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Seven chili chefs competed for prizes in the 2023 edition of the Great Chili Cook-off. The Serra Club of Johnson County raised just over $300 for vocations. Read on for revelation of the winning cooks!
First in a series of articles highlighting the Eucharistic Revival of the Catholic Church in the United States. A three-year initiative launched on the Feast of Corpus Christi, June 19, 2022, with the Year of Diocesan Revival. The Eucharistic Revival aims to increase amazement in the Real Presence, a cornerstone of the foundational vocational call to holiness. Without this, we cannot hope to bring others to Christ.
As the Church draws Ordinary Time to a close each year, she looks to the Book of Revelation as both an invitation and a word of caution to the faithful. What does this mean regarding our vocational call to holiness?
A most unusual vocational story that will inspire you in your faith journey. Read about Will Carey's conversion to the Catholic faith and almost simultaneous recognition of a call to the priesthood. Carey's enthusiasm for life and for his vocation is visible and palpable.
Members of the Serra Clubs of Johnson County and Kansas City, Kansas joined in a pilgrimage visit to St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in Denver, CO, on Tuesday, October 11, 2022. There were smiles and many positive comments all around! Huge thanks to Kelly Kmiecek, Administrative Assistant at the Vocations Office for her help in organizing!
The 2022 Serra Club Picnic at the Arth Farm was a rousing success! Hosts Don and Janice Arth provided the main course of a great BBQ and fried chicken dinner, with club members providing sides and desserts. The gathering enjoyed conversation, friendship, and a wonderful late summer day. The group said a Rosary for Vocations before closing out the day at sunset.
"Or if one loves righteousness, whose works are virtues, She teaches moderation and prudence, righteousness and fortitude, and nothing in life is more useful than these." Wisdom 8:7
God uses our presence in the lives of others, often when we do not realize it, to reach those sheep He relentlessly pursues. Read Cesar's vocation story and learn how God used others to influence his vocation, and now uses Cesar as a means to reach more souls. Having a relationship with Our Blessed Mother is key to a relationship with Jesus, Cesar confides, as he tells of his conversion experience and subsequent journey into vocational discernment.
A Sunday afternoon of fun, food, and fellowship, the Serra Clubs of Greater Kansas City and Atchison, KS, hosted the 2022 Religious Sisters Appreciation Day at St. Patrick Parish Center in Kansas City, KS. A crowd of more than 225, including over 100 sisters from various orders, enjoyed conversation, bingo, and a great BBQ meal catered by Fiorella's Jack Stack Barbeque. Thank you to the Sisters for the work they do in the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas and the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, MO.
In this final segment, 10-year FOCUS veteran and "newly-minted" Serra Club member, JohnMarc Skoch, talks about the mission similarities between the two organizations and the appreciation of Serra as a sequel to FOCUS. As a FOCUS Regional Director, JohnMarc leads FOCUS Missionary teams on five Kansas college and university campuses.
