Benedictine College students gather at Tory and Elizabeth Baucums’ apartment to talk about life and learn about human love as part of the John Paul II Fellowship. LEAVEN PHOTO BY JACK FIGGE by Jack FiggeSpecial to The Leaven ATCHISON — Shoes line the hallway, the savory smell of homemade soup wafts through the door and …
September 29, 2023 KANSAS CITY, Kan. — In a culture where marriage rates are declining and rates of divorce are increasing, 11 parishes across the archdiocese are striving to reverse these trends by investing in ministries that strengthen marriage and family life. Through a highly focused process, they are hosting enriching and enjoyable events, offering …
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(OSV News) — In 2022, the Vatican’s Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life released “Catechumenal Pathways for Married Life“, providing principles for rethinking marriage preparation for catechumate for marriage in the Catholic Church. Nearly a year later, leaders are still unpacking what a “ marriage catechumenate ” means for the Church in the U.S. In …
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Dr. Tory Baucum, Director of Benedictine College’s Center for Family Life, will be featured on EWTN’s The Journey Home with Marcus Grodi on Monday, August 28 at 7 p.m. Central. The episode will feature a discussion of Baucum’s compelling conversion to Catholicism through the influence of Pope Saint John Paul II. The wide-ranging conversation will …
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Shared Post from Benedictine College No wonder it doubled in size in less than a year. Parents glimpsed the heights, children explored the depths, and together they celebrated the joy of the Catholic faith at Family Week 2023 at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. Internationally renowned theologians, speakers, experts in children’s formation and religious were …
Program teaches human dignity to the kids the culture forgot Central School in Atchison, Kansas, isn’t a school for bad kids. Every student in the school is born with thesame inherent human dignity as dwelt in Mahatma Gandhi, or Martin Luther King, Jr., or Abraham Lincoln. Maybe nobody ever told them that before. That’s changing, …
In a remarkable honor, Tory Baucum has been tasked with an enormous responsibility. Tory Baucum, director of Benedictine College’s Center for Family Life, has been elected to the Polish Academy of Sciences and appointed by Polish President Duda to the Copernicus Academy. He will be inducted February 19. Other members of the academy include Nobel …
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Special Event, President of Hungary Katalin Novak, visits Benedictine to discuss the family.
The new center has been doing just that — working with students on campus to tutor Atchison kids, working with 10 parishes throughout the Archdiocese, hosting families from across the United States, and going to the roots of John Paul’s vision of the family in Poland.
Tory Baucum, director of the Center for Family Life at Benedictine College, shares his insights on Poland’s unique response to the refugee crisis and the role of the domestic church in helping families stay on track. Tory Baucum says something incredible is happening in Poland. “You have more than a million refugees absorbed into a …
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