A teen girl checks her phone. Three young Catholics shared why they use social media, particularly Instagram, and the positive and negative effects it’s having on their generation. PHOTO BY LUKE PORTER/UNSPLASH by Moira...
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In a time of high turnover, Santa Marta veterans stay the course
A few of Santa Marta’s long-tenured associates are pictured in this photo. They are, from left: Bobby McClure (2007, maintenance), Mike Czaplewski (2008, chef), Edgar Hernandez (2007, kitchen), Gina Zwickel (2008, director of...
Catholic Cemeteries initiative integrates practical, pastoral care
by Therese HorvatSpecial to The Leaven Persons making end-of-life pre-arrangements have the added advantage of making both their funeral plans and their cemetery plans all at one time with Catholic Cemeteries of Northeast Kansas...
‘I think God just puts opportunities in front of me’
Katie Frandsen is a volunteer for Leavenworth Attainable Housing. She is on the corporate board and the larger advisory board. LEAVEN PHOTO BY JAY SOLDNER This week, Katie Frandsen takes Leaven readers inside her ministry as a...
Nothing draws us closer to the Father than to follow Jesus’ example
Deacon Scholl is the archdiocesan consultant for social justice. You can email him at: socialjustice@archkck.org. by Deacon Bill Scholl When I heard the U.S. bishops were launching an initiative to foster “eucharistic amazement”...
May these weeks of Lent deepen our gratitude for the gift of faith
Joseph F. Naumann is Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas. by Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann Please pray for the people of Ukraine as well as for wisdom for world leaders to protect the rights of sovereign nations...
Can we talk? The importance of civil discourse
Vince Cascone is the superintendent of archdiocesan schools. by Vince Cascone I have heard a common theme repeated a few times in the daily rosary meditations from the School of Faith (to subscribe, go online to: www...
Sales from company’s Ukraine Candle fund relief efforts
Christiana Gorchynsky Trapani, owner of Door County Candle Co. in Sturgeon Bay, Wis., works on Ukrainian Candles which are being sold there as a fundraiser to support victims of war in Ukraine March 1, 2022. Trapani is a Ukranian...
An Ash Wednesday for Ukraine
Despite invasion, nuns say they’ll remain in Ukraine to serve the people
Nuns from the Order of St. Basil the Great are pictured Feb. 22, 2022, during a pilgrimage in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, just hours ahead of a Russian invasion. (CNS photo/Sister Anna Andrusiv, via catholicphilly.com) by Gina...