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Wardsville veterans memorial dedicated, veterans honored in J.C.

CLICK HERE to see a gallery of photos from the Wardsville monument dedication. …

UPDATED: Fr. Fields, Fr. Viviano preach messages at Ecumenical Thanksgiving prayer services

Father Robert Fields challenged an ecumenical assembly to spend Thanksgiving Day and every day like a day in eternity: with a heart filled with gratitude to God. “That’s what …

Lori Stoll: How the social teachings of the Church help us realize our mission

When I began working at Catholic Charities in 2020, our Executive Director, Dan Lester, would often use the term “Catholic social teaching: with our staff, referencing the body of Church …

Advent is a perfect opportunity for small acts of evangelization

Advent is a time of preparation that connects our hearts and minds to the coming of Christ at the end of time and the celebration of His birth on Christmas. Advent comes from the Latin …

Communal reconciliation services for Advent

Advent is a good time for an examination of conscience and to receive the sacrament of reconciliation in preparation for the celebration of the Incarnation of Jesus Christ. Here is a partial list of …

Across the Diocese

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Mark Saucier

SAUCIER — Making space for thanksgiving Thanksgiving is a busy day. Hours in the kitchen preparing those favorite foods. Travel to make it home for that big meal, or multiple meals for many. There’s setting tables, doing …

SAUCIER — Gift of tears The day began with heavy clouds lingering after the night’s rain. I had a text from a friend whose husband has just begun hospice. She would let us know when they completed their visit, and …

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Parishes and schools

I.C. Parish in Jefferson City prepares to serve 1,000 Thanksgiving meals Preparing a Thanksgiving meal takes hours. Preparing a Thanksgiving meal for about 1,000 people takes days. Volunteers from Immaculate Conception Parish in Jefferson City began preparing …

Official Decree of Appointments The Most Reverend W. Shawn McKnight, Bishop of Jefferson City, hereby makes the following appointments to provide the most effective pastoral care of the Diocese of Jefferson …

All Souls, Month of Remembrance are occasions to think, pray about the last things CLICK HERE to see a gallery of photos of the candles in Our Lady of the Snows Cemetery in Mary’s Home. Nothing, not even death, can sever the sacred bond God created among all members of …

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Events

July 24 Laurie pilgrimage speaker can relate to “bored” young Catholics

Maggie Craig grew up Catholic, went to Catholic school and got terribly bored with it as a teenager. “It didn’t seem to relate to me, and I couldn’t understand why it was so …

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Around the Diocese

Young people will encounter God’s hope at Christ the King celebration

Young Catholics from all over the diocese will converge in Columbia on Sunday, Nov. 20, to worship and celebrate the Eternal King. They are invited to take part in a Spirit-filled bilingual event …

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National & World News

Bishops offer prayers after deadly St. Louis school shooting

Archbishop Mitchell T. Rozanski of St. Louis and Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City offered prayers after three people died … Read More

Regional report for Synod focuses on communion, listening, welcome, collaboration

Growing in faith, welcoming outsiders and people who are marginalized, listening with intent to understand, and finding new ways to … Read More

Pope consecrates Ukraine, Russia to Mary

As Russia’s violent monthlong invasion continued to devastate Ukraine, Pope Francis laid the fates of both countries at the feet of … Read More

“Through prayer, ‘organizing hope,’ we reveal Christ’s love to those in need”

The following was written by the bishop of Gallup, New Mexico, who is chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) … Read More

Bishop McKnight urges faithful to continue praying for peace

Bishop W. Shawn McKnight is encouraging people throughout the Jefferson City diocese to continue praying and offering up sacrifices … Read More

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Missouri Catholic Conference

Missouri’s Catholic bishops urge no-vote on constitutional amendment on recreational marijuana

Bishop W. Shawn McKnight and his fellow Roman Catholic bishops of Missouri are asking voters to vote “no” on Amendment 3, which … Read More

2022 MCC honoree has helped promote charity, mercy through St. Vincent de Paul Society

Several charter members of the St. Peter Parish conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Jefferson City set their sights on … Read More

Jamie Morris is appointed executive director, general council of Missouri Catholic Conference

Jamie Morris and Deacon Tyler McClay were representing the Missouri Catholic Conference (MCC) at a brutally contentious hearing in the … Read More

Thanksgiving, renewed resolve in light of Roe’s demise

CLICK HERE to see a gallery of photos from this event. … Read More

Dcn. McClay reflects on his time at Missouri Catholic Conference

For years, Deacon Tyler McClay has patiently listened to people say that the Church should “stay in your own lane” and avoid … Read More

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