Amid a flurry of controversy and confusion, the Oklahoma Civic Center Music Hall in Oklahoma City will be become the setting for a public Black Mass this Sunday, Sept. 21. The event, which is being billed as “enlightening and educational,” is reportedly now sold out. The purpose of the public staging, as written in the Civic Center’s blurb, is to bring a feared ritual “into the light.”
Just as problems arose when a Harvard University Extension club attempted to sponsor a Black Mass, the Oklahoma event has inspired local protests that began immediately after the Civic Center listed the Black Mass on its schedule. However, in this story, the ensuing controversy took a few unexpected twists and turns that go well-beyond typical outrage from the city’s Catholic community.
- See more at: The Oklahoma Black Mass: Controversy, Confusion and Religious Freedom | The Wild Hunt
Apparently there's going to be a big protest:
An organizer says he expects up to 600 people from as far away as Pennsylvania to attend a prayer rally expressing opposition to the “black mass” at downtown’s Civic Center Music Hall.
A Satanist plans the event Sunday evening in CitySpace, a small theater in the Civic Center basement that holds fewer than 100 people. The event has been sold out for a couple of weeks.
Oklahoma City Archbishop Paul Coakley has directed Catholics to conduct a “campaign of prayer” in response to the black mass. The city declined his request that officials ban the event.
Brian McCall received a permit from the city for a procession through downtown and prayer rally outside the Civic Center on Sunday afternoon, preceding the black mass.
The event is being led by the Society of St. Pius X in America.
The organization says on its website that its U.S. District Superior, the Rev. Jurgen Wegner, has issued a “call to reparation” in response to the black mass.
Plans are for a traditional Latin Mass at the downtown Sheraton Hotel at 11 a.m. Sunday, followed by a procession through downtown to the Civic Center, McCall said.
An outdoor prayer rally is planned between 1 and 2 p.m. Participants then plan to return to the Sheraton, he said.
McCall said the organization had received RSVPs from Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Illinois and Pennsylvania.
Another group has a permit for a prayer rally between 5 and 7 p.m. outside the Civic Center.
In addition, a man from Longdale, in northwestern Oklahoma, has a permit to pass out Christian CDs and literature on Sunday evening at the Civic Center.
The black mass is to begin at 7 p.m. Sunday.
Coakley plans to lead a church service and procession beginning at 3 p.m. Sunday at Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 1901 NW 18 St.
Organizer expects more than 600 to rally against Oklahoma City 'black mass' | News OK
My sympathies are with the Satanists.
Just as problems arose when a Harvard University Extension club attempted to sponsor a Black Mass, the Oklahoma event has inspired local protests that began immediately after the Civic Center listed the Black Mass on its schedule. However, in this story, the ensuing controversy took a few unexpected twists and turns that go well-beyond typical outrage from the city’s Catholic community.
- See more at: The Oklahoma Black Mass: Controversy, Confusion and Religious Freedom | The Wild Hunt
Apparently there's going to be a big protest:
An organizer says he expects up to 600 people from as far away as Pennsylvania to attend a prayer rally expressing opposition to the “black mass” at downtown’s Civic Center Music Hall.
A Satanist plans the event Sunday evening in CitySpace, a small theater in the Civic Center basement that holds fewer than 100 people. The event has been sold out for a couple of weeks.
Oklahoma City Archbishop Paul Coakley has directed Catholics to conduct a “campaign of prayer” in response to the black mass. The city declined his request that officials ban the event.
Brian McCall received a permit from the city for a procession through downtown and prayer rally outside the Civic Center on Sunday afternoon, preceding the black mass.
The event is being led by the Society of St. Pius X in America.
The organization says on its website that its U.S. District Superior, the Rev. Jurgen Wegner, has issued a “call to reparation” in response to the black mass.
Plans are for a traditional Latin Mass at the downtown Sheraton Hotel at 11 a.m. Sunday, followed by a procession through downtown to the Civic Center, McCall said.
An outdoor prayer rally is planned between 1 and 2 p.m. Participants then plan to return to the Sheraton, he said.
McCall said the organization had received RSVPs from Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Illinois and Pennsylvania.
Another group has a permit for a prayer rally between 5 and 7 p.m. outside the Civic Center.
In addition, a man from Longdale, in northwestern Oklahoma, has a permit to pass out Christian CDs and literature on Sunday evening at the Civic Center.
The black mass is to begin at 7 p.m. Sunday.
Coakley plans to lead a church service and procession beginning at 3 p.m. Sunday at Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 1901 NW 18 St.
Organizer expects more than 600 to rally against Oklahoma City 'black mass' | News OK
My sympathies are with the Satanists.