THE CASE FOR BURYING THE ELECTRICAL LINES

THE CASE FOR BURYING THE ELECTRICAL LINES

Currently, we have electrical lines running between the main school building and the new Early Childhood Center. They are unsightly, but, more importantly, they pose a hazard to our property if a storm were to take them down. We want to bury them. OG&E has offered to help pay the cost, but it's still an expensive project. We need to raise $400,000. We are collecting cash and pledges toward this project. I would ask that every family contribute something to the cost. Special envelopes for this collection are available in the pews. Thank you to those who have already pledged or given. I appreciate your gift.

THANKSGIVING MASS AT 9AM THANKSGIVING DAY

Join Fr. Jerome on Thanksgiving morning for a special Mass of Thanksgiving at 9 am. I hope you know how much he and I appreciate serving here at St. Eugene. Ours is a wonderful parish and I count it as a great honor to be your pastor. I especially want to thank our staff, including, of course, the school staff for making this parish an amazing faith community. Giving thanks and saying thank you is a deeply religious act, because it reminds us that we are surrounded by grace. The people that God places in our lives are given to us for a reason; everyone can teach us something important.

CHRIST THE KING SUNDAY

Pope Pius XII established this feast day in 1925. He did so to counter the rise of communism in Russia and the rise of Fascism in Italy. (And, soon, the Church was resisting Nazism in Germany.) Pius XII wanted to remind the world that political authority can not replace the spiritual authority of Christ, and that human beings must serve God first. If I am not mistaken, Christ the King in Tulsa was the first church in the USA to be dedicated with the name.

For me, the feast day has special meaning. I became a Catholic at Christ the King in Ft. Smith, and my first priestly assignment was Christ the King, OKC.