Bishop Carl Kemme

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

Bishop Kemme: We truly receive the body and blood of Christ at Mass

Dear Brothers and Sisters, I am writing these words on the weekend in which we have just celebrated the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ or, as it… Read More

Bishop Kemme asks for peace, justice

Bishop Carl A. Kemme asked for prayer and forgiveness at a Mass for peace and justice Tuesday, June 9, at Holy Savior Church in Wichita. The Mass was celebrated the… Read More

Sr. John Patrick makes perpetual profession

Bishop Carl A. Kemme reminded those attending the Mass of Perpetual Profession and Consecration for Sister John Patrick of the Trinity that the Latin term “per omnia secula seculorum,” or… Read More

Three ordained priests

    Bishop Carl A. Kemme told the three men standing before him that from that day on – until their last breath – they would be called “Father.” “The… Read More

Five ordained to the diaconate

    Bishop Carl A. Kemme said he and the other priests at the ordination to the diaconate Thursday, May 21, at the Church of the Magdalen were once like… Read More