Award Winning
Award WinningGold ADDY Award, Invitation Design
Gold ADDY Award, Art Direction
Bronze PRINT Award, Invitation
Overview
Blessed Stanley Rother was a Catholic priest from Okarche, OK, who had a mission in Guatemala, serving the Tz’utujil people. During his tenure there, a civil war raged around him, and Father Rother eventually lost his life while working in this community. In honor of Father Stanley’s faith and sacrifice, the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City sought canonization and beatification for him. In 2016, Pope Francis officially recognized Father Rother as a martyr for the faith. He is the first martyr from the United States, and the first US-born priest to be beatified. To recognize this momentous distinction, the Archdiocese determined to build a shrine to serve as a place of pilgrimage and worship, in Blessed Stanley Rother’s patronage.