Religious Sisters' Appreciation Day on Aug. 9th. was a greet!

Stories, photos, and statistics will be posted as soon as we pull them together.
Thank you Serrans for a fun day with the Sisters.

A large crowd attended the 2026 Seminarian Send-Off Mass and Dinner at Holy Trinity Church.  The Archdioceses will have 26 men in seminaries this fall.

Fr. Dan Morris introduced each Seminarian and gave them a $ gift that was made possible by the Serra Clubs of Johnson County and Kansas City in KS.  Fr. Morris introduce the Seminarian’s parents, told us about their summer assignment, and which of six seminaries they will be going to.  Four Seminarians share their experiences working at their summer assignment.  The two clubs sponsored the dinner. Next year our club will be responsible for the Send-Off Mass and Dinner.

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Kansas Priests win again.  A fun evening for nearly 5,000 Catholic fans and the priests from both KS and MO.

See photos and story at The Leaven and/or click Read More.

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K-State football coach Chris Klieman was the guest speaker at the Master's Cup August 3rd.  We had the largest group of young men attending in the six years of the event.  You will find more photos and the story on the Leaven website.

The men who participated in the Golf on the beautiful Thursday afternoon.

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Leah Conner, Director of the Olathe Wyandotte Pregnancy Clinics was our featured speaker at the July 8^th Membership Luncheon Meeting. 

This meeting had a full agenda.

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Maggie Mosher, Chief AI Consultant for the Center for Reimagining Education,
Assistant Research Professor at the University of Kansas shared information on AI at our Luncheon Meeting, on Wed. June 24th.
 
See inspiredbi.org website for IA Information.
Click here to download a .pdf version of her presentation to our Serra Club.

Do you have an IRA or similar tax-deferred retirement account?  Here is one way to save on income taxes and help the Serra cause.

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See this informative article written by Michael Skoch of the JOCO Serra Club on the Pontifical College Josephinum where the archdioceses will be sending some of our seminarians this fall.

Brian Schenk shared their mission, vision and Strategic Plan at the June 10th Membership Luncheon Meeting.

He stressed keeping the increase in tuition under 5%/yr. so our Catholic schools do not become for the affluent only.
Twenty-nine students became Catholic in the last 7 years.
Two past students are in the seminary.
You can view the full Strategic Plan Document for a more in-depth breakdown of the school's vision.

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Father Scott will be leaving St. Joseph Parish at the first of July.  Father was our Serra Club luncheon speaker at the June 27th Meeting.  We  appreciate Father Scott for supporting our Serra Clubs by allowing our club to hold our meetings at St. Josephs. Continue to pray for Fr. Scott and his new parish Church of the Ascension. 

Also, at this meeting Jeff Eaton introduce the Traveling Crucifix program that a Serran will take home and focus on as he and his family pray for Vocations.

   Fr. Skoch shared with the Serrans some of the history of his great great grandfather immigrating to the US and how his family passed on the Catholic faith. 
   Fr. Skoch said two things help him decern his vocation to the priesthood.  Time to step out of today’s world and invest in God’s work.  Pray changed me not God.  Fr. Skoch is now invested in Glory to God.
   As the new Director of Vocations Fr. Skoch asked for our prayers.  He also asked us Serrans to be bold and talk about God, the gifts of celibacy and invite men to consider the priesthood and woman religious life.
   He will also be part-time sacramental assistance at the St. Lawrence Center at the University of Kansas, while continuing as Chaplain of Bishop Ward High School.
   When asked why there were so many KU and K-State students that came into the Catholic Church this Easter; he said even the bishops were not able to answer this question.  Maybe these students are looking for the objective truth and want to be part of something good.

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Mitch Nolan, Director of Mission Outreach and Development Catholic Community Health, Kansas City, MO, shared information about the Catholic Community Health - Home Care - Villa St. Frances - Hospice at our April 22nd Membership Meeting.  Mitch left us with 3 handouts and how to access more information at CatholiccommunityHealth.org or (913) 621-5090.
  Three key items Mitch shared with our Serrans:
1. Be sure to request Catholic Hospice for yourself and your love ones.
2. Verify or update you End of Life Legal documents to follow Catholic Ethical and Religious Directives.   A fillable PDF version of a Catholic advanced directive is HERE.
3.  I refer you to our Chief Health and Ethics Officer, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Dr. Skoch is an expert in the ERDs, a Serran, and will be able to provide a clinical opinion on an directive.

Fr. John Riley, Pastor of Cure' of Ars, said Personal Invitations had a lot to do with his vocation to the priesthood.  After working nearly 15 years in the finance industry, at 36 years old Fr. Riley enters the Seminary at Mundelein and then completed his theology studies at the North American Collage in Rome. 
A number of Catholics invited Fr. Riley to get more involved in Queen of the Holy Rosary – the parish he grew up in.  A tall usher asked him to usher; Jean Humphry asked him to be a lecture; Angelina Perez asked him to be a substitute in the Adoration Chapel.  During these hours of adoration, Fr. Riley prayed to know God's will for his life.  God's will -- be a priest.  Fr. Riley trusted that what God wanted for him was better than what he wanted for himself. So, he left his work career and entered the seminary.  He was ordained a priest in June 2003 at 41 years old. 
He has held a number of positions at the archdioceses – chancellor for 16 years and Vicar General for 4 years, and now is the pastor of Cure' of Ars.  He is looking forward to retirement in only 6 years.

Fr. Luke Doyle gave an inspiring presentation on what Jesus is doing at the St. Lawrence Catholic Center.

Here are a number of statements (and numbers) Fr. Doyle made in his presentation to our Serrans.

* Pray for KU 4,000 Catholic students, 2,000 attend Mass on Sundays – there are KU 40,000 students.
* These young university students are the future of the Church and world.
* Our young students have an opportunity to learn of Christ at KU.
* Pray for the Catholic mission at KU.
* 64 OICA students will come into the Church this Easter.
* 17 men are discerning the priesthood meet with Fr. Doyle Weekly.
* 11 women are discerning the religious life.
* 24 of our archdioceses priests passed through St. Lawrence Center.
* 49 other priests serve outside our archdioceses are from KU.
* 3 bishops are from KU.
* 10 young missionaries – 6 FOCUS and 4 SPO – work with Fr. Luke at the KU mission.
* There has been an uptick in the interest of the Catholic faith since the death of Charlie Kirk.

•  Serran, please pray for the Catholic Mission at KU, Fr. Luke Doyle, and the men and women discerning religious and marriage vocations.

Wednesday March 11, 2026, -- the 6th Grade Essay Contest Winners read their winning essay and received their award.

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Archdiocesan vocations director Father Dan Morris shoots over transitional deacon Will Sutherland (No. 25) and Father Dan Mauro (No. 9). LEAVEN PHOTO BY JAY SOLDNER

More Photos of the Runnin' with the REVS game HERE:

Below you find two videos featuring Father Dan Morris and Father Tim Skoch.  Father Dan talks about the vocations ministry and his vision for the future, this is approximately 15 minutes.  Father Tim Skoch, is our newly appointed associate vocations director, introduces himself to the entire diocese talking about the upcoming IGNITE program on March 28th, this is roughly 2.5 minutes. Father Tim's video was sent to all the pastors in the diocese.

Father Dan Morris and Father Tim Skoch

Sr. Mary Jacinta writes: Peace in Christ. This past Saturday was our regional gathering for women religious, which your Serran helped support. Attached is the thank you note to your fellow Serrans.

Kurtis Grothoff shared with us at our regular Lunch Meeting on February 25th the great work being done by Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas.  We heard about all the good Catholic Charities does and their future plans.