“I Will Give You Shepherds” is a 16-minute video by Michael McGlinn of Sistine Films in Kansas City, Missouri, produced for the archdiocesan vocations office. It features several archdiocesan priests and parishioners. It can be...
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Visiting cardinal pays call on inmates at jail
Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, the former ordinary of the Archdiocese of Lyon in France, visited inmates at the Wyandotte County Jail on Dec. 26, the feast of the Holy Family, during a visit to the Community of the Lamb in Kansas...
Pray not so God will hear you, but so that you will hear God
by Catherine UpchurchSpecial to The Leaven Anyone who has been around children knows how persistent they can be — asking “why” until they receive a satisfactory answer, insisting on just one more story before bedtime and asking...
Live a life less ordinary
Father Mark Goldasich is the pastor of Sacred Heart parish in Tonganoxie. He has been editor of the Leaven since 1989. by Father Mark Goldasich Now that the feast of the Baptism of the Lord is over and another Christmas season is...
Join us in Topeka this Jan. 25 as we march for life
Debra Niesen is the archdiocesan consultant for the pro-life office. by Deb Niesen The year 2022 will be an important year for Respect Life efforts. As Archbishop Joseph Naumann stated in his Dec. 17 “The Shepherd’s Voice” “Pro...
January celebrations are united in defense of the sanctity of life
Joseph F. Naumann is Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas. by Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann Each year, on the third Monday of January, our nation observes Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, commemorating the life...
Pope pops by his favorite record store to say ‘hello’
Pope Francis holds a record under his arm as he leaves the Stereo Sound record shop in Rome Jan. 11, 2022. The pope made a surprise visit to the music store he used to go to as a cardinal, receiving a record of classical music as...
Neighbors help each other after a massive Virginia snowstorm
by Ashleigh Kassock FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (CNS) — Frank Crissey trudged through the snow around his elderly mother’s home in Dumfries the evening of Jan. 3, clearing fallen branches as he went. After making sure his mother had food...
With foreign donation license denied, Missionaries of Charity ration food
Children living on the street are seen outside the Missionaries of Charity motherhouse and orphanage in Kolkata, India, Jan. 2, 2022. Although the Indian Home Ministry has not approved the order’s Foreign Contribution...
2021: The archdiocesan year in review
Take a look back at 2021 in the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas with our comprehensive Year in Review. by Joe Bolligjoe.bollig@theleaven.org KANSAS CITY, Kan. — If 2020 was the year of the pandemic, 2021 was the year of . . ...