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May 29: Ordination to the Priesthood

Due to the recent announcement from Mayor Lucas rescinding Kansas City’s Fourteenth Emergency COVID Order, all restrictions have been lifted…

Statement of Bishop James V. Johnston on the Matter of Eucharistic Coherence

USCCB: Q&A on the U.S. Bishops’ Vote to Draft a Document on the Meaning of the Eucharist in the Life…

Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph encourages return to full participation in parish life with new campaign, “Come Home to Communion”

Some remain excused from in person participation, while many are called back to a real presence at Sunday Mass and…

Information on Dispensations from the Sunday Obligation

The general obligation to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation is to be reinstated in the Diocese…

Sunday Mass obligation returns June 1, 2021

PDF: Bishop’s Letter | Carta del Obispo Dear Friends in Christ, The Lord is risen, Alleluia! This past year was…

May 2021: Clergy Assignments

Bishop Johnston has made the following clergy assignments effective July 1, 2021:  Rev. Joshua Barlett has been appointed Chaplain to the…

Statement of USCCB President and Bishop Chairmen in Response to Passage of the American Rescue Plan Act

“I support the statement of USCCB President, Archbishop Gomez, and the other Bishop Chairmen regarding the recent passage of the…

U.S. Bishop Chairmen Join Statement on Abortion Funding in American Rescue Plan

From the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops… WASHINGTON— Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles and president of the…

Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph Catholic Schools welcomes new Superintendent

Karen Kroh, Ed.D., replaces Dan Peters, Ed.D., upon his retirement after more than a decade with KCSJ Catholic Schools The…

Update on Tierney appeal

Bishop Johnston has been notified that Michael Tierney’s appeal to reverse the penalty of dismissal from the clerical state was…

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