Glory Be: Interesting People & How They Pray

Very Reverend Michael Knipe is the pastor of Sts. Peter and Paul Parish in Tulsa and Judicial Vicar of the Diocese of Tulsa.

He was ordained to the priesthood in 1988 and has served the diocese as pastor of several parishes and as chaplain at Bishop Kelley High School.

Fr. Mike was educated at Northeastern State University (Tahlequah), received his Bachelor of Arts from Conception Seminary College (Missouri), his Master of Arts in Theology from the University of Dallas,, his STB in theology and JCL in Canon Law from  The Catholic University of America (DC) and recently completed his JCD in Canon law from Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca (Spain).

He is fluent in English and Spanish and is committed to the spread of the gospel and Catholic social teaching.

He also loves traveling the world.

Fr. David Webb is the chaplain at the University of Tulsa Newman Center.

He holds a bachelor's degree in Philosophy and Catholic Studies from the  University of St. Thomas in St. Paul Minnesota and a Master of Divinity from the Athenaeum of Ohio- Mount St. Mary’s Seminary of the West in  Cincinnati Ohio.  Fr. Webb was ordained to the priesthood in 2017 for the Diocese of  Tulsa.

He has served as chaplain and theology teacher at Bishop Kelley High School and as associate pastor at Christ the King Church in Tulsa.

Fr. John Jirak is the pastor of the Church of the Magdalen in Wichita, Kansas and Vicar for Evangelization, Discipleship and Stewardship for  the Diocese of Wichita.

He is a graduate of Conception Seminary College in Conception, Missouri and holds a masters degree in dogmatic theology from the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio. Fr. Jirak also has his licentiate in canon law from Catholic University of America in Washington DC and  was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Wichita in 2002.

SHOW NOTES: 

Church of the Magdalen: https://www.magdalenwichita.com

One of Fr. Jirak's videos:  https://www.facebook.com/magdalenwichita/videos/509098573728442

Chef Michael Fusco is the manager of kitchen and garden ministries and head chef at Catholic Charities in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He grew up in New Jersey and graduated from Johnston and Wales University in Providence Rhode Island. After graduating he continued a  two year teaching fellowship where he served as a teaching liaison between the chef and the students. He has received numerous awards, owned his own restaurant, and has been voted best chef in Tulsa many times. He is married to Jackie and has two children.   

SHOW NOTES:  

Saint of the Day: https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day

Divine Mercy Chaplet: https://www.thedivinemercy.org/message/devotions/pray-the-chaplet

Mrs. Ellen Doyle grew up in Cleveland Ohio the second of 9 children.

She graduated from the College of Mt. St. Joseph in 1969 with a BA in  Secondary education and she received her Masters in Religious Education  in 1993 from Loyola University in New Orleans.

Ellen taught in illinois, Broken Arrow, and most recently as a religion  teacher at Bishop Kelley High School before she retired for the first time 10 years ago. She has been married to Tim for 52 years and they  have 3 children and 4 grandchildren.  

She is also a Church of Saint Mary parishioner and is known for her charisma and wisdom.

Megan Hoffman is a School of Saint Mary ('03) and Bishop Kelley ('07)  alumnus. Megan continued her education at the University of Kansas with a  Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Sciences in Occupational Studies and at  the University of Kansas Medical Center, earning her Master in  Occupational Therapy. Megan first gained interest in occupational  therapy while completing her service hours for Bishop Kelley. Megan is currently in her 8th year of practice as a licensed  occupational therapist. She has spent time working in the public school  system at the elementary level and in a pediatric outpatient facility  working with children and families with Developmental Delay, Autism,  ADHD, Anxiety disorders, Dysgraphia, and Sensory Processing.  Megan now  owns Light of Mine Pediatric and Occupational Therapy services, a  company with a mission to bring related therapy services to the children  and families of the Diocese of Tulsa. Megan is the author of a  children’s book that made its debut this week this podcast was recorded.  It’s entitled Best School Year Yet.

SHOWNOTES:

Best School Year Yet: https://www.amazon.com/Best-School-Year-Megan-Hoffman/dp/1954095988/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=best+school+year+yet&qid=1642792138&sprefix=best+schoo%2Caps%2C104&sr=8-1

Saint Mary Preschool Sensory Pathway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUhfaBuE5jA

Today’s guest Meredith White. She is 23 years old and just recently graduated from Benedictine College with a degree in Theology. 

She was raised in Tulsa until she was ten and then spent the next eight years moving with her father’s job. God has blessed her with with two loving parents, four older sisters, a younger brother, three brother-in-laws, eight nephews and one niece.

She lives in the Therese House, a Catholic women’s community house where she lives with three wonderful women.

The Lord called her to start a mission in Tulsa called the Little Lilies. It is a lay mission of Catholic women who pray, serve, and live a common way of life together as they strive to be a lily among the thorns. They humbly serve those who are the most unloved and the forgotten of the flock in the Diocese of Tulsa and assist Christ as “He pastures His flock among the lilies.” (Song of Solomon 2:16, 6:3).

SHOW NOTES:

https://littlelilies.info

Sister Mary Hanah Doak, RSM is a Religious Sister of Mercy of Alma, Michigan and the new President of Bishop Kelley High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

She entered her religious community in 2004 from her native Denver, Colorado. She holds a Minnesota Teaching License in Elementary Education with an endorsement in Middle School Mathematics and has taught multiple subjects at the Junior High Level for the past six years.

She has most recently served as Bishop Kelley's Chief Operating Office and before as the Director of Religious Education for St. Margaret Catholic School in the Diocese of Lake Charles, Louisiana, and is completing a Master’s Degree in Curriculum and Instruction from McNeese State University, also in Lake Charles.

Amy Zvacek is a lifelong Catholic who serves the Church as the office  manager at Saint Catherine of Alexandria Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Saint Catherine of Alexandria Church is home to an English-speaking  parish that dates back to the 1920s and is currently led by Father John Grant. The church is unique in that another parish prays there led by  Father Robert Kim, the only permanent pastor of a Zomi-speaking parish in the United States.  

Amy shares her experience of growth in prayer as she builds up both  English- and Zomi-speaking parishes.

Millie and John are second graders who share stories of how their families are observing advent and preparing for Christmas. Having very made their First Reconciliation, they look forward to receiving their First Communion.