Description: Help us honor a hero and pray for his sainthood. Learn more about the return of the remains of Servant of God Emil Kapaun this September.
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A Hero's Homecoming. Following the identification of Father Kapaun's remains in Hawaii in March of 2021, the Kapaun family and the Diocese of Wichita brought Father Kapaun’s remains back to Wichita in September 2021. See the details below, including a dynamic homecoming video from Spirit Juice Studios!
Follow Father Kapaun's journey home on Facebook and Instagram . Departing Hawaii Following a send-off Mass at the Cathedral in Honolulu , Father Kapaun’s remains were transported from the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii on a flight that landed at Eisenhower airport in Wichita on Saturday, September 25, 2021. Return to Pilsen Father Kapaun's remains were first taken to his home parish of St. John Nepomucene in Pilsen for a private homecoming and observance for the parish communi