Father Jack Gleason is the pastor of St. Bernard of Clairvaux parish in Tulsa. He recently took a sabbatical during which he walked the Camino.

Fr. Jack grew up in Blackwell OK with his 3 siblings.

He was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Tulsa in 1995. He has served as the Vocation Director for the Diocese of Tulsa, Chaplain at the Newman Center at the University of Tulsa, and Pastor at the Church of the Madalene and the Church of Saint Mary before his current assignment as pastor at St. Bernards. 

Fr. Jack is an avid Oklahoma State University fan where he graduated with a degree in Psychology. He worked in Student Services at OSU for 3 years before entering the Seminary. Fr. Jack did pre-theology studies at Conception seminar, received his STB in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and his STL in dogma/sacramental theology from the Pontifical Athenaeum, also in Rome.

SHOW NOTES:

Hallow app: https://hallow.com/

Deacon Alan Mikell was ordained to the permanent diaconate in 1996 and

Dustin Samford is the Coordinator of youth activities at the Diocese of Tulsa and Eastern Oklahoma.

Growing up, Dustin moved quite a bit due to his fathers service in the Air Force. His family settled in Pryor, Oklahoma when his fathers service ended.

Dustin earned his Bachelor's degree in Strategic Communications from Oklahoma State University. After graduation, Dustin worked for Americorp and was placed at Catholic Charities. When his volunteer commitment was over he was the youth minister in Owasso, Oklahoma at St. Henry’s and later worked at Claire House in Tulsa as the program manager.

Dustin and his wife, Abby, are parishioners at the Church of Saint Mary in Tulsa.

SHOW NOTES:

Renewing the Vision: https://www.usccb.org/topics/youth-and-young-adult-ministries/renewing-vision

JCYC: https://dioceseoftulsayouth.org/jcychttps://dioceseoftulsayouth.org/jcyc

Karlo Broussard is a Catholic Answer’s apologist and speaker working in the Diocese of Tulsa to  offer apologetical, catechetical, and evangelization training to the faithful.

Karlo has published articles on a variety of subjects in Catholic Answers Magazine, is a regular guest on Catholic Answers Live, and is an active writer for Catholic Answers Magazine Online. Karlo holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in theology from Catholic Distance University and the Augustine Institute, along with a masters in philosophy from Holy Apostles College and Seminary.

He lives with his wife, Jaqueline, and their five children here in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

SHOW NOTES:

karlobroussard.com

Karlo Broussard Rice Festival 2000: https://youtu.be/TpCOlhAcU3I

Monsignor Patrick Gaalaas was born in Minneapolis, MN and ordained to the priesthood August 12, 1972. He received a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio and a baccalaureate of sacred theology and master’s degree in moral & religious science from the University of Louvain in Belgium.

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Mr. Ken Coughlin is a retired award winning, distinguished teacher who served as the Chair of the Theology Department at Bishop Kelley High School for 27 years.

He grew up on the South Side of Chicago and attended high school seminary at Quigley Preparatory Seminary South, then attended the minor seminary for the Archdiocese of Chicago for two years of college before discerning the priesthood was not his vocation. Ken holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Illinois, a Masters in Religious Education from Loyola University of Chicago, and  a Masters in Theology from the University of Notre Dame.

Along with his 42 years working as a high school teacher, Ken has also taught in 17 parishes in the Diocese of Tulsa, served as an adjunct professor at St. Gregory’s University, and was a teacher in the permanent diaconate program.

He has 4 children and 5 grandchildren.

Rosemary Metzler works at St. Joseph’s Monastery in Tulsa and is a Benedictine Oblate there. She is a parishioner here at the Church of Saint Mary.

Rosemary grew up as an Army brat living mostly on the East Coast and in Germany. Home Base for Rosemary is Philadelphia where her brother and sister reside. Rosemary has worked in a number of areas from being a Vietnamese linguist for the NSA to being an executive secretary to working at a lumber mill.

Most recently Rosemary traveled to Rome to meet with Pope Francis as representative of Benedictine Oblates in Tulsa.

Rosemary is a widow. She helped raise 4 children and has 6 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.

SHOW NOTES:

Benedictine Oblate World Congress: https://www.osservatoreromano.va/en/news/2023-09/ing-038/the-challenge-of-hospitality-in-a-society-suffocated-by-selfishn.html

Benedictine Oblate program in Tulsa: http://www.stjosephmonastery.org/oblates

The Liturgy of the Hours:

https://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgy-of-the-hours

Father Shane Hewson is the associate pastor at St. Bernard of Clairvaux

https://www.eucharisticrevival.org/Katie Svejkosky is the Sacramental Preparation and Parish Life