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KSN Channel 3-Video from Military Pilgrimage Mass at Pilsen
November 11, 2009
KAPAUN
New Documentary on Father Kapaun
There is a new
documentary that has been produced about Father Kapaun and
to view this trailer for the documentary please
Click here or
here
Possible
Medal of Honor
In 2000, U.S. Rep.
Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.) began a campaign to award the
Medal of Honor to Kapaun.[1]
Before leaving office on September 16,
2009,
Secretary of the Army
Pete Geren sent Tiahrt a letter, agreeing that Kapaun
was worthy of the honor. Admiral
Michael Mullen,
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also agrees.
Seven chaplains have been awarded the Medal of Honor. Tiahrt
hopes
Congress will approve a bill awarding the Medal of Honor
to Kapaun, for signing by
President Obama.[1]
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b Milburn, John,
"Army says Kansas Army chaplain Rev. Kapaun worthy of
Medal of Honor for service in Korean War",
Associated Press, Oct. 13, 2009. Baltimore Sun website.
Retrieved 2009-10-15. The article includes an undated
photo (released by the Catholic Diocese of Wichita),
showing Father Kapaun saying Mass in the field.
Information acquired on 1/16/2009 from
the following link on the internet –
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Kapaun#cite_note-MedalOfHonor-1
FANTASTIC
NEWS!
The ceremony to officially open the
Cause for Sainthood
for
Father Emil Kapaun
was made on Sunday, June 29, 2008,
the 7th Annual Father
Kapaun Day
held at the
St. John Nepomucene Catholic
Church
Holy Family Parish, Marion County
Pilsen, Kansas
To see
streaming video from the Mass
celebrating the opening of
the Cause for Sainthood
Click Here
Annual Father Kapaun Day
1st Sunday
in June (every year)
There will be a Mass and program with a meal following
to be served in the church dining room by the St. Anne's
Altar Society.
November 11 (every year)
Annual Military Pilgrimage to Pilsen
Mass at 11:00 am with program following the Mass and a
presentation of wreaths
at the base of the Father Kapaun
Statue. There will be a meal served in the church
dining
room by the Father Kapaun Guild.
For additional
information - please contact
Father John
Hotze
Father Kapaun Guild
424 North Broadway
Wichita, KS 67202
e-mail
hotze@cdowk.org
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