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Title
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St. Paul's Announces New Church Rector
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Description
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The Rev. R. Stan Runnels has been called as the new rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Fr. Runnels is a graduate of Harvard University, Harvard Divinity School and the University of the South. Article also contains brief history of St. Paul's parish in Westport.
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Date
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2006-03-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The Rev. Robert Lakas, 57, Dies
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Description
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Photo and obituary for Reverend Robert Lakas, "a Catholic priest who also was English professor at Rockhurst College." Description of his life and career, born in Denver about 1917 and coming to Kansas City about 1955, becoming "well-known in the community as a developer of cultural interests."
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Date
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1974-08-19
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Swanson Remembered as Episcopal Pioneer
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Description
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Katrina Swanson, daughter of the late Bishop Edward R. Welles II who was at one time bishop of the Diocese of West Missouri, died recently in Maine at the age of 70. She was one of 11 Episcopal women deacons who on July 29, 1974, defied their church and were ordained priests. Her father was one of the bishops who ordained her. She was the fourth generation of her family to enter the ministry. She became an official priest in 1976 when the church approved the ordination of women. Her husband was Rev. George Swanson, also an Episcopal priest.
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Date
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2005-09-24
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Monsignor Donnelly
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Description
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Informal frontal portrait with two unidentified priests.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Visitation Pastor Sees Vitality Along and South of Brush Creek
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Description
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Father Patrick Rush, pastor of Visitation Church at 51st and Main Streets, serves also on the Brush Creek Community Partners board. Article has some biographical information about Father Rush and includes a photograph of him.
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Date
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2007-07
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Centering Pole
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Description
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An Episcopal priest, talks about his experiences as curate at Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral in the 1960s, a time when the Civil Rights movement, the war in Viet Nam and other social changes were transforming the church.
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Date
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2004
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Voice for Victims
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Description
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Article describes the efforts of SNAP (Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests), a national organization dedicated to exposing child-abusing priests in the Catholic Church. In recent months, the organization has focused its attention on Kansas City, demanding that Jackson County authorities investigate cleric sex crimes and perceived cover-ups by the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph.
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Date
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2011-09-25
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Man of God, History and Fishing
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Description
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Obituary for Reverend Bruce Rahtjen, 77, a longtime Northeast community resident and priest of 56 years. Rahtjen served at Melrose Methodist Church for six years and St. Mary's Episcopal Church for eight years. He also taught at the St. Paul School of Theology and was former president of the Historic Kansas City Foundation and Scarritt Renaissance Neighborhood Association.
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Date
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2010-06-30
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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President Jimmy Carter
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Description
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An unidentified priest speaks at an annual meeting of the National Association of Catholic Charities. President Jimmy Carter, who also gave an addressed, sits on the right. The other individuals on the dais are unidentified.
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Date
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1979-10-15
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Watomika: A Delaware Jesuit Priest
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Description
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Article describing the life of Watomika, later known as Father James Bouchard. Watomika/Bouchard is considered by many to be the first Native American ordained to the Catholic priesthood in the United States. The author writes that Watomika's father, a Delaware named Kistalwa, brought his family to the area between Fort Leavenworth and the Kansas River during the time of the Delaware Indians' relocation from Ohio and Indiana.
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Date
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1905-06-27
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
