Vietnamese Catholics Dedicate New Church This Weekend In Tulsa

After more than two years of construction, the congregation of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Tulsa will dedicate a new building Sunday. The new building will give the church room to accommodate the growing number of Vietnamese catholics living in Tulsa.

“We have been waiting for this day for a long time,” St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Father Dovan Nguyen said. “We need a space to live out our faith and support one another and help others, too. Our community is growing more than we can hold, so we had to build another church.”

On a normal Sunday, Father Nguyen said some members have to sit outside for worship in the current church.

The new church, located on the 14,900 block of East 21st, features an altar crafted from Vietnamese marble and century-old stained-glass windows reclaimed and restored from a closed church building.

Tulsa Bishop David Konderla will celebrate Mass at the dedication of the new church at 10 a.m. Sunday.

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