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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 … more

By Mark Saucier | 11/23/22

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 … more

By Mark Saucier | 11/10/22

Priests reflect on answering God’s call

In honor of National Vocation Awareness Week (Nov. 6-12), the following priests submitted reflections on recognizing and answering their call to Holy Orders. The series was featured throughout … more

11/10/22

SAUCIER — No going back

“What is the purpose of belief if even God can’t put the world back the way you worshipped it?” This is the question a character in Shubangi Swarup’s novel Latitudes of … more

By Mark Saucier | 10/27/22

MAKING CONNECTIONS — Our goal: Thriving Catholic parishes

CLICK HERE to read a related article. CLICK HERE to read this article in Spanish. I believe every Catholic in our diocese deserves to belong to a thriving parish — and we are beginning … more

By Bishop W. Shawn McKnight | 10/27/22

CREANDO CONEXIONES — Nuestra meta: Parroquias católicas florecientes

Considero que todos los católicos de nuestra diócesis merecen pertenecer a una parroquia floreciente, y estamos comenzando un nuevo esfuerzo para que eso sea posible. El 18 de … more

El Obispo W. Shawn McKnight | 10/27/22

SAUCIER — In light of the circumstances

It was early when I came downstairs. Just before I reached for the switch, something across the room caught my eye. There was a single patch of light. At first, I thought it was a message alert on … more

By Mark Saucier | 10/12/22

HOEY — Responding in faith to a warming world: My little hemlock

Ten years ago, I bought an Eastern Hemlock and planted it at the edge of a wooded ravine in my backyard. I knew I was tempting fate. Tsuga canadensis is an important species in New England and the … more

By Mike Hoey | 10/12/22

SAUCIER — What you did not do

Years ago, a friend gave me a copy of a lithograph of St. Lazarus — the one held in the bosom of Abraham, not the Lazarus awakened by Jesus from a four-day death nap. There’s a church … more

By Mark Saucier | 9/28/22

SAUCIER — It never fails

If you find yourself in a group of inmates and the conversation starts to lag, ask them about their grandmothers. I’ve seen hardened men come to tears talking about their grandmas, many of … more

By Mark Saucier | 9/14/22

HOEY — Responding in faith to a warming world — Mesa Verde

For three years in the mid-1970s, my wife and I were Catholic volunteers in a program called VIDA, a peace corps-type program run by the diocese of Pueblo, Colorado. In the summer of 1977, one of … more

By Mike Hoey | 9/14/22

SAUCIER — Following his dreams

There is an old story in the Jewish Hasidic tradition of the Rabbi Eizik, son of Yekel. He was a poor rabbi who lived in Cracow. One night, Rabbi Eizik had a dream. In this dream, he was led to … more

By Mark Saucier | 8/31/22

SAUCIER — Where your treasure is

I have a friend who could have been a great pastor, but he spent his professional life as a machinist instead. He never went to seminary, barely made it through high school. The Navy was going … more

By Mark Saucier | 8/17/22

HOEY — Responding in faith to climate change: The 17th-century Dutch example

Every era faces challenges adapting to the vagaries of weather and climate change. Today, the challenge is global warming, but in the 17th century, the challenge was a global cool-down, a period … more

By Mike Hoey | 8/17/22

NIES — What we offer this day

My second-grade teacher taught us a simple morning offering: “My God, I give You, this day, all that I think and do and say.” It didn’t take me long to see how fraught with peril … more

By Jay Nies | 8/3/22

SAUCIER — Great Amen

“Can the sister get an Amen?” She’d get it, too, from little Black kids to aging white bishops. A Franciscan whose death at 52 cheated the Church, Sister Thea Bowman spoke in a … more

By Mark Saucier | 8/3/22

SAUCIER — The heavens are telling

An old Roman philosopher said, “There is no easy way from earth to the stars.” Nearly 2,000 years after Seneca’s death, we still haven’t made it, but we are getting … more

By Mark Saucier | 7/20/22

SAUCIER — As I live and breathe

When Moses was standing barefoot before the burning bush, getting his marching orders against Pharaoh, he asked, “Who shall I say sent me?” The Voice then identifies itself as Yahweh: … more

By Mark Saucier | 7/7/22

SAUCIER — Do you hear what I hear?

I was in a vain denial. Then I realized that most of our dinner conversations consisted of me saying, “What?” And then my pretense backfired when deafly nodding with a big grin to a … more

By Mark Saucier | 6/23/22

NIES — Blood of the martyrs

This article was originally published in the July 13, 2012, print edition of The Catholic Missourian: I heard none of it. Franciscan Father Jozo Zovko was speaking to pilgrims from all over … more

By Jay Nies | 6/23/22

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Mark Register Ed.D. had spent his entire time at St. Peter School in Jefferson City waiting to become a Crusader at Helias Catholic High School. One night during his freshman year there, his dad …

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