Patrick Martin is the superintendent of Osage Nations Schools, Daposka  Ahnkodapi ("Our School" in Osage).

Patrick is a member of the Osage Nation and a lifelong Catholic. He grew  up in Tulsa and attended the Church of Saint Mary through High School.

He received a BA in English and French, an BA in Philosophy from the  Atheneum Regina Apostolorum, and an MA in Education from Southern  Nazarene.  Patrick spent 5 years in Mexico and Europe doing missionary  work, worked for the Diocese of Tulsa in Hispanic Ministry, and at the  TU Newman center in Campus Ministry. He then taught Spanish, Latin,  French, and Italian at Central High School, was the principal for 17  years at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic School, and is currently the  Superintendent at Osage Nation Schools in Pawhuska.

SHOW NOTES:  

Immaculate Conception Church, the "Cathedral of the Osage:"  https://www.travelok.com/listings/view.profile/id.1145 

The Mercantile Restaurant: https://www.themercantile.com/  

Tallgrass Prairie:  https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/places-we-protect/tallgrass-prairie-preserve/  

Laudato Si:  https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html