The
Epiphany Group
A Catholic interfaith community of those seeking to explore current issues affecting our Church and personal lives, prayerfully responding to our baptismal call with "fresh eyes, open minds, and changed hearts," by promoting social justice, education and advocacy.
P.O. Box 4444, Tulsa, OK 74159
Welcome!
The Epiphany Group can be pictured as an
oasis for those on the spiritual journey; to gather together for a
while, to pause, refresh, to think about our direction. The Holy Spirit
is our guide and in that embrace we listen, renew, and seek the grace
and courage to go where we are led. We wish to welcome all fellow
travelers with gratitude for the humble strength we gain from each
other.
Maureen Watson, Past President,
June 2001
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The Epiphany Group Presents Roy Bourgeois, MM A New Model of Being Church Sunday, March 7, 2010, 2:00 PM
Hardesty Regional Library Lecture is FREE and open to the public
Roy Bourgeois is a Maryknoll priest, human rights activist, & outspoken advocate for women's ordination. He has been fighting for two decades to close the U.S. Army School of the Americas at Fort Benning, Ga., which trains Latin American soldiers, many of whom have committed human rights abuses in their home countries. He leads an annual vigil outside Fort Benning that attracts thousands who want to see the operation shut down.
Fr. Roy will speak about "A New Model of Being Church", part of the “Shatter the Stained Glass Ceiling Tour” sponsored by Call To Action and the Women's Ordination Conference.
Click here for flyer on Fr. Roy's Lecture and Year of the Priest Workshops Epiphany Group Year of the Priest Workshops The Vatican had proclaimed 2009-10 as The Year of the Priest. In recognition of this, The Epiphany Group is presenting two workshops, free and open to the public, leading up to Fr. Roy’s talk on women’s ordination. Both workshops will be at the Hardesty Library.
Sunday, January 17, 2010, 2:00 PM Image And Word: Women Leaders Of The Early Church A slide presentation of art from catacomb frescos, paintings, and mosaics which depict the role of women in early church leadership. The presentation is researched and designed by Sister Christina Schenk CSJ and is provided by FutureChurch. Susan Murphy of the Epiphany Group will lead the discussion. Susan holds an M.A. in Pastoral Ministry from the Aquinas Institute of Theology. She has spent the last 15 years working with physically and sexually abused women and co-founded a non-profit organization with The Community of St. James to help impoverished women become economically independent. Susan is also an artist who works with paint and clay to tell the stories of biblical women.
Sunday, February 7, 2010, 2:00 PM All Are Called: The Feminine Priesthood Mother Andrea Jones, an Episcopal priest, will speak on her experiences as an ordained woman in a traditionally male-dominated clergy. Ordained in 2000, she currently is Asst. to the Rector at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Bartlesville. She previously served as a priest in parishes in Fremont, Nebraska, Sand Springs, and Miami, Oklahoma. As part of her presentation, Mthr. Jones will be open to questions from the audience.
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Audio CDs of John Allen's
lecture still available! CDs can be ordered online for a donation to The Epiphany Group. We leave it to you to decide an appropriate amount. |
Meetings
The Epiphany Group holds monthly meetings on the second Monday of each month, moving among member's homes. Please email or call Mike Calnan at 496-3646 for information on upcoming meetings.
We are currently discussing the book Catholicism at the Crossroads: How the Laity Can Save the Church by Paul Lakeland.
Prior to that we had been discussing the book Sisters in the Wilderness, by Delores S. Williams, who considers how to construct a Christian theology from the point of view of African-American women.
Read the reflection which Terry Klein gave at a recent Epiphany meeting.
Annual Lecture
The Epiphany
Group brings to Tulsa every year a nationally known speaker to present a
free public lecture exploring topics of interest to the Church today. Past speakers have included:
1998, Jun - Bishop Thomas Gumbleton
1999, Nov - Sr. Joan Chittister
2001, Oct - Robert McClory
2002, Mar - Anthony Padavano
2003, Mar - Fr. Richard McBrien
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2004, Apr - Sr. Maureen Fiedler
2005, May - Bishop Thomas Gumbleton Click here for photos
2006, Mar - Fr. John Dear
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2007, Apr - John Allen
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2008, Apr - Fr. Tom Doyle Click here for photos
2009, May - Sr. Helen Prejean Click here for photos
Newsletter
The Epiphany Group periodically publishes a newsletter, Epiphany, which is distributed to a mailing list of several hundred Catholics across Oklahoma and the country. Following are links to recent issues:
A History of The Epiphany Group
Inspired by prominent national speakers, several Tulsans discussed the possibility of starting a local study group. In late November 1996, we shared names of friends who might be interested in meeting together for faith sharing and furthering the work of the Second Vatican Council. During December 1996, thirteen people gathered several times to plan for establishing a group.
On January 6, 1997, the feast of the Epiphany, the group adopted the same name as the feast day, expressing the hope to "bring gifts of faith" to others and ourselves.
In January 1998, we presented a three-night series on the Bishop's Pastoral "Always Our Children" at the Church of St. Mary. In June of the same year, Bishop Thomas Gumbleton of Detroit spoke to an audience of 500.
We continued our spiritual nurturing through studying Henri Nouwen's book "In His Image" as well as a reflective study of "To Dance With a Cross on Our Back"by Father Bill Skeehan.
In the spring of 1999, Mary Benet McKinney, a Chicago Benedictine gave a retreat for our group and in November 1999, Sister Joan Chittister spoke to an audience of 400. We will continue to prayerfully explore current issues affecting our Church and personal lives.
We acknowledge, because of our baptism, we
are called to promote social justice, education and advocacy. If you
would like to join us, please contact one of the members.
Denise Mohr, June 2001