ken

Harder who encouraged him to think

about the seminary.

He studied as Oklahoma State

University for two years, then entered

the seminary program for the Dio-

cese of Tulsa. He studied at the

North American College Seminary in

Rome.

Father Mike will return to Rome

this fall to complete an additional de-

gree in Marriage and Family Studies.

Will Gray graduated from Union High

School and will be attending Oklahoma

State University in the fall. Will plans to

major in mechanical engineering. An-

other interest is in ROTC. Will was a

cadet for 4 years in the Union High

School Air Force program. As a senior

leader, he was honored by the Tulsa

chapter of the Special Forces Associa-

tion with their Award of Excellence.

High School Graduates Head to College

Angela Wilkerson graduated from

Cascia Hall and will be attending the

University of Oklahoma in August.

She is planning to major in Profes-

sional Writing at this time.

Paul Williams graduated from Booker

T. Washington High School. He is at-

tending the University of Chicago in the

fall to study chemistry or physics.

HOLY FAMILY CATHEDRAL SCHOOL CALENDAR 2011-2012 SCHOOL YEAR 15 August Back to School Night 17 August First Day of School 5 September No School - Labor Day 10 September HFCS School Auction 26-28 September Parent/Teacher Confer-

ences - Progress Reports 29 September St. Francis of Assisi Dinner 30 September No School / Parent/

Teacher Conferences 13 October Walk-a-thon 14 October No School / Teacher In-

service 20 October First Quarter Ends 27 October Report Cards go home 5 November HFCS Trivia Night 17 November Progress Reports 21-27 November Thanksgiving Vacation

Week - No School 15 December Christmas Play 21 December Christmas Parties - NO

AFTERCARE 22 December-3 January Christmas Break 4 January Classes Resume 10 January Second Quarter Ends 16 January MLK Day 19 January Report Cards go home 28 January Mike Petzet Dinner 29 January Beginning of Catholic Schools

Week 6-10 February Iowa Testing 15-16 February Cogat Testing 16 February Progress Reports 17 February Diocesan In-Service - No

School 18 February Chili Cookoff 20 February Snow Day - President’s Day 22 February Ash Wednesday 22 March L Third Quarter Ends 17-25 March Spring Break 29 March Third Quarter Ends 2-4 April Parent/Teacher Conferences 5 April No School - Parent/Teacher Con-

ferences 6 April No School - Good Friday 9 April Snow Day - Easter Monday 19 April Progress Reports 4 May Principal’s BBQ 11 May Principal’s BBQ Rain Makeup

Day 16 May Winning House Field Trip 18 May Light of Leadership Mass 22 May Graduation 23 May Last Day of School/Fun Day - NO

AFTERCARE 24 May Snow Day 25 May Snow Day In case of snow we will use the following days for make-up: February 20 2011 April 9 2011 May 24 2011 and May 25 2011

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At every weekend Mass, we pray for the sick as part of our Intentions. To get a name on the sick list, all you need to do is call the parish office and request a name to be placed on the list. Please designate a length of time that the name should be on the list. Please keep us updated as to the status of the per-son for whom we are praying and/or leave a phone number for which we can check a person’s status. We need your assistance in this.

The Women's Club will have their First meeting of this year on September 1, 2011 following the 12:05 mass in the auditorium. This is our open invita-tion to all women of the Cathedral to join for lunch. Club dues will be due of $15.00 for the year. No charge for lunch. We would like to completely update our mailing list - so even if you can not attend, please contact Nancy Mullikin or Ann Owen with your infor-mation. Thank you.

RCIA: If you know someone who has curiosity about our faith, the Ca-thedral offers a great opportunity to get questions answered. Please have him come to the sessions on Wednesdays 6:30-7:30pm in the Halpine Room beginning June 15. Call Janie at 918-254-6941 or just show up.

Deacon Jerry Mattox’s weekly Bible Study is focusing on Genesis and Church History. It is open to all pa-rishioners and meets at 7:00 p.m. every Thursday in the Halpine Room.

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