Bishop Carl Kemme

Fr. Emil Kapaun returns home to Kansas

  Fr. Emil J. Kapaun is home. The saga of his return began with a send-off Mass celebrated Thursday evening, Sept. 23, at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of… Read More

Fr. Kapaun begins journey home

Fr. Kapaun’s journey home has begun. An entourage from the Diocese of Wichita visited the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Tuesday, Sept. 21. The agency identifies the remains of fallen soldiers… Read More

Fr. Kapaun’s tomb in place; ready for his remains

  The flag-draped casket was empty during a Memorial Mass in Wichita for Father Emil J. Kapaun on July 29, 1953. The casket at Fr. Kapaun’s funeral Wednesday, Sept. 29,… Read More

Bishop Kemme honors first responders at annual Blue Mass

Bishop Carl A. Kemme at the annual Blue Mass Sunday, Sept. 12, described Jesus as the first, last, and greatest responder because he laid down his life for the salvation… Read More

Bishop Kemme thanks seminarians for answering the call

A slideshow of the opening day Mass at the House of Formation. Bishop Carl A. Kemme thanked the 14 seminarians studying in the St. Joseph House of Formation for responding… Read More

St. Rose of Lima in Mt. Vernon, blessed, dedicated

Not only did Bishop Carl A. Kemme bless the new St. Rose of Lima Church in Mt. Vernon Friday, Aug. 13, but Pope Francis also imparted an Apostolic Blessing on… Read More

Bishop urges educators to focus on making disciples

The culture is in a post-Christian apostolic era Bishop Carl A. Kemme told school administrators Friday, Aug. 6. “We are leaving a period of Christendom where the Judeo-Christian belief system… Read More

Bishop Kemme tells seminarians to hone their listening skills

Bishop Carl A. Kemme urged four seminarians attending a special Mass on July 30 to hone their listening skills. “I have come to believe that all the skills and abilities… Read More

Four admitted to Candidacy for Holy Orders

Bishop Carl A. Kemme urged four seminarians attending a special Mass on July 30 to hone their listening skills. “I have come to believe that all the skills and abilities… Read More

Bishop Kemme urges all to defend religious freedom

  The Gospel of Christ is one of love and mercy, according to Bishop Carl A. Kemme, but this age, like every other age, is rejecting it and persecuting those… Read More

Four ordained priests for Diocese of Wichita

  Bishop Carl A. Kemme began his homily Saturday, May 29, by echoing the Gospel reading, thanking God the Father for the four men ordained to the priesthood at Church… Read More

Two ordained to the diaconate

  The stewardship way of life and vocations to the priesthood are the two most common traits Bishop Carl A. Kemme hears about regarding the Diocese of Wichita. “The two… Read More