St. Joseph House of Formation

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

Seminarians immersed in Spanish

The Diocese of Wichita’s Spanish immersion program for its college-level seminarians is “brillante,” according to Sonja Bontrager. “Father Chad Arnold carefully created the program to engage the men in the… Read More

New seminarian chapel dedicated

  Bishop Carl A. Kemme related the first question asked by God to those attending the St. Joseph House of Formation’s chapel dedication Monday evening, Nov. 4. God asks Adam… Read More

Old joins new at seminarian chapel

Century-old windows grace the new chapel at the Hennessy House The chapel under construction at the St. Joseph House of Formation is truly beginning to look like a place of… Read More

Bishop celebrates opening Mass at St. Joseph House of Formation

    Bishop Carl A. Kemme told the 21 college seminarians scattered around the front of St. Joseph Church in Wichita Thursday, Aug. 22, that two years ago, while celebrating… Read More

St. Joseph House of Formation residences undergoing renovations

Seminarians’ rooms will be ready by the fall; chapel will be complete near end of the year   The Borromeo and Hennessy houses, the two residences for the 21 seminarians… Read More