Rural Life

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

News & Updates from Rural Life

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St. Isidore Day is approaching!

Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Concordia, to host this year’s event The Rural Life Office will celebrate St. Isidore’s Day this year at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Concordia on Monday, May 15. The celebration will begin with a Mass at 11 AM. Bishop Vince and Priests from… Read More

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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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