Patrick McGuigan

1 week ago | citynewsokc.com | Patrick McGuigan

Oklahoma City -- The local Chabad Community Center is set to host, on Tuesday evening, May 27, what they described as "a powerful evening with Sapir Cohen and Sasha Troufanor, two former hostages who survived 55 days and 487 days in the terror tunnels of Gaza." Announcement of the event, sent to CityNewsOKC, said, "In the depths of captivity, they endured unimaginable darkness, yet discovered their faith, strength and humanity that carried them through." In what was characterized as a "rare...

1 week ago | city-sentinel.com | Patrick McGuigan

Oklahoma City -- The local Chabad Community Center is set to host, on Tuesday evening, May 27, what they described as "a powerful evening with Sapir Cohen and Sasha Troufanor, two former hostages who survived 55 days and 487 days in the terror tunnels of Gaza." Announcement of the event, sent to CityNewsOKC, said, "In the depths of captivity, they endured unimaginable darkness, yet discovered their faith, strength and humanity that carried them through." In what was characterized as a "rare...

2 weeks ago | citynewsokc.com | Patrick McGuigan

Oklahoma City -- A friend sent a cordial and hopeful message to remind this writer, "For those of us in the thick of meetings, deadlines and inbox overload, it’s not too late to make a thoughtful move."The reminder was focused on the incomparably high-quality superstar bakery known as SusieCakes. Located at Our Town's Classen Curve, this already-beloved addition to local commerce and fine food production offers specific treats through Mother's Day (Sunday, May 11).

2 weeks ago | city-sentinel.com | Patrick McGuigan

Oklahoma City -- A friend sent a cordial and hopeful message to remind this writer, "For those of us in the thick of meetings, deadlines and inbox overload, it’s not too late to make a thoughtful move."The reminder was focused on the incomparably high-quality superstar bakery known as SusieCakes. Located at Our Town's Classen Curve, this already-beloved addition to local commerce and fine food production offers specific treats through Mother's Day (Sunday, May 11).

2 weeks ago | citynewsokc.com | Patrick McGuigan

Oklahoma City -- At 200 minutes, the motion picture "Saint Rita" (2004, Ignatius Press) is not a quick watch. And yet, every minute of the movie brings instruction -- sometimes painful, often filled with grace and nuance. Rita Lotti lived from 1381 to 1447, a relatively long life in an era filled with violent conflict in her hometown of Roccaporena, near Cascia, in Umbria, Italy. But her sojourn had several lifetimes worth of sorrow and pain, transformational joys and foretastes of Heaven.