A Jan. 1 fire destroyed an historic Dutch former Catholic church building in Amsterdam, reducing the famed 150-year-old building mostly to ash in a matter of hours.

Thompson said she is the first Roman Catholic Woman Priest in Kansas, but she is one of hundreds of women Catholic priests around the world. “We are still the church, but we are different in that we open the tent,” Thompson said. “We want everyone to feel like they are welcome.”