Wichita Catholic

Fr. Kapaun is the most decorated chaplain in U.S. Military history, a Servant of God, and a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Wichita. In this interview Fr. Hotze shares his wisdom about Fr. Kapaun's life and his heroic and saintly acts in North Korea.

Fr. John Hotze has been working on the cause for Fr. Emil Kapaun's canonization for years. In this interview we talk primarily about the cause itself, miracles, relics, and looking forward to Fr. Kapaun being declared Venerable.

Catholic Charities has been operating Adult Day Services since 1975 to serve some of the most vulnerable in our community. Executive Director of Catholic Charities Wendy Glick shares with us about this great program and the plan for its expansion.

We talk about the origins of some of Totus Tuus' staple activities and then we talk about Camp.

Here is the story of Totus Tuus, the wonderful summer catechetical program started in the Diocese of Wichita.

Part 2 captures why our interviewees entered, the demise of the program, and a reflection on contemporary education. For more information see FundIHPMemorial.org.

An interview with three students of the famous Integrated Humanities Program at the University of Kansas. In this first part we speak primarily about the structure of the program and the three professors (Senior, Nelick, and Quinn) who gave it life.

Fr. Jarrod Lies shares his wisdom on Stewardship in the Diocese of Wichita.

Fr. Joe Gile is the dean of Newman University's new School of Catholic Studies. Here we talk of the existing Masters in Theology and then discuss the new Catholic Studies Degree modeled on the Integrated Humanities Program at the University of Kansas in the 1970s.

An interview about evangelization and solidarity with missionaries in inner city Wichita -- Please support them: www.vagabondmissions.com/donate -- Or shoot them an email: andy@vagabondmissions.com, jennie@vagabondmissions.com, sophee@vagabondmissions.com, patrickm@vagabondmissions.com -- Facebook: Vagabond Missions Wichita -- Instagram: vmwichita

The second part of my time with Fr. Eck.

An interview with the legend. 10:00 - His pastor was Msgr. George Herrman 10:15 - Bishop Kemme gave the priests the book Making Missionary Disciples by Curtis Martin 27:10 - Humanae Vitae is an encyclical of Pope Paul VI which affirmed Church teaching that contraception was immoral. In talking about the document, Fr. Eck transitions into speaking about abortion. 29:17 - The Summer of Mercy was in 1991. Many went to jail for blocking the entrance to the abortion clinic.

An interview project to help us all get to know better the Catholic Diocese of Wichita.