News Archive
Stories and information from the Catholic Advance.
Diocesan campaign will address local needs and strengthen parishes
Wave One parishes identify projects for “Parish Needs” funding The One Family, Fully Alive in Christ! Campaign has officially kicked off in 19 parishes across the diocese. The early response… Read More
Fr. Emil J. Kapaun memorial statue approved for Kansas State Capitol
On March 22, 2024, Governor Laura Kelly approved and signed Kansas Bill 431, directing the capitol preservation committee to place a permanent memorial in the Kansas capitol building honoring Servant… Read More
Weather School Closures | Tuesday 1/16/2024
All Wichita metro Catholic Elementary and High Schools will be closed, on January 16th, 2024 due to severe weather and below-zero temperatures.
Weather School Closures and Delays | Tuesday 1/9/2024
All metro Catholic Elementary and High Schools will be closed today, January 9th, 2024 due to severe weather. This includes the cancellation of the scholar’s bowl and all CSAL evening… Read More
School Closures due to Weather | 1/5/2024
Good Morning to all parents in the Wichita Metro area of the diocese. The majority of the metro Catholic schools will be open today. These three schools in the Wichita… Read More
Statement on Fiducia Supplicans for the Diocese of Wichita
Dear People of God in the Diocese of Wichita, In light of the recent Declaration Fiducia Supplicans, issued on December 18, 2023, and signed by Pope Francis, I join my… Read More
Important Message regarding Annual Mass for Life
On Thursday, October 5th, the Catholic Diocese of Wichita was notified by the City of Wichita that our Mass for Life and street closure for that Mass had been objected… Read More
International Religious Summit on Migration
We Are All America On April 27 and 28, 2023, Sr. Rosa Linda López Rocha, Missionary Catechist of the Poor, who currently serves in the Hispanic Ministry of… Read More
The Pope of the Family for Our Day
The Pope of the Family for Our Day St. John Paul II once expressed his desire to be remembered as “the Pope of the Family.” This desire manifested itself through… Read More
Dioceses worked with KBI on Clergy Investigation
Dioceses worked with KBI on Clergy Investigation Kansas Bureau of Investigation and Attorney General, Derek Schmidt has released a report following its investigation of alleged clergy abuse within the four… Read More
Curia Office Delayed Opening | December 22, 2022
Due to the inclement weather and potential unsafe road conditions, the Catholic Diocese of Wichita curia office will delay opening until 9:30 a.m.
U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Dobbs ushers in a new abortion landscape of Kansas
June 24, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Dobbs ushers in a new abortion landscape. Voters urged to pass the VALUE THEM BOTH Amendment… Read More