The first Carmelite parish in the United States in the First City in Kansas: St. Joseph Church. The first Cathedral west of the Mississippi, founded by Jesuit Bishop Jean Baptist Miege: The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Two churches with roots deep in early Kansas history.

Grown from the hearty stock of German and Irish immigrants to the United States in the mid-1800's, Immaculate Conception and St. Joseph Churches have continued to grow and deepen their roots in the Kansas soil.