News Archive
Stories and information from the Catholic Advance.
Fr. Carney serving Benedictines, searching for lost souls
Fr. Lawrence Carney, wearing a white cassock and a black saturno, walked the Camino de Santiago for over a month about nine years ago. It changed his life, as it… Read More
WSU’s St. Paul University Parish missionaries evangelizing young adults
The Newman Center at Wichita State University is named after the greatest Christian evangelist who ever lived, apart from Jesus Christ. Thirteen young adults from the Diocese of Wichita are… Read More
FOCUS missionary evangelizing young adults on college campuses
Alexa Wasinger attributes her deep love of Jesus Christ to the Fellowship of Catholic University Students missionaries who evangelized her while she was at Wichita State University. The former parishioner… Read More
Samours back from Rome meeting
Wichita family represented the diocese at triennial worldwide gathering Ramie Samour’s conviction that she and her family are in it together has a spiritual and practical meaning. “It was beautiful… Read More
SEAS women seize the summer
Want to help spread God’s Word? One of the donors of the SEAS women’s trip to the reservation was Promise Bound Ministries. Promise Bound is hosting its 4th Annual RJ and… Read More
Bioethics center offering advice for families struggling with life issues
Families struggle with life and death situations today more than ever. The ethical predicaments have become more complicated as the ability of medicine to keep patients alive has advanced. John… Read More
Bishop Kemme speaks at prayer service
The following are selected quotes from Bishop Carl A. Kemme’s address at the Community Prayer event Saturday, July 23, at Eastminster Presbyterian Church. “Whether believer or not, regardless of religious… Read More
Seminarians close books for the summer
Two members of St. Joseph House of Formation working at the Diner Two seminarians studying for the Diocese of Wichita are putting their studies into philosophy to work. Thomas Elliott,… Read More
Miles racking up the miles as he learns about diocese
Seminarian Miles Swigart is seeing the big picture a little better, although he is months away from his ordination into the transitional diaconate. Miles, a third-year theology student at Mundelein… Read More
Fr. Reilley back from studies in Rome
Fr. Patrick Reilley was still a little jet-lagged when he stopped by the Chancery last week. His plane touched down in Wichita on July 1, back home after three-years of… Read More
Forming priests for the diocese
Fr. Ben Sawyer at Kenrick-Glennon helping the future priests of the diocese Fr. Ben Sawyer isn’t working in the Diocese of Wichita but his work impacts the diocese. He is… Read More
Women learn to help lead others to Jesus
Heidi Jirak was elated when she received an email a few months ago that her application to participate in the GIVEN Catholic Young Women’s Leadership Forum was approved. It made… Read More