The Mission of Talitha Koum is to provide divorced, widowed, separated, or never married mothers of the Catholic Diocese of Wichita, support through Christ-centered education, friendship, and mutual service within a Catholic community. We take our name from Mark 5:41-43. "He took her by the hand. Then he said to her, "Talitha koum!" This means, "Little girl, I say to you, get up!"