Depart/Arrive Wichita

We will depart Wichita the first week of August 2027 for Incheon International Airport outside of Seoul.

World Youth Day Seoul

August 3-8

Join over a million Catholic young adults from around the world for the greatest Catholic festival on earth. Walking tours of Seoul, Catholic martyr shrines and pilgrim sites, catechesis and music festivals are all part of the celebration. At the end of the week, Pope Leo XIV will arrive and celebrate the Via Crucis, along with a prayer vigil and closing Mass.

Courage in Battle

Waegwan and the Naktong Perimeter Battles

Spend the day outdoors in the hills overlooking the Naktong River, where Father Kapaun became famous for roaming the frontlines.  This is where United Nations forces fought during the first months of the war in a desperate attempt to defend the last corner of free Korea until reinforcements could arrive.  We’ll hear courageous stories and read letters Father Kapaun wrote from his time ministering to men in the foxholes.

Freedom to Worship

Anseong: Our Lady of Good Counsel Church

Visit a town captured by the North Koreans in the early days of the war. When the Communists arrived, the Catholic priests and religious sisters had to flee.  A few months later when the US soldiers recaptured the town, Father Kapaun found this church, desecrated but not destroyed, and celebrated Mass here for the first time in over two months for the local faithful as well as his soldiers. Pray and celebrate Mass with us here.

Peace of God

Munsan and Paju area, north of Seoul

Celebrate Mass near the field where the iconic image of Father Kapaun was taken.  Visit the border and gaze into North Korea, where Father Kapaun was captured and spent his final months serving in a POW camp.  We will see Freedom Bridge, where his fellow POWs carried the beautifully carved crucifix aloft on their way to freedom, and where Father Kapaun’s remains crossed over on his way back into US hands.