Spiritual Life Center

Fiat Ministries seeks to foster encounters with the Lord

By Grace E. Irion  “God is calling you to holiness.” This is the message of Fiat Ministries, an apostolate founded in Wichita that aims to create a culture of discernment,… 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

Samour to offer personal look at St. Oscar Romero at SLC

Jake Samour is excited to offer new perspective on a saint. Samour, who directs the Diocese of Wichita’s Office of Marriage and Family Life will Present “St. Oscar Romero: Our… Read More

Sidewalk Advocates for Life get some help with helping

By Taylor Wegerer Although Wichita has a longstanding and tragic reputation for attracting significant numbers of women from out of state who are seeking abortions, recent trends strongly suggest that… Read More

Called & Gifted helps Catholics know their best ways of serving

Rarely does one recruit a guitar virtuoso to play the tuba or choose the seven-footer to play point guard, and the same is true in the spiritual realm. Evangelizing, seeking… Read More

Accompanying newly married, engaged couples takes intention

Jake Samour definitely knows the difference between Mardi Gras and Lent. Nevertheless, the director of the Catholic Diocese of Wichita’s Office of Marriage and Family Life is devoting a portion… Read More

St. Irenaeus of Lyon completes SLC’s set

By Mike Cook The Catholic Diocese of Wichita is honored to display icons of all 37 doctors of the Catholic Church. The collection, which is permanently housed at the Spiritual… Read More

St. Michael the Archangel subject of this year’s iconography workshop at the SLC

Iconographer Veronica Royal says when she first began painting icons about 25 years ago, few others did so. “Now you see them not only in Catholic churches but in Protestant… Read More

Shroud expert to speak at SLC March 22

Want to see the Shroud presentation? The presentation about the Shroud of Turin will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, March 22, at the Spiritual Life Center in… Read More

Spiritual Life Center focusing on ‘saving souls, forming soul savers’

The entire world had to adapt during the many months of the pandemic. Mike Cook said that pandemic downtime was a perfect opportunity for the Spiritual Life Center to hit… Read More

Shroud expert to speak March 11 at SLC

      Few get the opportunity to view the actual Shroud of Turin, but if you live around Lincoln, Nebraska, that miraculous image is watching you. Jim Bertrand, a… Read More

Save souls and form soul savers

Saunders ties his role to the Pastoral Plan for the Diocese of Wichita The Spiritual Life Center’s recently updated vision to “Save Souls, Form Soul Savers” supports the Diocesan Pastoral… Read More