We became affiliated with the Kolbe Prison Ministries, based in Texas in February 2024. We are fellow parishioners, both men and women, who have a calling to reach out to those forgotten by society. Retreats such as ACTS, CRHP, and Cursillo challenged us to get involved. As our own faith grew, we looked to see where we could give back to those in need or less fortunate and abandoned by family, friends, and their faith.
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The core leadership team for Kolbe in Kansas is very experienced in Catholic Prison Ministry:
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President: David Leavitt.
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Vice President: Phillip Cockrell.
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Treasurer: Nancy Schnegelberger.
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Secretary: John Errante, OblSB. ​​​​​​​
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Advisor: ​Rheinhold Olson.
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Members at Large: Lucia Baez Luzondo, Dcn Dan Schletzbaum, Jerry Immethun, Mike McFarland, Charlie Vogl
We live to help souls behind the wire to hear the voice of the Holy Spirit, and to come to Christ Jesus. Prisons can be a dark and terrifying place, and many prisoners find that for the first time they can hear His voice! Prisons can be place of violence, heartless cruelty, but it can also be a place of hope and love inspired by the Christian message! It is a place of sinners, and sinners who have heard, and become Saints!
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We accomplish this mission by holding Kolbe Prison Ministry three-day Catholic retreats in Kansas prisons.
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Come and share the AGAPE Love of Jesus Christ with those in prison and to teach the fullness of the Catholic Church to the incarcerated.
Kansas Prisons by the Number
Kansas confines 8,338 adult men and 809 women in seven prisons. In addition, Kansas Department of Corrections follows 4.484 men and 733 women on parole. Juvenile correctional facilities currently hold 160 males and 6 females.