St.Thomas Moore

Continuing Education Fund – 2022 Sponsorship

After putting together a loaded speaker lineup, the Catholic Foundation of Northeast Kansas put on its first live St. Thomas More Continuing Education Program since 2019 on June 3 at Savior Pastoral Center.

The 12th annual continuing education program went from 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. to assist lawyers, financial advisers, accountants and insurance professionals in earning the continuing education hours they need to maintain their various licenses and do it in a spiritual setting.

The morning began with registration and check in followed by Mass celebrated by Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann. After a continental breakfast, the archbishop and CFNEK executive director, Bill Maloney, offered opening remarks.

Alice L. Walker of the Kansas Disciplinary Office presented the first session on “Professionalism, Personal Beliefs and the Rules of Professional Conduct." In our second session, Rochelle Falk, JD, from Polsinelli, and Counts Law Firm’s Michelle Burge, JD, teamed up to discuss the probate and estate planning changes since COVID.

Martin Seay, PhD., CFP, of Kansas State University, opened the afternoon sessions with “Rethinking Annuities: Focusing on Client Well-Being.” Robert Hofmann, a fundraiser for the University of Minnesota, Duluth, concluded the day’s offerings by discussing “Strategies to Avoid Litigation Due to Dementia.”

We offered CLE credits for Kansas and Missouri, Insurance CE for Kansas, CFP CE credits and CPE hours for Kansas. The Continuing Education Planning Committee thanks all the speakers, participants and sponsors who contributed to making this in-person event a very successful program. We would like to especially thank those who made the 2022 CE Program possible through their sponsorships:

Catholic Education Foundation

Commerce Trust Company

Country Club Trust Company

Creative Planning Legal, P.A.

Chris and Dana Arth

Mark and Mary Pat McKinzie