Shot in the Dark
Farmer and musician Wade Talley, a member of St. James Parish in Wetmore, has released his first CD. Talley is a self-taught musician.
Column: OK, who’s to blame for Christmas?
Did you hear about the woman doing her last-minute Christmas shopping at a crowded mall?
Toy Story
Coming from a large Catholic family, Conde’s life was meager but secure until his father died at an early age, leaving behind eight children.
Help in the desert; mobile pantry brings welcome food
Recently, Catholic Charities teamed up with the Harvesters Community Food Network to improve the food desert of Wyandotte County.
How to protect your children in the digital age
Our kids and grandchildren have to out of their way to avoid pornography when they're online, because it's everywhere.
Topeka rectory continues tradition of holiday open house
by Marc and Julie Anderson mjanderson@theleaven.org TOPEKA — As a child growing up in Topeka’s St. Joseph Parish, Father Tim Haberkorn admits there was always a certain sense of mystery to the parish rectory. “You…
Catholic? There’s an app for that
Archdiocese rolls out new digital media app in time for Advent by Jessica Langdon jessica.langdon@theleaven.org KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Advent calendars have long yielded tiny treats to the littlest Catholics. This year, adults might be…
Column: Tone down the rhetoric and let’s work the problem
Despite all of our problems, we remain a financially blessed nation. How can we be so stingy in welcoming immigrants who are seeking the same opportunity that brought our ancestors to this nation?
Myanmar bishop visits former flock
by Joe Bollig joe.bollig@theleaven.org KANSAS CITY, Kan. – What does a God-blessed land look like? To a displaced people from Southeast Asia, it looks like Kansas. For the past four or five years, refugee families…
Column: Cleansing our culture’s sexual roundedness
by Bill Scholl Soon in Kansas, despite the majority who voted to ban same-sex “marriage,” a few judges may compel our great state to legally sanction same-sex unions. Such a ruling will be a gut check for…