 Click to Enlarge The 2017 First Communion Photo is Here.
Congratulations: to students from both parishes for receiving their 1st Holy Communion on Sunday, April 30, at St. Francis Church: Jackson Beachner, Caroline Bradshaw, Khloe Brown, Ava Dent, Alejandro Dominguez, Joselin Dominguez, Perla Dominguez, Josey Garten, Lillyanne Gonsalves, Alexis Hernandez, Juan Hernandez, Nancy Hernandez, Omar Hernandez, Emmy Madl, Taylor Madl, Kaydra Mathis, Callie McKinzie, Aubrie Norris, Brec Norris, Kinley Pecha, Ashley Richenburg, Leslie Rodriguez, Tristan Seme, Becca Simpson, Devyn Taylor, Ava Treiber, Cassie Vitt & Devin Vogel. Special Thanks to: our Pastor-Fr. David, PSR Director-Suzie Diskin and Instructors Keisha Richenburg, Heather Vogel and Amanda Dent (shown in back row) for their hours of work this year preparing the students for this very special day!  Father Joseph Van Leeuwen C.P. was laid to rest in the St. Francis de Hieronymo Catholic Church Garden Cemetery on Saturday, April 1. Father Joe was the first Passionist Priest to be buried in our garden cemetery since Father Ferdinand Madl's death in June of 1972. During his priesthood he served as Provincial Secretary, Associate Pastor at Immaculate Conception Parish in Chicago, Illinois; Pastor at Holy Cross Immaculata Parish in Cincinnati, Ohio; Newman Center Chaplain at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL.; and Pastor of the African American Parish in Birmingham, Alabama. He spent the past 20 years at the Passionist Mission in Southern, Kochi, India where he died unexpectedly on February 28. He was 81 years old. Father Joe's funeral Mass was concelebrated by eight priests, including seven Passionist Priests who traveled to St. Paul from locations in the United States and India:
After the funeral the Altar Society hosted a community luncheon at St. Francis Parish Hall. Photos: Slide-show may be paused by clicking on a photo; stepped through one at a time with the side arrows; or resumed by clicking "Play." |
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This is the community website for the St. Francis de Hieronymo and St. Ambrose Catholic Churches in Neosho County, Kansas. Both churches are located in the center of the historic nine-county southeast Kansas area. We share one of the richest Catholic Heritages in Southern Kansas and the Four-State Region. For more information about our churches, history, organizations or programs browse our site including its links.
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