Taking the Long View for Haiti
Mar 10th, 2010
As Catholic Relief Services (CRS) continues to deliver relief to the Haitian people, the Diocese of Kansas City ~ St. Joseph remains committed to helping the country rebuild. With 78 of the 97 parishes and missions of the Diocese of Kansas City ...
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Faith Groups Rally for Immigration Reform
Mar 8th, 2010
Change Takes Faith, Local Groups Will Tell Congressional RepresentativesFrom the pulpit to the podium, faith leaders are challenging church members to advocate for comprehensive immigration reform. A coalition has mobilized and plans to ra ...
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Lil Red Sows Big Dreams in Guyana
Mar 2nd, 2010
If you could show your love for your fellow man in footsteps, how far would you travel? For Joe and Judy Roetheli, 3,190 miles wasn’t too far. By plane, car and speedboat, a Roetheli family delegation recently traveled to remote regions in ...
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Update on Your Relief Efforts in Haiti
Feb 19th, 2010
When a 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated Haiti, you responded. With 72 of the 97 parishes and missions of the Diocese of Kansas City ~ St. Joseph reporting, $265,346 already has helped Catholic Relief Services make a dent in the toppled build ...
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Unjust, Unwise Tax on Parochial School Parents
Feb 11th, 2010
Opinion Rendered on the Mega-Sales Tax ProposalsPlease read the following action alert. Consider contacting your representative. A sample letter is attached that can be emailed, mailed or faxed. Look up contact information here.Among the servic ...
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Diocesan Support for Haitian Relief Grows
Feb 5th, 2010
Diocese Lends Support To Massive Rebuilding in HaitiA tremendous outpouring of support has enabled Catholic Relief Services (CRS) to rush humanitarian aid and emergency relief to Haiti. With 56 of the 97 parishes and missions of the Diocese of ...
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LaLande Captures Knowledge Bowl Bragging Rights
Feb 5th, 2010
Archbishop O'Hara Seniors Sponsor Catholic Knowledge Bowl
Six junior high students put Blue Springs on the diocesan map and earned the 2010 bragging rights for the Catholic Knowledge Bowl. Sponsored by Archbishop O'Hara High School Seniors, the ...
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Student Leads Project Valentine Bear
Feb 4th, 2010
St. Mary Student Frank Shane Leads the Charge to Multiply the Smiles
Even the youngest children know how Jesus fed a vast multitude by multiplying the loaves and fishes. Watch how more than 2,000 students multiply the smiles at Children’s Mercy Hosp ...
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Diocese Appoints Interim Superintendent of Schools
Jan 28th, 2010
Dr. Sasso Named Interim SuperintendentMarlon De La Torre, Superintendent of Schools for the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City ~ St. Joseph, will leave his position to become an associate in the Diocesan Office of Evangelization and Catechesis. The of ...
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Students Shine for Catholic Schools Week
Jan 27th, 2010
Schools Celebrate Important Ingredients: Faith, Service, Community
Faith in Every Student is the theme of Catholic Schools Week 2010. Through a variety of activities, the theme will permeate throughout the 44 schools in the Catholic Diocese of Kansa ...
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Why We Need Immigration Reform
Jan 24th, 2010
As I See ItImmigration Policy Should Reflect Our Best Values"Immigrants don't want to learn English." "Immigrants don't pay taxes." "Immigrants increase the crime rate.""Immigrants take jobs away from Americans.""Immigrants are a drain on the U.S. ...
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Catholic Schools Week 2010
Jan 22nd, 2010
Superintendent Looks Back From Inkwells To Laptops
When Mother Katharine Drexel* passed through Kansas City in 1910, the region’s favorite son "Harry S Truman" was a virtual unknown, the guns of August hadn’t sounded, so there was no need for the Li ...
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Special Collection for Haitian Relief
Jan 13th, 2010
Give Now To Support ReliefThe Catholic Church mourns the terrible suffering of the people of Haiti, and parishes across the country are taking up a special collection for humanitarian efforts on the weekend of January 16-17. The collection will enabl ...
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Maria Milazzo Sings Christmas Lullaby
Dec 22nd, 2009
In a season filled with nostalgia and fairly lights, gingerbread and evergreens, Notre Dame de Sion senior Maria Milazzo beckons listeners back to the importance of that holy, silent night in Bethlehem. Milazzo performed Jason Robert Brown's Christma ...
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Status of the Diocesan School Study
Dec 17th, 2009
We Want to "Get it Right"The work of our comprehensive study and plan for Catholic schools continues to move forward with deliberation. It is clear that this is a formidable task that will have a profound effect within the whole diocese. We want ...
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Vocation Awareness Week, January 10 - 16
Dec 9th, 2009
The Catholic Church in the United States will celebrate National Vocation Awareness Week, January 10-16.
“This week provides the opportunity for parishes across the country to promote vocations through prayer and education,” said Cardinal Se ...
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NCYC - What A Weekend It Was
Dec 1st, 2009
National Catholic Youth Conference Takes KC By StormThey jammed streets, descended on restaurants, booked nearly every hotel room in a 25-mile radius, and transformed the streets of Kansas City into a public witness for Christ. The 21,000 y ...
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Kansas City Teen Takes Sprint Stage at NCYC
Nov 21st, 2009
More than 21,000 Catholic youth came to Kansas City for the National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC), November 19 through 21. The event is a biennial gathering for high school-aged youth and is the largest Catholic youth event ...
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NCYC - Takes It To The Streets
Nov 20th, 2009
Eucharistic Procession Through the Streets of Kansas CityOn Friday, November 20, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, addressed the more than 21,000 Catholic youth gathered at Sprint Center for the National Catholic Youth ...
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NCYC Tops Out At 21,000 Teens
Nov 19th, 2009
Kansas City Loves CompanyFrom urban centers and rolling prairies, 21,000 youth arrived in Kansas City for the opening of the National Catholic Youth Conference. As more than 300 buses parked and teens embarked to experience "Christ ...
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NCYC: Here They Come
Nov 18th, 2009
National Catholic Youth Conference Opens in Kansas CityUpdated attendance figures from the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry confirm that 21,000 Catholic youth will meet in Kansas City for the opening of the National Catholic Youth Co ...
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20,000 Catholic Youth Heading To Kansas City
Oct 29th, 2009
Christ Reigns from November 19 through November 21More than 20,000 Catholic youth will converge in Kansas City for the opening of the National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) on November 19. The event is a biennial gathering for high school-aged you ...
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Jacob Salinas Leaves His Mark
Oct 19th, 2009
St. Charles Borromeo Student Featured in the WDAF Fox 4 Anniversary Time Capsule
Jacob Salinas already has made history. Pretty impressive for an eight-year old third-grader from St. Charles Borromeo School, in Gladstone. In 40 y ...
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Matthew Bartulica Ordained to the Order of Deacon
Oct 8th, 2009
Thirty Seminarians Ordained at St. Peter's Basilica(ROME)– St. Peter's Basilica was the scene of the ordination of 30 American seminarians to the Order of Deacon on Thursday, October 8. Matthew Bartulica, of St. James Parish, in St. ...
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Come Out for Bonfire 2009
Oct 4th, 2009
Help light the fire for inclusive religious education on Saturday, October 10, at Bonfire, at Archbishop O'Hara High School, 9001 James A. Reed Road, in Kansas City.St. Peter parishioners Carnie and Maura Nulton founded F.I.R.E. in 1997. Now 12 ...
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St. Mary: Practicing What They Preach
Sep 26th, 2009
Team sports are a gateway to empowerment, competence, and discipline. Read Bill Althaus' story from the Independence Examiner and learn about Nathan Hoppman's towering achievement as a valued member of the St. Mary High School Cross Country Team.
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Back To Class At St. Pius X
Aug 25th, 2009
As the school doors opened, St. Pius X High School students returned refreshed, refocused and ready for a world-class education. New folders. New notebooks. New pens. Check out this video from the first week of school in the Northland's only Catholic ...
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Christ the King School Turns Up The Volume
Aug 19th, 2009
When the school bell rang for the last time in May 2009, students at Christ the King headed off for summer vacation. School and parish staff used their summer vacation to turn up the volume on the exceptional learning opportunities available to fam ...
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Get on the Bus Bound for the State Capitol
Aug 18th, 2009
Missouri Catholic Conference Annual Assembly Day on September 26
Plan to get on the bus bound for Jefferson City and the Missouri Catholic Conference Annual Assembly Day on Saturday, September 26. In addition to 18 workshops, MCC ...
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Task Forces Continue Work on Strategic Plan
Jul 31st, 2009
Throughout the summer, a number of Task Forces have been meeting to provide Bishop Robert W. Finn with expert insight and recommendations on key aspects of a proposed Strategic Plan for Catholic Schools.
Following a year long planning pro ...
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Get Inspired! Faith Formation Team Training
Jun 24th, 2009
What Every Catholic in Ministry Should KnowParish Faith Formation Team Training - July 16
(Kansas City, MO / June 24, 2009) A primary reason for calling the Second Vatican Council was, in the words of Pope John XXIII, "to renew [the Chur ...
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NBC 41 Broadcasts Callings-Sunday, June 14
Jun 8th, 2009
Locally-produced Documentary Tells Stories of Faith KSHB NBC 41 airs Callings – Sunday, June 14
(Kansas City, MO) An intimate portrait of ten individuals propelled by faith toward a calling premieres on KSHB NBC41, at Noon, on Sunday, June 14. A c ...
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St. Therese School: Top of the World
Jun 2nd, 2009
Global Champions in Construction Challenge CompetitionIn May, two St. Therese Catholic School teams traveled to the University of Tennessee, in Knoxville, to compete in Destination ImagiNation Global Finals and came home on top of the world. The pr ...
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Not Cool: Theft of HVAC Copper from St. Stephen
May 27th, 2009
With the price of copper reaching record highs, thieves don’t need to rob banks anymore. Harvesting copper tubing from HVAC units and driving a get away car to a recycling yard has become a common crime of opportunity.Sometime after the warm days o ...
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Q&A on Swine Flu
Apr 29th, 2009
(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. bishops’ Committee on Divine Worship has posted on the Web a series of 10 questions and answers related to participation at Mass during the time of the swine influenza (swine flu). The information echoes that published in 2006 ...
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New U.S. Priests Mirror America
Apr 21st, 2009
Refugees, Marathon Runners, Computer Experts, Widowers(Washington, DC) The ordination Class of 2009 -- with computer experts, refugees, marathon runners and second-career men -- mirrors the United States today. The men from dioceses nationwide show t ...
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Journey to Justice - Saturday, May 9
Mar 26th, 2009
Like any of life's journeys, the process of getting to our destination is as important as the destination. As a way for the economically advantaged to experience the circumstances of poverty, the Diocesan Human Rights Office is offering a J ...
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A Sound Idea: School Bell Breakfast
Mar 25th, 2009
Central City School Fund Bridges Tuition Gap for Families
Last December, Connie Bowman walked into Our Lady of Guadalupe School and noted that something was missing: heat. With the morning bell ready to ring, the principal knew that the sc ...
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April is Child Abuse Prevention Month
Mar 12th, 2009
What would be our national response if a disease claimed the lives of 905,000 children in one year? According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, there were 905,000 reported child abuse victims in 2006. Child abuse rem ...
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For Your Marriage
Feb 18th, 2009
USCCB's For Your Marriage Website Offers Suggestions for Cheap Dates In these tough economic times, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) For Your Marriage Website offers ten suggestions for romantic, low-c ...
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Call for Balance in the Scales of Justice
Feb 12th, 2009
Coalition Advocates for Death Penalty Moratorium in MissouriBuilding upon a temporary halt in executions in Missouri and nine other states, concerned citizens will travel to the State Capitol on February 18 to urge legislative support for Deeken HB 4 ...
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National Catholic Youth Conference in Kansas City
Feb 6th, 2009
Wherever 20,000 Are Gathered in My NameFrom urban centers and across the rural landscape, some 20,000 Catholic youth are planning to come to Kansas City from November 19 to November 21. They come to hear God's word and to explore ways to experi ...
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Wish Realized: Christmas Program Rescheduled
Jan 27th, 2009
New Boiler at Our Lady of Guadalupe SchoolThe only thing Xavier Vann wanted for Christmas was a new boiler installed in time for his school’s annual Christmas program. A month later and with considerable help from the community, the first-grade ...
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Catholic Schools Week - 2009
Jan 20th, 2009
A $71 Million Gift in Uncertain Economic Times
As ordinary citizens debate government subsidies and loans for a variety of businesses, there’s one institution that actually saves taxpayer dollars – Catholic schools.
According to Superintende ...
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Avila Brings John Paul II Exhibit To KC
Jan 1st, 2009
Beginning February 3, the Kansas City community will have the opportunity to follow in the fatal footsteps of the victims of the Krakow Ghetto by walking through a replica of the Krakow Ghetto gate. Visitors to A Blessing to One Another will experien ...
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Faith Formation Pastoral Plan
Jan 1st, 2009
Dear Friends in Christ,
Since the Second Vatican Council’s Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity there has been an ongoing emphasis on the exercise of the lay apostolate of evangelization and sanctification. The Council wrote that “the apostolate ca ...
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Students Feel the Chill As School Boiler Dies
Dec 19th, 2008
Christmas break can’t come any too soon at Our Lady of Guadalupe School, 2310 Madison, in Kansas City. And, all 92 students are hoping that Santa will bring the school a new boiler. Earlier this week, the leaking boiler extinguished the pilot l ...
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December 14 - Religious Retirement Collection
Dec 5th, 2008
Diocesan Collection for Retired Religious in Your Parish - December 14Just about every gathering of Catholics yields similar stories.
Did you hear the one about the religious superior that led a predawn solidarity march? She led her ...
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USCCB Statement on FOCA
Nov 20th, 2008
Statement of United States Conference of Catholic BishopsFollowing much debate on how to respond as a group to possible enactment of the Freedom of Choice Act and other threats to life under the new administration and Congress, USCCB President C ...
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Statement on the Freedom of Choice Act
Nov 19th, 2008
Freedom of Choice Act Would Remove All Limitations on Abortions(This column first appeared in the October 3rd issue of The Catholic Key).The Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA), was first introduced in November of 1989 by Representative Don Edwards (D- Cali ...
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Catholic Bishops Urge Support of CCHD
Nov 18th, 2008
Annual Collection a Response to Current Economic CrisisWASHINGTON—The 2008 collection for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development will take place on November 22-23, the weekend before Thanksgiving. In his announcement of the annual appeal and col ...
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Joe Monachino, Jr.-Mentors Gave Him Right Angle
Nov 15th, 2008
Joe Monachino, Jr. – St. Pius X PrincipalMentors Gave Him the Right Angle
What do Kevin, a business owner, Father Mike, a Catholic priest, and Joe, a high school principal, have in common? Each walked the halls of St. Pius X High School and e ...
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Spanish-Speaking Priest Serves Northeast
Nov 6th, 2008
Padre Arnulfo Contreras Padilla Focuses On Parish MinistryBishop appoints Spanish-speaking priest to serve in northeast Kansas City
(Kansas City, MO / October 30, 2008) Spanish-speaking Roman Catholics in Northeast Kansas City have a new ...
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Week of Prayer for Our Country
Oct 23rd, 2008
(This letter from Bishop Finn will be read in every parish on the weekend of October 25-26, 2008).
Dear Friends in Christ,
As we approach this monumental election, our choices are as clear as the Scriptures themselves: “I have set before you l ...
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Our Moral Responsibility as Catholic Citizens
Oct 17th, 2008
To read statements, homilies and columns authored by Bishop Finn on our moral responsibility as Catholic citizens, please click on any title.Joint Pastoral Letter - Our Moral Responsibility as Catholic Citizens - September 12, 2008Homily for Red Mass ...
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Be a Missionary through the Annual Appeal
Oct 8th, 2008
One aspect of the Church’s apostolic nature is that she is a mission Church: she must carry the truth, love, and light of the Gospel to the ends of the earth. Every human heart needs the one Savior, Jesus Christ. He alone can fill us up in our emptin ...
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Open Houses for Prospective Students
Oct 7th, 2008
Prospective Students Visit Campuses
Even though it seems that students just got back to school, Catholic high schools in the diocese are planning open houses for students and parents to explore the option of attending Catholic high school. ...
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Jeff Lynch - St. Mary High School Principal
Sep 23rd, 2008
Mentor: Someone Whose Hindsight Can Become Your ForesightFor some people, it’s a grandparent, or a teacher or a coach. Older, patient and wise, mentors seem to recognize the seeker and give sound advice. Maybe it was providence, but ...
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Our Moral Responsibility as Catholic Citizens
Sep 12th, 2008
On September 12, 2008, Bishop W. Robert Finn, of the Diocese of Kansas City ~ St. Joseph, and Archbishop Joseph Naumann, of the Archdiocse of Kansas City in Kansas, issued a joint pastoral on "Our Moral Responsibility as Catholic Citizens."
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EWTN To Broadcast Mass From Kansas City
Sep 10th, 2008
On Tuesday, October 7, the interior of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception will be seen around the globe on EWTN Global Catholic Network. Producers for Cathedrals Across America selected the Diocese of Kansas City ~ St. Joseph as their next st ...
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Sudanese School a Tall Order for St. Pius X
Sep 9th, 2008
Manute Bol Tips Off Fundraising with SPX Students On Thursday, September 11, students at St. Pius X High School will make a fast break in a fundraising effort to help build a school in Turalei, in the southern Sudan. To inspire a total team effo ...
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MCC Annual Assembly
Sep 3rd, 2008
Faithful Citizenship in Action - October 4Plan to get on the bus and travel to Jefferson City for the Missouri Catholic Conference (MCC) Annual Assembly on Saturday, October 4. In addition to 18 workshops, MCC is pleased to present keynote speaker Ar ...
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Settlement of Sexual Abuse Claims
Aug 20th, 2008
Statement of the Most Reverend Robert FinnBishop of Kansas City ~ St. JosephWe apologize for the fully unacceptable behavior that prompted these lawsuits to be brought against the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph. With compassion for the victims of ...
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Missourians Request Clemency for Dennis Skillicorn
Aug 18th, 2008
Prayers for Clemency(Jefferson City, MO / Aug. 20, 2008) The Missouri Supreme Court has postponed next week’s scheduled execution of Dennis Skillicorn, The state supreme court delayed his Aug. 27 execution date by at least 30 days. & ...
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Refugee Selected as U.S. Olympic Flag Bearer
Aug 8th, 2008
U.S. Bishops Congratulate Olympic AthleteLopez Lomong Selected as U.S. Flag Bearer WASHINGTON—The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) today expressed congratulations to Lopez Lomong, Olympian athlete and former refugee from ...
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WYD 2008 Local Pilgrims Blog
Jul 15th, 2008
Journey Down Under Via The Key's BlogThe 23rd World Youth Day opened in Sydney, Australia on July 15, with Cardinal George Pell presiding at Mass for an estimated 140,000 people. The open-air liturgy in suburban Bangaroo began with a procession of 16 ...
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A Spiritual Traveler
Jul 12th, 2008
In recent weeks, motorists along I-35 have spotted a spiritual traveler with his feet upon the ground but a sacred countenance pointing to the heavens. Just south of Liberty at the intersections of NE 73rd Street and Church Road, the Sacred Heart of ...
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Chiefs Grant for a Field of Dreams
Jul 1st, 2008
St. John Francis Regis Scores $100,000 GrantFor more than 40 years, the people of St. John Francis Regis Parish have made the children of the community their top priority. Part of the St. Regis tradition has been to march down to “the field” fo ...
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21st Century Classroom Debuts
Jun 16th, 2008
National Training Academy Brings 21st Century Classroom To DioceseThe Catholic school student of 2008 is a digital learner. Sponging up information through PDAs, handheld games, computers, and cell phones, most students are "digital natives" in class ...
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Catholic Communication Campaign
May 30th, 2008
Bishop Robert Finn has designated the third Sunday of June as the diocesan date for the Catholic Communication Campaign (CCC). The collection will take place in parishes across the diocese the weekend of June 14-15.
In a recent address for World Com ...
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Deacon Langner Follows Plan
May 23rd, 2008
Whatever parish gets him first, brace yourself.
Deacon Doug Langner, whom Bishop Robert W. Finn will ordain to the diocesan priesthood at 10 a.m. May 31 at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, isn't the kind of guy who sticks a toe into the ...
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Kauffman Stadium Set for May 25
May 7th, 2008
Catholics Gather To Offer Prayers For Peace
Thousands of Catholics throughout the Midwest region will gather at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on Sunday, May 25 for an afternoon of adoration including the traditional devotional prayers o ...
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Papal Mass at Nationals Park
Apr 1st, 2008
Papal Mass at Nationals Park By Mark Zimmermann, Catholic News Service (Diocesan Video Shown on Jumbo-tron at Nationals)WASHINGTON (CNS) -- For Washington Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl, perhaps t ...
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St. Gabriel Students Are Messengers from God - Haitian Relief
St. John Francis Regis Teacher in Antarctica Matches Temps With Students
U.S. Bishops Urge Senate Support of Nelson-Hatch-Casey Amendment
Wherever 20,000 Youth Gather, We Need + 1,000 Volunteers
Joint Pastoral Statement on Principles of Catholic Social Teaching and Health Care Reform
St. Therese Early Education Center Earns National NAEYC Accreditation
Ahead of the Class - Northeast Catholic School Teachers
St. Patrick School Renovation Makes Earth-Friendly Grade
Meet Sheri Dishong – Associate Superintendent of Schools