TULSA, Okla. — Catholic Charities of Eastern Oklahoma welcomed its twenty-third Afghan refugee to Tulsa, Monday night. The organization is acclimating the Afghan families to Tulsa life, but they are running into some trouble finding suitable homes.

Catholic Charities, the state’s official refugee resettlement agency, is providing its kitchen facilities to the group, with the owners of Middle East Market stepping in to donate food. With Catholic Charities heading up the overall effort, Tulsa’s 800 refugees are part of a total of 1,800 approved for resettlement in Oklahoma —...

A 20-year veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces who served in Afghanistan wants Oklahomans to understand something about the refugees being resettled here.

The first Afghan refugee assigned to Tulsa arrived Friday evening at Tulsa International Airport and was welcomed by Catholic Charities.

The first Afghan refugee assigned to Tulsa arrived Friday evening at Tulsa International Airport and was welcomed by Catholic Charities.

“It’s a testament to the incredible hearts and the incredible people that we have here in our community who step forward and say, ‘You know what? We’ll do this,’” said Deacon Kevin Sartorius, executive director of Catholic Charities of Eastern Oklahoma.

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — A local nonprofit is asking for the community’s help in welcoming 800 Afghan refugees to Tulsa in the next coming weeks. As the sole refugee resettlement agency for Oklahoma, the Catholic Charities of Eastern Oklahoma has been asked to take in refugees by the US State Department. Made up...

Catholic Charities of Eastern Oklahoma is getting ready for the arrival of 800 Afghan refugees in Tulsa.

Catholic Charities of Eastern Oklahoma is getting ready for the arrival of 800 Afghan refugees in Tulsa.

Eight hundred Afghan refugees are expected to arrive in Tulsa in the next three to four months, with more possible in the future, an official with Catholic Charities of Eastern Oklahoma said Wednesday.