Rother Shrine
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City began a campaign last year for a shrine to Stanley Rother.
Rev. Stanley Rother is the first U.S. born male and U.S. priest named a martyr by the Roman Catholic Church.
Rother, from Okarche Oklahoma, was murdered in Guatamala in 1981 while doing missionary work.
http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/sis...soon-to-be-blessed-father-stanley-rother
Rother was beatified on September 23, 2017, during a Mass at the Cox Convention Center.
https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/fr-stanley-rother-beatified-oklahoma-city
The proposed shrine will feature a 2,000 seat church.
This would make it the largest Catholic church in Oklahoma.
The archdiocese purchased Brookside Golf Club, which is located at SE 89th and Shields Boulevard, several years ago.
This 53-acre plot will be the site where the shrine is built.
https://oklahoman.com/article/5558951/ro...e-property-will-be-site-of-rother-shrine
Design sketches:
https://www.okctalk.com/showthread.php?t=43561
Recent renderings:
https://archokc.org/campaign
According to an Oklahoman article, by the fall of 2018, fundraising has already surpassed the required $65 million goal.
The site was designed so that the shrine would be easily visible (and accessed) from I-35.
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Archdiocese representatives said they anticipate the shrine bringing thousands of visitors to Oklahoma each year.
In addition to serving as Rother's final resting place, the shrine will serve as the center of ministry for the Hispanic Catholic community in Oklahoma City.
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article:
https://oklahoman.com/article/5608762/ok...asses-fundraising-goal-for-rother-shrine
Actual construction should begin in late 2019.
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