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The 82nd Annual Serra International Convention will unfold in Kansas City, June 26 - 29, 2025. The venue for the event is the Marriott Downtown Look inside for early details and a link to the convention's website - being curated by a group of local Serrans.
With the help of long-time friend, Len Chmelka, we offer this tribute to Serran, Nancy Gibson, whose unexpected death on January 21, 2025, shocked the Serra Community.
Born in 1713 on the island of Majorca off the east coast of Spain, Miguel José Serra was ordained a Franciscan priest in 1737, taking the name Fr. Junipero Serra. At age 37, he landed in Mexico City, beginning the missionary work that would consume the rest of his life. Read on for more about the history of Fr. Serra's missionary work, and the development of the mission bells.
The annual men's discernment retreat, Quo Vadis, unfolds over the weekend of December 20-22, 2024. Vocations Director, Fr. Dan Morris expects nearly 80 young men at this year's edition. Read on for details and information about how you can help!
A beautiful fall day greeted Serrans on their annual seminary visit, this year to St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in Denver, CO. Read about their visit and interaction with seminarians.
The Serra Clubs of Kansas City in Kansas and Johnson County in Kansas hosted the annual Seminarian Send-Off on Sunday, August 4, 2024, at St. Joseph Church in Shawnee, KS. Look inside to get the full experience.
The Serra Club of Johnson County in Kansas celebrated the 25th anniversary of its charter with a Mass, dinner, and program on the evening of May 2, 2024. Look inside for details about this terrific evening!
In the effort to promote vocations in our parishes and Catholic schools, the Serra Club of Johnson County is dusting off a program with an invitation to area parishes to consider beginning a Traveling Chalice/Traveling Crucifix program. Read on for details,
More than 20,000 Catholics of all ages gathered in St. Louis, MO, on 1/1/2024 for the annual SEEK conference, organized by the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS). SEEK24 featured great speakers, beautiful liturgies, an incredible night of adoration, and the opportunity to meet Catholics from around the country and around the world in an inspiring, joy-filled, and energetic five-day event! Read on for more.
A recent weekday Mass reading stimulated this article, related to the vocational call to holiness. Here is another take on what Martha and her sister, Mary, teach us.
