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y Golf tournament to benefit St. Catherine School The sixth annual St. Catherine Classic Golf Tournament, benefit-ting the St. Catherine School Building Campaign, will be held on Monday, July 23. Enjoy a day of golf with priests, educators and Catholic faithful at The Golf Club of Oklahoma while helping to raise funds for the students of St. Catherine School. All proceeds from the golf tournament this year will go toward the growing expense of educating children and help offset the cost of textbooks and other instructional materials. Registration fees for the shotgun scramble are $600 for a team of four or $150 per individual and include breakfast, lunch, and chance for door prizes ranging from rounds of golf to dinners at local restaurants. Interested golfers are encouraged to sign up at http://www.stcatherineclassic.golfregistrations.com by July 16. St. Catherine School continues to motivate students to become lifelong learners in mind, heart, and spirit. Instruction in Roman Catholic doctrine, morals, and values blends spiritual knowledge with a comprehensive educational curriculum for pre-school through eighth grade. Fully accredited by the Oklahoma Depart-ment of Education through the Oklahoma Conference of Catholic Schools Accreditation Association. Last year, the tournament raised $7,000 for the school’s build-ing fund. Community partners making the event possible this year include the Ralph and Frances McGill Foundation, Don Thornton Cadillac, Rogers and Bell Attorneys at Law, and Jack Beckham Comfort Specialists. Various levels of sponsorships are still available. For more information, contact Suzy Hayes at 918.446.8124 or suzyhayes@saint-catherine.org Michael Cunningham. Two educators were recognized with the St. John Baptist de La Salle Faculty Award this year – Todd Goldsmith, for his 10 years of service as superintendent of Catholic Schools and, Maggie Camw-teacher and assistant director of student activities. Nich Weyland received the Blessed Mother Teresa Award. Matt Douglas and Ellen Pearson received the Brother Norman McCarthy Award. Students of the diocesan high school accomplished several other achievements of note. State championships were earned in speech and debate, Academic Bowl, 6A girls volleyball, 6A girls soccer and 5A boys golf. Academic State Championships were earned in 6A girls volleyball, 5A girls basketball and 6A boys track. Father Amaliri visits Tulsa While on leave from his duties with the U.S. Air Force in Italy, Father Paul Amaliri paid a short visit to Tulsa on May 16 to update Bishop Edward J. Slattery on his continuing military ministry. After serving at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas for three years, Captain Father Amaliri is now the base chaplain at Aviano Air Base in northern Italy, one of America’s busiest and largest overseas installations. In addition to his duties as pastor of a parish claiming 400 military families as parishioners, he also is busy with personal and spiritual counseling to airmen returning from combat or simply adjusting to military life. He is one of only 67 Catholic chaplains in the entire U.S. military. Born and raised in Nigeria, Father Amaliri came to the United States to study for the priesthood after graduating from college in his home country. After his ordination in 2000, he was assigned to the Diocese of Tulsa, where he served as associate pastor at St. Benedict Parish in Broken Arrow. By early 2003, he was pastor of three par-ishes – Ss. Peter and Paul in Cushing, St. Mary Parish in Drumright and St. John the Evangelist Parish in Pawnee. In 2008, he requested and received permission from Bishop Slattery to begin a three-year ministry as an Air Force chaplain beginning in 2009. “America has been very good to me,” Father Amaliri said. “This is one way I give back.” Father Amaliri said that he thoroughly enjoys serving both the Church and his country as an Air Force chaplain. His current as-signment will end this year and he is awaiting orders for his next station of service.nit Bishop Kelley graduates honored The 2012 graduates of Bishop Kelley High School were honored on May 19 at commencement exercises in the Reynolds Center on the campus of the University of Tulsa. In addition to the 181 seniors who graduated, the event featured a number of awards. The class valedictorian was David O’Connor; salutatorian was Joe DeAngelis; and the Bishop’s Medal was awarded to 27
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