{"id":85233,"date":"2026-08-07T07:38:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T11:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=85233"},"modified":"2026-08-07T07:38:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T11:38:51","slug":"kansas-diocese-opens-new-seminary-more-than-20-years-in-the-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/kansas-diocese-opens-new-seminary-more-than-20-years-in-the-making\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas Diocese Opens New Seminary More Than 20 Years In The Making"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From<em> OSV News:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.osvnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260806T1730-NEW-SEMINARY-WICHITA-1824458-1170x780.jpg\" width=\"411\" height=\"274\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Kansas diocese will open its own seminary at the end of August, realizing a dream more than two decades in the making.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Diocese of Wichita announced Aug. 6 that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.osvnews.com\/tag\/bishop-carl-a-kemme\/\">Bishop Carl A. Kemme<\/a>\u00a0will formally establish\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/spnseminary.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Philip Neri Seminary<\/a>, named for the 16th-century priest and founder of the Congregation of the Oratory who helped to revive both clergy and Church during the Counter-Reformation.\u00a0The seminary\u2019s patron was \u201crenowned for his joyful spirit, deep holiness, and dedication to forming priests and evangelizing through authentic friendship,\u201d said Bishop Kemme in the diocese\u2019s press release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From OSV News: A Kansas diocese will open its own seminary at the end of August, realizing a dream more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-85233","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85233"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85234,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85233\/revisions\/85234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}