Isabelle Stuhlsatz, a member of Sacred Heart Parish in Paxico, is hard at work painting a resident’s home in Atchison where Prayer and Action teams spent a week in the area working on painting and beautifying homes and property. LEAVEN PHOTO BY JD BENNING
Prayer and Action teams from the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas took to the streets of Atchison in late June for several service projects in the community.
Workers make their lunches for the day. Pictured are: (from back) Henry Block, Church of the Nativity, Leawood; Broden Podrebarac, Sacred Heart, Emporia; Will Hinrichs, St. Joseph, Shawnee (with hat), and John West, St. Joseph. LEAVEN PHOTO BY JD BENNING
Fifty teams from 10 parishes of the archdiocese took part.
Daghyn True, a member of Sacred Heart Parish in Emporia, clears limbs at St. Benedict Grade School in Atchison. LEAVEN PHOTO BY JD BENNING
Prayer and Action is a service retreat ministry that provides teens the opportunity to grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ while serving the local communities of northeast Kansas.
Brother Angelus, OSB, and Joel Heier, a member of St. Stanislaus Parish in Rossville, get ready to start a project at the Lookout near St. Benedict’s Abbey in Atchison. LEAVEN PHOTO BY JD BENNING
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