Covid-19

Totus Tuus, Prayer & Action canceled for 2020

The summer youth catechetical program Totus Tuus and the Prayer & Action youth program have been canceled for 2020. They were both victims of the Covid-19 pandemic. Anthony Keiser, director… Read More

Bishop Kemme: Rejoice and live in Christ’s peace

  The apostles in Divine Mercy Sunday’s gospel were afraid and paralyzed with fear, Bishop Carl A. Kemme said in a homily streamed from the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception… Read More

St. Pat’s feeding hungry home-bound minds

St. Patrick School in Wichita isn’t forgetting that students need fuel to study – even when they’re stuck at home because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Kitchen workers and other hourly… Read More

BCCHS instructors learning new ways to educate

Vanessa Harshberger didn’t notice the din of hundreds of students moving about and chatting in the halls of Bishop Carroll Catholic High School earlier in the school year, but the… Read More

St. Louis snowstorms helped superintendent to be a bit more prepared for the pandemic

Janet Eaton couldn’t have known that the winters she experienced as a principal in a St. Louis area Catholic school would prepare her for a future pandemic. “In the school… Read More

Bishop Kemme: Reclaim Sunday as the Lord’s Day

Although families across the Diocese of Wichita are sheltering from home during the Coronavirus pandemic, Sunday is still the Lord’s Day, Bishop Carl A. Kemme said from his home Sunday,… Read More

When pews are empty

Streamed Masses help priests reach the faithful Bishop and priests are praying for all in these trying times For a link to streamed Masses, click here. Bishop Carl A. Kemme… Read More

Lord’s Diner goes from dine-in to carry-out

Dinner service at The Lord’s Diner went from dine-in to carry-out as the result of a city-wide Covid-19-related order March 16 banning large groups in Sedgwick County. Sarah Hoffman, the… Read More

Father Borkenhagen ‘stranded’ in Ireland

Father Jason Borkenhagen was 1,200 miles away from where he thought he would be Saturday, March 21, when he answered a call from the Catholic Advance. Father Borkenhagen wasn’t in… Read More

Father Reilley is reading and praying during Rome lockdown

Father Patrick Reilley says the national quarantine imposed by Italy’s prime minister has indirectly benefited him and other students studying at Casa Santa Maria in Rome. “In a way, it’s… Read More