‘Ordinary and Yet Heroic’: Archbishop Coakley Reflects On Blessed Stanley Rother

‘Ordinary and Yet Heroic’: Archbishop Coakley Reflects On Blessed Stanley Rother

The archbishop of Oklahoma City recently sat down with EWTN News at the premiere of a new film about the first American-born martyr, Blessed Stanley Rother.

Documentary on Stanley Rother, first U.S.-born martyr beatified by Catholic Church, gets theater screenings | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

The life story of the first U.S.-born martyr is coming to the big screen next week, and it's received an enthusiastic endorsement from Bishop Anthony Taylor of the Catholic Diocese of Little Rock.

‘American Martyr: The Stanley Rother Story’ Releases Nationwide August 25-27 - The Good Newsroom

‘American Martyr: The Stanley Rother Story’ Releases Nationwide Aug. 25-27 Arts + Culture, National | 08/22/2026 By: Patrick Grady A new documentary follows the story of Blessed Stanley Rother, the first American-born martyr Image from the documentary, “American Martyr: The Stanley Rother Story,” from Blessed Stanley Rother’s time …

Archbishop Paul Coakley reflects on Blessed Stanley Rother

When Archbishop Paul Coakley was a seminarian and first learned of Father Stanley Rother’s martyrdom, he immediately considered the Oklahoma priest a role model. Decades later, on July 28, Coakley, now the archbishop of Oklahoma City, attended the premiere of the new film “American Martyr: The Stanley Rother Story” and spoke to EWTN News about how America’s first martyr has remained a source of inspiration.Rother, who grew up on a farm in Oklaho…