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July 17, 2024
Mike Kube from the Diocese of Grand Island, Nebraska was selected as one of the 2024-2025 Lumen Christi Award Nominees. Each year, the recipient is selected from a pool of nominees, sent in by Extension Dioceses that recognize their incredible work.Isaiah 35 proclaims that “the desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom.”
Mike Kube is a retired civil engineer. He knows about getting water to where it is needed the most. He worked on Nebraska’s Calamus Dam and specialized in irrigation canals, pipelines and water-distribution systems. So, he and Isaiah would have had a lot in common.
And on a spiritual level, they would beat with the same heart.
Kube has been the director of the Pro-Life Office for the Diocese of Grand Island, Nebraska, since 2018 when he came on as a full-time volunteer. And since then, he has used his talent for engineering to build a pro-life movement that is bringing hope to parched places.
In Kube’s words, “Life is the preeminent issue of today.” And Kube gives his all to this effort.
Kube has built up the pro-life “infrastructure” in Grand Island. He has put together pro-life networks, organizations and pregnancy-help groups. And he has promoted pro-life advocacy on legislative issues by hosting an annual pro-life coffee meeting with Nebraska senators.
Most impressive is his work with young people. Kube brought speakers into local high schools annually to speak on and promote a pro-life culture. He facilitated the organization of Students for Life groups within high schools and co-sponsored high school students to attend the national March for Life each year in Washington, D.C.
As a result of these efforts, two high school students started a pro-life group after attending one of the pro-life coffee meetings, and they have continued pro-life advocacy in college.
Additionally, Kube organizes and assists with processions, Masses and eucharistic adoration for the pro-life cause because he believes that this work is guided by God’s Spirit, the first and foremost engineer.
Kathleen Hahn, retired chancellor of Grand Island, said, “Mike Kube is an outstanding mentor and leader in the diocesan pro-life movement. He actively finds ways to incorporate all parishes in life-giving and affirming manners. Whether it’s Walking with Moms in Need, Pro-life Art Contests, speaking opportunities, workshops, lobbying in the legislature or hosting our diocesan-area legislators and governor for an annual coffee morning, Mike gives his all. He is a powerhouse in the movement.”
When it comes to Kube’s work for the pro-life movement, there are no half measures. There is much parched land in need of God’s life-giving grace, and like Isaiah, Kube will not rest until the land will be glad and the wilderness will rejoice and blossom.
Because, as he says, “Life is the preeminent issue of today.”