Seminarians, priests, youth gather

for sports, steaks and fellowship

It was the brainchild of Father Reggie Urban: monthly summer gatherings in which seminarians, priests and any interested young men could come together for an afternoon of sports, steaks and fellowship.
The first gathering took place in Great Bend June 14, during which participants played golf and basketball, followed by a social gathering in the evening at the parish rectory that included dinner.

Diocese of Dodge City welcomes

priest from Ghana

Father Matthew Kumi, reared in a community without

electricity, recounts moon-lit nights with friends,

helping area farmers

By DAVID MYERS
Southwest Kansas Register
When asked to share his favorite memory of growing up in West Africa, Father Matthew Kumi, the newest priest to grace the Diocese of Dodge City, drew a wide smile and recalled moon-lit nights in his native Ghana.
“The whole community didn’t have electricity,” he said. “So, in the night, when the moon was up, we would gather around and play games, sing songs, all kinds of things.”

‘Theology on Tap’

Face-to-face faith in a social setting

By DAVID MYERS
Southwest Kansas Register
Editor’s Note: Daniel P. Smith of Catholic News Service contributed to this article.

A priest walks into a bar and asks the bartender, “Do you have Theology on Tap?”
“Yeah, right over there,” the bartender responds, pointing to a large group of young adults, aged 21-39, both married and single.
If you’ve never heard of “Theology on Tap,” a program that puts young adults together in a social environment -- whether a bar, restaurant or parish hall -- for a lesson in theology, that’s probably because the program was only introduced to the Diocese of Dodge City a few years ago.

Diocese introduces new marriage

preparation program

By DAVID MYERS
Southwest Kansas Register
In the St. Augustine Room at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe, what at first sounded like couples taking part in marriage counseling, at first glance appeared to be something quite different.
The role-playing exercise, in which priests played husband, wife and counselor, was part of the marriage preparation “Prepare and Enrich” training program, which is currently being introduced to the Diocese of Dodge City.

New KofC state deputy,

Mark Roth, presents

donation to diocese

Liberal resident also discusses

his new role and the KofC ‘

Supreme Convention’ in

Washington, D.C.

Editor’s Note: Soon after attending the national KofC “Supreme Convention” in Washington, D.C., new KofC state deputy Mark Roth of Liberal took time to answer these questions emailed to him from the SKR.

Southwest Kansas Register: Can you tell me how this donation to the Diocese of Dodge City came about?

Roth: In 2008 when the economy started its recent turmoil, our Supreme Knight, Carl Anderson hosted a meeting, in Washington, D. C. of all the charitable fund raising organization in the United States. Some of the charities invited included, the United Way, the Red Cross and numerous other organizations. It was determined that donations of time and money to these organizations were lower and requests were increasing. Out of this meeting the national “Neighbors Helping Neighbors” campaign was born.