The CATHOLIC DIOCESE of DODGE CITY

Serving the People of Southwest Kansas

Young Catholics
April 10, 2005

K of C treat servers to lunch, trip to Olympic game

The Knights of Columbus Council 2352 of Ransom took the altar servers to Wakeeney for a pizza supper and then on to Hays for the opening ceremony of the Special Olympics Basketball. At left are (back row) Jonathan Flax, Ashley Lutters, Beth Lutters, and Vicki Giess. At front is Dustin Giess, Cassie Roths, and Kaitlyn Flax.

PSR programs, Catholic high schools get monetary boost from Knights

Fred VanNah-men, Grand Knight of the Council in St. Stanislaus, Ingalls, recently presented a $300 check to religion teachers from the parish. All 51 parishes in the Dodge City diocese received a similar check by the Grand Knight of their council. Also pictured at right is Father Frank Jordan, state chaplain. More than $83,000 was distributed by the Grand Knights to more than 300 parishes religious education programs (PSR) and Catholic high schools in Kansas at the end of 2004. Each Grand Knight received a check for $300 to be presented to the pastor, DRE, principal, or high school chaplain. Helping parish’s religious education programs is a priority of the Knights, who sponsor many Church fund-raising projects.

 

 

 

Local students serve at Kansas Legislature

Four students from Sacred Heart School in Dodge City served as pages in Topeka for the Kansas Legislature March 21. They were hosted by Sen. Tim Huelskamp from the 38th district. From L to R: Blaise Jensen, Rachelle Banning. Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, Sen. Huelskamp, Rebecca Oberley, and Katie Laman. Banning is the daughter of Justin and Carolyn Banning; Jensen is the daughter of Brenda Jensen; Laman is the daughter of Don and Rene Laman; and Oberley is the daughter of Terry and Donna Oberley. Students who are at least 12 years old may be sponsored to be a page in the Kansas Senate or House of Representatives. They experience Kansas government in action by touring the Capitol building, receiving a brief introduction to the legislative process, observing the legislature in session, and spending the day doing tasks that assist the state lawmakers.

 

Great Bend grad becomes Naval Aviator

NAS CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -- For ENS Aaron Kaiser, assigned to Training Squadron Thirty-five (VT-35), the "Stinging Stingrays," the long road to becoming a Naval Aviator was completed when he pinned on the Wings of God during a "winging" ceremony conducted onboard Naval Air Station Corpus Christi Jan. 14.

Kaiser is cousin to Father Ted Stoeckein, parochial vicar of the Catholic Community of Great Bend. He is the son of Jim and Debby Kaiser of Great Bend, and the grandson of Melvin and Frankie Kaiser, also of Great Bend. He is a 1999 graduate of Great Bend High School and a 2003 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy.

For Kaiser, this completes more than 56 weeks of pilot training -- training that included aircraft familiarization, basic instruments, precision aerobatics, formation flying, night familiarization, and radio instruments.

Kaiser’s next duty station is Patrol Squadron 30 (VP-30), located in Jacksonville, Fla., where he will fly the P-3C Orion in support of missions all over the world.