Bishop Michael O. Jackels

Most Rev. Jackels is the Bishop of Wichita, Kansas.

Articles by Bishop Michael O. Jackels

Bishop asks: How are you going to observe this time of fasting?

Feb 18, 2010 / 00:00 am

The holy season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 17, 2010. How will we observe this time of almsgiving, prayer, and fasting?

Bishop’s pastoral letter on confession

Aug 20, 2009 / 00:00 am

It is not easy to go to Confession. If it is not hard enough to admit to ourselves that we have sinned against God and neighbor, then we have to tell our sins to a Priest, say we are sorry, and humbly ask for forgiveness! It is little consolation that the telling is done in private and that the Priest confessor may not ever tell another what we confessed.

Participate in Palm Sunday, Holy Week church services

Apr 8, 2009 / 00:00 am

Let the Eucharist have its full effect, changing us into Jesus, filling us with the spirit of Christ