The Catholic Pastoral Center, originally built as a seminary in 1958, after several improvements,  now contains the Office of the Archbishop and offices of the ministries serving the people of the Archdiocese along with the office of the Catholic Foundation of Oklahoma. In addition, the facility is home to eight retired priests.

 The facility provides dining areas for meals for the retired priests and lunches for the employees and participants at the many conferences and other special events scheduled at the center.  The facility also contains sleeping quarters for those attending events longer than one day.  The North Wing of the building contains 30 double occupancy rooms and the East Wing, on the second floor, has 16 double occupancy rooms. In addition, there are six suites, with sitting areas, for double occupancy.

In 2002, the original gym was converted to the Conference Center which hosts many of the meetings and events held at the Pastoral Center.  The center can be used in a variety of ways by opening or closing two sets of dividers which allows for up to three different events at the same time.  The rooms provide separate sound and projection systems for video capabilities, for TV, Internet, Power Point, overhead projections and DVD. In addition to the Conference Center, the facility has additional meeting areas in a variety of room sizes to fit any group  The crowning beauty of the Catholic Pastoral Center is the chapel where daily Mass is held at 11:30 a.m. during the work week. Many groups attend Mass as part of their meetings and/or hold prayer services in the chapel  The chapel’s beauty develops from the serenity, solitude and inspiration created by the massive marble altar, the 58 saints shown in the stained glass windows reflecting from the marble walls around the altar, and statues of Mary, Joseph, the Crucifix and symbols for the Evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John and for the parable of the loaves and fishes.

To take care of the building, grounds and retired priests requires a staff of 12 people — two housekeepers, one for the priests and one for the other 52 guest rooms, three cooks sharing duties requiring 12-hour days, three maintenance men, a maintenance supervisor, a receptionist, an events director and the building manager. These 12 people also support the duties and activities of the 58 employees for all the ministries.

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