Rural Life

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The Rural Life Office is a proud sponsor of this year’s event. Click on the graphic above for more information.

Nurturing Rural Life Through Faith

The Rural Life Commission serves the mission of the Catholic Church by promoting the care of God’s creation and the welfare of the people who depend on it within the Salina Diocese.

Our Goals:

  • Foster the spiritual formation of the people relating specifically to the vocation of agriculture.
  • Promote an economic environment that sustains family farms and rural communities. 
  • Be an effective voice in the public forum for Christian values on rural issues.
  • Educate people on the social teachings of the Catholic Church as they relate to rural issues.
  • Create a structure that sustains the Rural Life Commission.

Board Members

  • Chair – Francis Goeckel
  • Moderator – Fr. Rich Daise
  • Chair-elect – Linda & David Edell
  • Past Chair – Art Befort
  • Secretary – Mary Guttieri
  • Treasurer – Sr. Janet LeDuc
  • Fr. Brian Lager
  • Justine Dlabal
  • Bill McCune
  • Karen McCune
  • Chuck Norris
  • Tobina Norris
  • Richard Polcyn
  • Michelle Schuh

News & Updates from Rural Life

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2023 Soil Health U event planned for Jan. 18-19 in
Salina, Kansas

Learn More High Plains Journal’s Soil Health U & Trade show will return to an in-person format for the first time since the start of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. The two-day event will be held Jan. 18-19 at the Tony’s Pizza Event Center in Salina, Kansas. Soil Health… Read More

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Salina Diocese Rural Life events featured in Magazine

Events and several diocese members were featured in the latest issue of the Catholic Rural Life Spring 2022 Magazine. To read the full issue click here. To learn more about the Salina Diocese Rural Life office, click here. Celebrating the Feast of St. Isidore… Read More

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