Stanley Rother
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Sep 18, 2026
Don WolfHOST
Welcome, Oklahoma, to Living Catholic.
Don WolfHOST
I'm Monsignor Don Wolfe, rector of the Shrine of Blessed Stanley Rother here in Oklahoma City.
Don WolfHOST
The four marks of the church are one, holy, Catholic, and apostolic.
Don WolfHOST
We looked at what it means to be one last week.
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Don WolfHOST
Can I be holy? Can I really find the holiness I need here and now? It can be hard to be convinced real holiness lies within our grasp.
Don WolfHOST
We look at the lives of the saints and the extraordinary example they give us, and it's easy to imagine we just don't qualify.
Don WolfHOST
Who among us is fit to be a Therese or an Edith Stein or a Stanley Rother? Or is it even possible to be holy like our grandmothers were? And the answer is, of course.
Don WolfHOST
God calls us to holiness here and now.
Beau BonnerHOST
But I have to admit that I heard about this, but didn't know how much I should interject with.
Beau BonnerHOST
You know, I was already talking about Stanley Rother.
Beau BonnerHOST
So I thought maybe it was already Oklahoma heavy.
Beau BonnerHOST
But I'm already I am happy to know that Okies are getting known for love and mom giving her a kiss.
Edward LooneyHOST
And so, you know, we have a lot of these saints or blessed holy men and women on the way to sainthood that some of them were not very bright people, you know, like Solanus Casey.
Edward LooneyHOST
Solanus Casey, Stanley Rother could barely make it through seminary.
Edward LooneyHOST
They flunked out of seminary at times.
Edward LooneyHOST
And so, you know, he's a brilliant guy.
Kami BrechtelHOST
... with a great summer cold.
Kami BrechtelHOST
Um, but you are gonna visit with us and share with us about Blessed Stanley Rother today.
Kami BrechtelHOST
Very excited to have you share with us, and I know you recently had a, um, night of prayer for Blessed Stanley Rother, um, and everything, so I look forward to hearing, hearing for, from you about that.
Kami BrechtelHOST
But first, would you introduce yourself to our listeners, and tell us a little bit about yourself?
Kerry PrendivilleGUEST
Yeah.
Kerry PrendivilleGUEST
I'm Father Kerry Prendiville, a priest of the Diocese of Rapid City for 42 years.
Kerry PrendivilleGUEST
And, uh, I've had a knowledge and devotion to Blessed Stanley Rother for, even before I was ordained.
Kerry PrendivilleGUEST
While I was in seminary at Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland, we heard of his martyrdom, and it was, uh, in the presence of that community of faith at the seminary that we learned a lot of the anecdotal stories about him growing up and so on.
Katie WyattHOST
Good-
Dave OrsbornHOST
... a new movie out about Blessed Stanley Rother, the first American-born martyr, uh, called American Martyr, will, uh, be shown in the Columbus area the 25th through the 27th.
Katie WyattHOST
That's today.
Dave OrsbornHOST
Through the 27th.
EdwinHOST
You know, it's incredible to see there's witnesses in our faith.
EdwinHOST
Especially, I just learned more about Blessed Father Stanley Rother.
EdwinHOST
I almost had it.
EdwinHOST
I got it.
EdwinHOST
Promised English is my first language.
EdwinHOST
Father Stanley Rother was born in Oklahoma.
EdwinHOST
And as a student, as a seminarian, he wasn't the strongest student academically, but he was very prayerful, very, very holy.
EdwinHOST
And he, you know, was always willing, right? He was very zealous for his vocation and, you know, he was assigned to go to the mission of his diocese.
Michael RomanoGUEST
Other seminaries were founded from this place.
Michael RomanoGUEST
We have a lot of great holy men who have gone on to be bishops, or we have Blessed Stanley Rother here.
Michael RomanoGUEST
The university has...
Michael RomanoGUEST
Oh my goodness, I'm going to forget his name right now.
Michael RomanoGUEST
Bishop Walsh was a university student here who then went and was a missionary in China and spent many years imprisoned in China.
Michael RomanoGUEST
So it just has a great history for the church in our country today.
Jen MorrowHOST
And I think we've all been hearing a lot about Blessed Stanley Rother in the news.
Jen MorrowHOST
There's a new film documentary coming out at the end of August that is produced by the Archdiocese of Oklahoma as well with some entertainment companies.
Michael P. O'ConnorHOST
I love the Ugandan martyrs who refused perversion, the priests who were killed while celebrating Mass.
Michael P. O'ConnorHOST
I love Stanley Rother, the first American martyr, an Oklahoma farm boy.
Michael P. O'ConnorHOST
who went down to Guatemala to preach and teach, and his life was threatened, and he ran away and came home, but his heart burned, and he had to go back to Guatemala.
Michael P. O'ConnorHOST
And there in Guatemala, he proclaimed, and he preached, and he taught, and he stood up boldly, and he was murdered for his faith.
Eric RosalesHOST
Up next on EWTN News Nightly, American Martyr.
Eric RosalesHOST
We get a firsthand look at a new film about the life of Blessed Stanley Rother.
Eric RosalesHOST
Plus, Pope Leo prepares for another pastoral visit.
Eric RosalesHOST
Where he's going and the unique feature it has in common with the Vatican.
Brian SchumacherCORRESPONDENT
In Rome, Brian Schumacher, EWTN News Nightly.
Eric RosalesHOST
We want to let you know about a new film that takes a look at the life of an American priest killed for his faith.
Eric RosalesHOST
EWTN's Francesca Fenton gives us a sneak peek at American Martyr, the Stanley Rother story.
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We went to Guatemala on the inside.
Brian O'NeelGUEST
a fervent Catholic.
Brian O'NeelGUEST
We were having a discussion at work yesterday whether to title Blessed Stanley Rother, the first American ever to be officially recognized as a martyr by the Vatican, whether to refer to him as Blessed with the word all spelled out, or BL period, which is kind of like ST period for same.
Brian O'NeelGUEST
And, you know, we decided we'd go with the word blessed, the whole word, because the average person in the pew doesn't know what BL period means.
Brian O'NeelGUEST
And I hope that that sort of person who doesn't know what B-O period means or V-E-N period means, who's not attached to their faith, who maybe just goes through the motions of their faith, will get it, will say, I'm going to go to this chapel in Georgia where they have dozens of relics on display and... i'm going to pray there and then all of a sudden the holy spirit touches them in a remarkable way that puts them on fire makes them want to go to daily mass makes them want to pray the rosary makes them want to grow that makes their heart hunger for the eucharist in jesus christ and to submit themselves to our lord's sacred heart that would be that's my dream that's why i did this is so that people you know great catholics people who are doing fantastic with their lives are on their way to canonization themselves if they want to use this Bully.