Photo Gallery

Bishop Ronald M. Gilmore celebrated a special Mass at Sacred Heart Church in Pratt for Greensburg parishioners. At right is Father Gregory Le Blanc, Sacred Heart pastor, and pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Greensburg.

Bishop Ronald Gilmore greets Rod and Laura Prosser and their children, Keith, 13 (left) and Heidee, 11. Laura, a first grade teacher, Heidee, and their Golden Retriever, Lady, were at home in Greensburg when their house was destroyed. Rod is a member of the National Guard.

Bishop Ronald Gilmore greets Steve and Mary Hart, and Steve’s mother Cecilia, following a Mass in Pratt. Steve and Mary lost their home in the May 4 tornado.

Pratt and Greensburg parishioners pray together at a special Mass May 20, celebrated by Bishop Ronald M. Gilmore.

Bishop Ronald Gilmore, Grand Knight Andy Kimble, and St. Joseph secretary Helen Rule tour he site where St. Joseph Church once stood.

Grand Knight Andy Kimble holds the remaining station of the cross he found at the church soon after the tornado. Kimble rescued many items from the church.

The kindergarten class from St. Nicholas School in Kinsley visited the Big Well in Greensburg the same day that the tornado leveled the town.

Bishop Ronald Gilmore greets Air Force chaplain Oliver Bergenon at the site of St. Joseph Church in Greensburg.

Father Gregory Le Blanc and Bishop Ronald Gilmore tour the site of St. Joseph Church days after the May 4 tornado.

Bishop Ronald Gilmore listens to a resident of Greensburg share his story of survival. St. Joseph Church stands in ruin in the background.

A statue of a cow from a Nativity scene stood at the remains of St. Joseph Church.

Despite raging winds that destroyed the town, booklets remained in their holders.

Students from Greensburg High School gathered at their broken school in the days following the storm.

Knights of Columbus were at Greensburg soon after the tornado giving $100 wavers for food and clothing.

A Greensburg resident who lost his home shares a laugh withe Bishop Ronald Gilmore and Father Gregory Le Blanc.

Bishop Ronald Gilmore peers into the broken window of St. Joseph Church in Greensburg.

Showing his sence of humor amid disaster, a Greensburg resident placed a pair of ruby red slippers under this house that was lifted and moved into a street.

A Knight of Columbus hands out a $100 voucher to a Greensburg resident.

A woman finds the family bible in the remains of her parents' house.

Ladies from St. John the Baptist Parish, Spearville, make quilts to go to survivors of the Greensburg tornado.

Neighbors and friends, all students at St. Dominic School in Garden City, proudly present to Father Joe Bahr their lemonade stand proceeds. To help tornado victims in Greensburg, the children sold lemonade and cookies to drivers passing by the home of Jack and Christine Schmidt. After raising $118, the group gave the money to the church’s Greensburg relief fund.

After a consulting engineer viewed the damage to Sts. Peter and Paul church in North Ellinwood, it was determined that the building was structurally sound and would receive partial restoration. The building will be re-roofed, the steeple will be capped, and there will be minor interior restoration. More restoration could come as funding becomes available.

Bishop celebrates Mass for Greensburg parishioners