The Cathedral campus serves every Catholic in the Diocese of Wichita as well as many non-Catholics in our Diocese through the liturgy, formation and services that flow from this campus. The Cathedral is the mother church of every parish in the Diocese, a model as far as how the liturgy is celebrated, the educational outreach and the services that are present.

A few examples:

	MASS: The Cathedral belongs to every Catholic in the Diocese. Our mother church draws hundreds of worshipers each week with daily Masses and five Masses celebrated each weekend. Click here for a Mass schedule.
	ORDINATIONS: New priests and deacons are ordained at the Cathedral by the bishop. From here these young men go forth to serve in parishes and ministries across our Diocese.
	CHRISM MASS: Every year representatives from each parish in the Diocese celebrate Mass at the Cathedral with the bishop as he blesses the sacramental oils, and the priests of the Diocese renew their vows. Those representatives return to their parishes with the oils necessary for sacraments and their renewed, recommitted priests.
	WEDDINGS: Families from all over the Diocese choose our historic Mother Church to celebrate weddings. In 2008, the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception celebrated 51 weddings.
	SERVICE TO POOR: Catholic Charities Help Center distributed food to nearly 6,000 families in 2008. The service provides food, parenting classes and financial consultation and shares community resources to individuals in the Wichita and Pittsburg, Kan. areas.
	CATHOLIC FORMATION: The diocesan Office of Hispanic Ministry works with individuals and parishes throughout the Diocese to educate Hispanics on the stewardship way of life. Classrooms on the Cathedral campus are shared by the Cathedral Parish, Catholic Charities and the office of Hispanic Ministry for Catholic formation classes.
	RITE OF ELECTION: Every year catechumens from each parish gather with their sponsors at the Cathedral for this Rite at the beginning of Lent to swear before the bishop that they are ready to be initiated into the Church.
	FOSTER GRANDPARENTS: The Catholic Charities Foster Grandparent Program is based on the Cathedral campus, but the program touches the lives of thousands through outreach in 81 schools, daycare centers and other programs while enriching the lives of senior citizens.
	COUNSELING SERVICES: Catholic Charities Community Counseling Services makes counselors available in several parochial schools that could not otherwise afford a staff counselor, offers adoption services, pregnancy counseling services and marriage enrichment for individuals across the Diocese.