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Mary Catherine Martin (bottom center), senior counsel for the Thomas More Society, addresses reporters outside the Missouri Supreme Court Building in Jefferson City on Sept. 10, surrounded by opponents to the proposed state’s Constitutional Amendment 3. The Missouri Supreme Court was reviewing a lower court’s determination that the proposed amendment as submitted violates state law because it does not state what laws would be repealed if passed.
Abortion amendment to stay on November ballot
SCROLL THE ARROWS to see more photos. CLICK HERE to read a related story. Amendment 3 — which if passed, will enshrine in the Missouri Constitution access to elective abortions … more
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Father Bo Ryan (1929-2024)
Fr. Bo Ryan, 95, lived, served near Lake of the Ozarks for decades
SCROLL THE ARROWS to see a gallery of photos from the funeral. Father C. Duane “Bo” Ryan’s friends prayed for him to be well and strong enough to attend the Jefferson City … more
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Bishop W. Shawn McKnight, surrounded by eight concelebrating priests and about 350 people from parishes all over the Jefferson City diocese, preaches the homily during the diocese’s inaugural Rural Life Mass Sept. 8 on the Steinman Family Farm near Vienna. Congregants were seated on lawn chairs, blankets or hay bales under shade trees or the late-summer sun.
Worshiping the Creator in the midst of creation
SCROLL THE ARROWS to see more photos. CLICK HERE to see a gallery of photos from this event. CLICK HERE to see a highlight video from this event. Members of the Steinman family drew … more
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Proposed amendment would enshrine abortion in state’s Constitution, take away protections
CLICK HERE to read a related story. The proposed Amendment 3 to the Missouri Constitution would go far beyond ensuring what its promotors call “the right to reproductive freedom.” … more
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“Protect Young Eyes” sessions in Salisbury, Jefferson City to help parents keep children safe in the Digital Age
A year ago, the public was just waking up to the ways vulnerable people could be exploited by the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the digital realm. It’s no longer an emerging … more
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Bishop: On life, let us be guided by God’s mercy
The Catholic standpoint on life is grounded in a simple truth — that all human beings are made in the image and likeness of God. Our Church professes that human life is sacred from the … more
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14 men from throughout the diocese instituted as acolytes
SCROLL THE ARROWS to see 32 additional photos. In kneeling one-by-one before the bishop, 14 men from parishes throughout the Jefferson City diocese reached an important threshold in their … more
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Bishop W. Shawn McKnight administers the Rite of Admission to Candidacy for Holy Orders to seminarian Gage Neisen (left), on Aug. 4 during Sunday Morning Mass in Queen of Peace Church in Ewing. Queen of Peace is the home parish for Mr. Neisen, who is a seminarian at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio.
Seminarian Gage Neisen formally admitted to candidacy
Seminarians for the Jefferson City diocese and local parishioners joined Bishop W. Shawn McKnight at Mass Aug. 4 in Queen of Peace Church in Ewing, home church of seminarian Gage Neisen. There, … more
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New principals Mary Hudson at St. Mary School in Glasgow; Katie Helfer at Our Lady of Lourdes Interparish School in Columbia; Courtney Pleus at Immaculate Conception School in Loose Creek; James Hendler at Mary Immaculate School in Kirksville; Linda Henderson at St. Clement School in St. Clement; Theresa Farnell at St. Brendan School in Mexico; and Jeremy Horvath at St. Joseph School in Westphalia, gather on Aug. 2 in the Alphonse J. Schwartze Memorial Catholic Center in Jefferson City.
New Catholic school principals reflect on the purpose of Catholic education and their role in it
This is the first part of a two-part report: As the Church gears up for the upcoming Jubilee Year of Hope, seven Catholic schools in the Jefferson City diocese are welcoming new principals this … more
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Deacon Michael Berendzen, who assists the pastor of St. Francis Xavier Parish in Taos; Monsignor Robert A. Kurwicki, vicar general of the Jefferson City diocese and pastor of St. Peter Parish in Jefferson City; and Father Kelechi Uzuegbu, pastor of St. Francis Xavier Parish in Taos, gather around the church bell from the old St. Francis Xavier Church built by Jesuit Father Ferdinand Helias (1796-1874), known by many as the “Apostle of Central Missouri,” on Aug. 11, the 150th anniversary of the priest’s death. Msgr. Kurwicki presided at Mass and preached the homily in observance of the anniversary.
Remembering Fr. Helias 150 years later
CLICK HERE to see a gallery of photos from this event. The fire that engulfed the priestly heart of Jesuit Father Ferdinand Benedict Mary Guislain Helias d’Huddeghem still rages a … more
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Sterling Jaquith
Catholic Mom Calm author to speak at Women’s Ministry events in Laurie, Kirksville, St. Martins and Salisbury
Catholic speaker, author, wife and mother Sterling Jaquith helps people hear and discern the voice of God. “I find people who feel lost or stuck, and I matchmake them with the Holy … more
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RSVP online by Sept. 1, 2024, for meal Rural Life Mass
Plans are shaping up for the inaugural Catholic Rural Life Mass for this diocese, which Bishop W. Shawn McKnight will celebrate on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024, at the Maries Creek Farm near Vienna. … more
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Bishop John R. Gaydos celebrates Mass with thousands of people from all over the Jefferson City diocese on Aug. 20, 2000, in the University of Missouri's Hearnes Center arena to conclude the diocesan Eucharistic Congress held in observance of the Great Jubilee Year of 2000.
ENCORE: Bread for New Life, Mass for the multitudes
The following article about the Mass for the Jefferson City diocese’s Eucharistic Congress for Jubilee 2000 was published in the Aug. 25, 2000, edition of The Catholic Missourian. An … more
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On massive video screens, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Pope Francis’s special envoy to the 10th National Eucharistic Congress, can be seen elevating the Most Blessed Sacrament during the sending-forth Mass on Sunday, July 21, in the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. More than 60,000 bishops, priests, deacons, religious and laypeople attended the Mass.
Taking his Eucharistic presence out into the world
CLICK HERE to read a related story from OSV News. A matronly voice shattered the stillness into 60,000 pieces. “Viva Cristo Rey!” — “Long live Christ the … more
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The Most Blessed Sacrament is carried in procession toward the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Indianapolis, with thousands of people participating, on July 20 during the 10th National Eucharistic Congress.
Eucharistic Congress bids Catholics to ignite new Pentecost as Eucharistic missionaries
CLICK HERE to read a related story. As five days of the National Eucharistic Congress concluded with one final revival and a beautiful solemn Mass in Lucas Oil Stadium — Bishop Andrew H. … more
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Father Christopher Hoffmann, associate pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Columbia, carries the Most Blessed Sacrament for a portion of a Solemn Eucharistic Procession from the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Jefferson City to St. Peter Proto-Cathedral near the State Capitol July 5. Hundreds, including Bishop W. Shawn McKnight and Bishop Earl Fernandes of Columbus, Ohio, participated in the procession, which was part of the much larger National Eucharistic Pilgrimage.
Pilgrims bring week of Eucharistic revival here
Eucharistic processions through town centers and the vast countryside echo the smaller processions that take place throughout every Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. In fact, they all harken back to … more
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Eucharistic preacher Monsignor Joseph Malagreca, a preacher of the National Eucharistic Revival, speaks of Christ fully present in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, and what it means for the people to participate fully in that sacrifice, before leading a bilingual Holy Hour during Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament in the Cathedral of St. Joseph on July 3.
Eucharistic preacher: The same Christ who performed miracles is made present at every Mass
Presence, memory, food, sacrifice, communion, promise. Eucharistic preacher Monsignor Joseph Malagreca fashioned those six themes into meditations on the mystery of the Holy Eucharist for … more
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Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, conducts a solemn Benediction at the burial place of Venerable Father Augustus Tolton in St. Peter Cemetery in Quincy, Illinois, July 9, the 127th anniversary of Fr. Tolton’s death, following a Eucharistic procession as part of the National Eucharistic Revival.
National Eucharistic Pilgrimage draws hundreds to Venerable Fr. Tolton’s burial place in Quincy
The wave of people split into two arms at the paved circle, embracing ever-more-tightly the burial place of Venerable Father Augustus Tolton and the temporary altar enthroning the Most Blessed … more
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Monsignor Robert A. Kurwicki, vicar general of the Jefferson City diocese and pastor of St. Peter Parish in Jefferson City, gives a talk about local Eucharistic history in the Proto-Cathedral of St. Peter in Jefferson City on July 4, as part of a Day of Rest and Revival observed on Independence Day by pilgrims passing through the diocese on the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage. Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament took place all day. Rose petals were scattered on the floor of the main aisle and the sanctuary.
Pastor on Eucharistic day of rest: ‘Jesus is real, powerful, trustworthy and here’
Late in life, when France’s once-wildly triumphant Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was in exile, he was asked to talk about the happiest day of his life. “Without missing a beat, he … more
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Father Mukti Prakash Minj visits the Proto-Cathedral of St. Peter in Jefferson City July 14.
Priest from India promotes preaching God’s word in all seasons
Priests, sisters and laypeople in the Tribal regions of India face numerous obstacles to sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ. Yet, they continue doing it every day. “There have been … more
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