Bishop Carl Kemme
The Year of St. Joseph begins Dec. 8
Bishop Kemme hopes St. Joseph will be an example for men, the diocesan family Bishop Carl A. Kemme’s decision to dedicate 2021 to the patronage of St. Joseph has a… Read More
Fr. John Mannion asked that the faithful be evangelized at his funeral
Fr. John Patrick Mannion is evangelizing even after his passing. “Fr. Mannion left very clear instructions concerning his funeral Mass,” Father Patrick York said at the funeral homily Tuesday morning… Read More
Pray because Jesus prayed, bishop explains at service for our country
We pray because Jesus prayed, Bishop Carl A. Kemme explained at a Prayer for Our Country service Saturday morning, Oct. 24, in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in… Read More
Fr. Jerry Beat laid to rest
Father Jerry Beat was the second priest of the Diocese of Wichita that Bishop Carl A. Kemme met. In the mid-1990s, years before he received that phone call from… Read More
A road taken and traveled together
Bishop Kemme blesses couples at annual Wedding Anniversary Mass Bishop Carl A. Kemme reminded the couples at the annual Diocesan Wedding Anniversary Mass Sunday, Oct. 11, about Robert Frost’s poem… Read More
Fr. Raymond Joyce lived later years quietly
Father Raymond Joyce lived his later years in the diocese quietly after many years outside of the Diocese of Wichita, Bishop Carl A. Kemme said in a funeral homily Friday,… Read More
Fr. Scalia talks to lawyers, judges about the law
Father Paul D. Scalia’s lapel microphone cut out soon after he began speaking at the Red Mass banquet last week, making it necessary for him to use a hand-held microphone.… Read More
Fr. Kuykendall laid to rest
When Andrew Kuykendall finished the eighth grade at Christ the King Catholic School in Wichita, he told Father Leon Kerschen, the vocations director at the time, that he wanted… Read More
Bishop: Fr. Hemberger serenely accepted death
Bishop Carl A. Kemme said he was saddened, like all who knew Father Hemberger, to learn a few months ago that the priest had stage-four pancreatic cancer. “But, also… Read More
Seminarians move closer to ordination
One seminarian was installed as a Reader and five were admitted to Candidacy for Holy Orders by Bishop Carl A. Kemme Thursday, July 30, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate… Read More
St. Rose in Mt. Vernon to break ground Aug. 2
There are two reasons parishioners of St. Rose in Mt. Vernon are building a new church: the current structure is too small and it’s falling apart. Father Dan… Read More
New principals preparing for the fall
Bishop Carl A. Kemme asked the new Catholic school principals to think beyond the idea of maintaining Catholic education. “If that’s all we’re going to continue to do, we’ll lose… Read More