Post Office in Kansas Receives New Name in Honor of Father Emil J. Kapaun

Post Office in Kansas Receives New Name in Honor of Father Emil J. Kapaun




Father Emil Kapaun celebrating Mass using the hood of a jeep as his altar, Oct. 7, 1950.

During his time in Korea, Father Kapaun regularly celebrated Mass, at times on the battlefield using the hood of a jeep as a makeshift altar.