video by Todd Habiger
photos by Doug Hesse
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Todd Habiger
Todd has been the production manager for The Leaven since 1995. Under his direction The Leaven has won multiple design awards from the Catholic Press Association. Prior to working at The Leaven, Todd was an award-winning writer for The Catholic Key newspaper in Kansas City, Mo. Todd is married to Lori Wood Habiger, a former Leaven employee herself. They have two children — Paige and Connor, and one dog — Joli.
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Check out these two sites for the updated version of the church. https://www.facebook.com/pg/ESSKCMO/ http://www.esskcmo.com/
You should go back to Valley Falls and do a redo video!! They have completely redecorated the church back to it’s original colors and style. The Stations of the Cross are now painted with many colors like they use to be many years ago…it was someone’s crazy idea to paint them gold in the 70’s. I remember as I grew up in Valley Falls and my parents were not happy when they were painted gold but they would loooove it now! It is totally GORGEOUS!!!!
Thanks for letting us know, Betsy! I’ll forward that info on to our production manager who runs the Holy Destinations feature.
Our church recently was renovated and the inside is painted in beautiful new colors including the stations of the cross. Why did you show our church prior to the renovation? It too bad you didn’t do your homework and really did our parish a disservice.
Hi Ruth, thanks for your message. We started this feature a few years ago when our photographers were available to shoot all the parishes over a summer. I will let our production manager who runs the feature know about the renovations. Thanks for your interest!
Our parents, Iva Mae Utz and Julius Peter Tholl were married in this church on December 30. 1936. They were raised around Valley Falls as their parents were farmers. They had three children Robert, Judy, and Don who are in Orion and Andover, Illinois. Our
Dad came here for work in the shops in 1940. We use to come to visit our relatives at Valley Falls and Atchison and have went to Mass at Imaculate Conception. Our cousins sent us the video. Thank you! It is awesome!!