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Families, friends and well-wishers formed a circle of prayer in the sunlight-saturated great room of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Child Development Center …
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By Jay Nies
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8/16/23
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The forms were in place, the concrete mixer was roaring to life and Father Francis O’Duignan’s dream was finally taking …
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By Jay Nies
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3/29/23
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A seasoned gentleman in polar attire steps into St. Mary of the Angels Church in Wien at the end of Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve.
He walks slowly, reverently, bells slightly jingling as he …
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By Jay Nies
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12/14/23
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A stained glass window from the former St. Aloysius Church in Baring has been restored.
Lois Hunziker proposed this project after purchasing the window when the church was being torn down …
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5/9/24
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The St. Robert Bellarmine Altar and Rosary Society undertook an extensive kitchen renovation project during Lent 2024.
This ambitious effort saw dedicated volunteers transforming the …
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By Annalisa Bone
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5/9/24
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The 17th annual free Thanksgiving Day dinner hosted by St. Anthony Parish in Camdenton was a success for Christian fellowship and gratitude.
More than 85 volunteers cooked, decorated and carved on …
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12/7/22
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2022 saw the U.S. Supreme Court give authority over abortion back to the states, and Missouri became the first to ban elective abortions.
What comes next?
“We get to live in this time in …
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By Jay Nies
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3/29/23
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Elizabeth was too far gone to realize that her once-beautiful mind was disintegrating.
The drugs, the repeated trauma and the infections had claimed her sanity and nearly all of her intellect.
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By Jay Nies
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12/14/23
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Vibrantly hued sunlight, aromatic smoke and ethereal chants filled a thousand gothic arches, …
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By Jay Nies
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8/16/23
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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 …
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12/7/22
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“Great Bells as they were; melodious, deep-mouthed, noble Bells; cast in no common metal; made by no common founder ...”
— Charles Dickens, “The Chimes”
Wide-eyed …
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By Jay Nies and Jacob Luecke
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3/29/23
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The following reflection is from a member of St. Joseph Parish in Hurricane Branch:
Our beautiful church grounds were not exempt from the ash tree disease that has destroyed thousands of ash …
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By Becky Bentle
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5/9/24
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Jim Coleman wasn’t at all interested in portraying Venerable Father Augustus Tolton in a national traveling theater production.
While he found the story of America’s first recognized …
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By George P. Matysek Jr., Catholic News Service, Baltimore
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7/7/22
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Some deacons thrive while proclaiming the Gospel, preaching a homily or assisting a priest at the altar.
Others excel in the field, among the people, especially those who are hurting and in …
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By Jay Nies
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12/7/22
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This is an article to help increase the understanding of co-responsibility in the Church.
With help from his advisors, Bishop W. Shawn McKnight has put new safeguards into place for ensuring …
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By Jay Nies
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8/16/23
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What do seminarians in all stages of formation and priests battling traumatic or lingering infirmity have in common?
A growing sense of total dependence on God, an inclination to surrender to …
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By Jay Nies, Jacob Luecke and Annie Williams
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12/14/23
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Verses of “10,000 Reasons” cascaded off even more abundant mosaic tiles and stained-glass panes in the Cathedral of St. Joseph.
About 500 eighth-graders from the diocese’s 37 …
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By Jay Nies
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5/9/24
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Immaculate Conception School in Jefferson City has set a new gold standard for reinforcing positive behavior among all of its students.
It recently became the first non-public school in Missouri …
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By Jay Nies
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7/7/22
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“It could have been so much worse.”
Joyce Delaney held back tears as she looked out at the storm-ravaged homes, businesses and trees, then …
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By Jay Nies
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8/16/23
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The feastday of St. Alexander Parish in Belle proved to be a fine day for members of St. Alexander Parish to visit the Missouri State Capitol.
State Rep. Bruce Sassmann (R-District 61) and his …
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By Anita Frey
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3/29/23
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