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Rosary rally to return to St. Catherine On Oct. 18
The Catholic Diocese of Wichita’s Office of Marriage and Family Life is announcing that the Second Annual Diocese of Wichita Family Rosary Rally will take place at 3 p.m. on… Read More
Unveiled retreat strives to draw couples closer to the Lord and each other
There’s a good reason so many people are eager to fill a sports arena or concert hall to attend an event in person: Even the best home theater system cannot… Read More
Approaching day focuses on gift of grandparents, elderly
By Jake Samour On July 26, Catholics around the world will celebrate the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, an annual observance that highlights the vital role older adults… Read More
Unveiled Retreat coming to Wichita this summer
A few years ago, Jake Samour and his wife, Ramie, decided to experience an Unveiled Couples’ Retreat organized by the Tallahassee, Florida-based John Paul II Healing Center. As head of… Read More
Domestic Church Movement a testimony of grace and invitation
By Jake Samour The Domestic Church Families Movement has begun to take root in the Diocese of Wichita, offering married couples and families a concrete way to grow in prayer,… Read More
Couples lauded at anniversary Mass
“Today, we have as many as 185 married couples present here, representing a combined and staggering 7,580 years of married life and love,” began Bishop Carl Kemme’s homily at the… Read More
Two diocesan offices relocate
Unseasonably warm temperatures were presumably extra welcome in the beginning of January as two of the Catholic Diocese of Wichita’s offices – the Office of Marriage and Family Life and… Read More
Holy Family leads Dr. Ron Ferris as he leads Holy Family Medical
Young Ron Ferris was a student at Benedictine College in Atchison during the early 1990s when he fell in with the right crowd. Before he knew it, he was a… Read More
Family rosary rally attests to power of prayer
“We believe that we survived because we were living the message of Fatima,” Fr. Hubert Schiffer said repeatedly before his death in 1982. “We lived and prayed the rosary daily… Read More
Inaugural Family Rosary Rally set for Oct. 19 at St. Catherine
“Bless me Father, for I have sinned. It has been a couple of decades since my last confession.” Walking into a confessional, kneeling at the grate, and saying those words… Read More
Conference marches on after a quarter century
As she looked back on the 25th Midwest Catholic Family Conference, where about 2,500 people assembled during the weekend of Aug. 1-3 at Wichita’s Century II Convention Center and the… Read More
Meyers say the search for a faithful and happy life can be an arduous, but fulfilling, journey
There was no addiction, abuse, or infidelity. Both spouses were sincerely striving to live out their shared Catholic faith. Husband, wife, and kids were all in good health. They were… Read More