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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

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

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

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

Volunteer body collectors stand near civilians unearthed from a mass grave in Bucha, Ukraine, April 12, 2022, during the Russian war.

ANALYSIS: Truth is Putin’s most dangerous enemy

During the early days of Russia’s unprovoked war on Ukraine, before Western journalists had been ordered to toe the Russian propaganda line or leave, TV cameras showed a very elderly Moscow … more

By Mike Hoey | 4/13/22

A Ukrainian service member walks past destroyed homes after they were hit during a Russian military strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 21, 2022.

Hoey: Putin’s dream of “Little Russia” is another nightmare

The author is a lifelong examiner of history and public policy. Vladimir Putin had a sentimental but deadly dream. He wanted to recreate “Little Russia,” as Ukraine has long been … more

By Mike Hoey | 3/30/22

BODE — Four holy habits for the New Year

This is a more specific version of a list of suggestions Cathedral of St. Joseph parishioner Ed Bode adapted after receiving them from Catholic parishes in Janesville, … more

1/6/22

A family lights an Advent wreath at their Maryland home. Advent asks us to wait on the Lord.

FR. FLATLEY — Advent: a season of thanksgiving and preparation

The pastor of Holy Family Parish in Hannibal and St. Joseph Parish in Palmyra and moderator for spiritual formation for the Jefferson City diocese offers the following message for Advent: We are … more

By Father Matthew Flatley | 12/8/21

NIES: I will not forget

On Sept. 11, 2002, the Kansas City Star published readers’ reflections on the one-year anniversary of 9/11. This was mine: I don’t think anyone will forget my birthday. Not my 31st, … more

By Jay Nies | 9/9/21

MSGR. HIGLEY: On power and service in marriage

In my homily for the weekend of Aug. 21-22, I chose not to dwell on the second reading (Ephesians 5:21-32), in which St. Paul presents his teaching on married life. Instead, I want to address it … more

By Monsignor Gregory L. Higley | 9/2/21

A woman uses cellphones in this illustration photo.

Three questions to consider before posting or commenting on social media

This editorial, titled “Three questions to consider before posting or commenting on social media,” was published online June 15 by The Catholic Post, newspaper of the Diocese of … more

Tom Dermody, editor, The Catholic Post | 6/16/21

Fr. Corel: Learning God’s will and learning how to live it

For nine years of my Priesthood, I was the vocation director for the diocese of Jefferson City. That means I was blessed and honored to travel across 36 counties in rural Missouri to all Catholic … more

By Father Joseph S. Corel | 6/11/21

PROKUP — Walking through the pandemic, toward the peace of the resurrection

The following reflection is by a fifth-generation member of the Mission of Sacred Heart in Bevier. Diagnosed with autism at age 9, he communicates solely through writing. Walking through the year … more

By Antonio Edward Adams Prokup | 4/1/21

DEACON WICKERN — A place called Gethsemane

The morning of the Feb. 25 began with planned blood tests and PET/CT Scans — a look to see what the effects of the treatment has had, good or bad. I found myself with a growing nervousness … more

By Deacon Christopher Wickern | 3/18/21

GOEDDE — How we pray at Mass

I ponder two questions when I kneel and stand in church, reciting our prayers in unison with our fellow parishioners. First, do we concentrate on what we are saying, putting our hearts into our … more

By Sue Goedde | 3/18/21

NIES — With the end in mind

It always intrigues and challenges me to hear life coaches talk about the importance of “beginning with the end in mind.” St. Benedict of Nursia certainly had the end in mind over … more

By Jay Nies | 2/18/21

5C was the supermax isolation unit in the old Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City.

The Lord's Prayer in Lockdown

“A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes, and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be opened from the Outside, is not a bad picture of Advent.” — … more

By Jay Nies | 12/19/20

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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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