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A conversation with a seminarian from Germany
Editor’s note: Since last autumn, Wichita’s St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Parish has hosted Jens Beverungen, a seminiarian for the Diocese of Paderborn, Germany. To learn more about Beverungen’s faith, vocational… Read More
Faith carries Le through war and POW camp to USA
Night was the worst, recounts St. Margaret Mary Parishioner Thanh Van Le. Unlike their Khmer Rouge counterparts in Cambodia – who acted in the open under broad daylight – Vietnamese… Read More
Pope’s messenger spends weekend in Wichita
The readings for Sunday, Nov. 16 began with the Prophet Malachi warning, “Lo, the day is coming, blazing like an oven, when all the proud and evildoers will be stubble,… Read More
Onetime Diocese of Wichita priest, OKC Archbishop Coakley, elected head of U.S. bishops’ conference
A former priest of the Diocese of Wichita, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley from the Diocese of Oklahoma City, has been elected president of U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Among his… Read More
Famous Jeep Mass photo turns 75
By Scott Carter Seventy-Five years ago this month, Col. Raymond Skeehan, then a Major, was absorbed in Mass, pondering everything he and the men of the Army’s 1st Cavalry Division… Read More
Mai-Lan Brown discovers her home in Kansas
Editor’s Note: The Fall of Saigon in spring 1975 ended the Vietnam War, and 50 years later, the Diocese of Wichita has become home to numerous Vietnamese Catholics who fled… Read More
Father/Son pilgrimage along Spain’s Camino de Santiago to return in 2026
From the Diocese of Wichita’s four-day Fr. Kapaun pilgrimage, to the many jubilee year pilgrimages undertaken to Rome and other holy sites in 2025, Catholic pilgrimages seem, if not common,… Read More
Seeds of faith planted in Saigon bloom in Wichita
How Vanessa Banh came to the United States, experienced snow and tornadoes, and eventually pursued a fuller spiritual life Vanessa Banh had learned – the hard way – not to… Read More
The view from Rome looks to the heartland
Diocese of Wichita’s Fr. Ben Sawyer presents at “Joyful Priests” event to clergy from around the worldHis fellow priest from the Catholic Diocese of Wichita fit the bill, and so… Read More
Bishop Kemme: Pope to be remembered for way in which he loved Christ in others
Editor’s Note: Bishop Carl A Kemme delivered the following homily at the Mass for the late Pope Francis that he offered at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on Saturday,… Read More
Precise rules govern period between popes
Vatican City (CNS) – Centuries of experience dealing with the death, or occasional resignation, of a pope has left the Catholic Church with thorough instructions on who has responsibility for… Read More
Pope deems Fr. Emil Kapaun ‘Venerable’
That’s Venerable Emil Kapaun to you – and all his friends. That’s because Pope Francis, though hospitalized with pneumonia, elevated Fr. Kapaun to that official status on the night of… Read More