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Leann Rockwell, director of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Child Development Center in Jefferson City, displays an image of the Blessed Mother and her Immaculate Heart, during the blessing and dedication ceremony of the center on Aug. 6.
Bishop blesses, dedicates IHM Child Development Center in J.C.
SCROLL THE ARROWS to see more photos. 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 … more
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Howard Kirchner, grandson of John Kirchner, longest-serving postmaster in St. Patrick, responds to his grandfather posthumously receiving Shrine of St. Patrick Parish’s 2023 Historic Preservation Award on March 12 at the parish’s St. Patrick’s Day celebration.
Saluting people who built shrine, community in St. Patrick
CLICK HERE to see a gallery of photos from this event. The forms were in place, the concrete mixer was roaring to life and Father Francis O’Duignan’s dream was finally taking … more
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A bearded visitor in red kneels and prays before the Nativity scene in St. Mary of the Angels Church in Wien at the conclusion of Mass on Christmas Eve in this 2022 file photo.
Visitor stops to pray in Wien each Christmas Eve
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 … more
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Krayden Hamlin, Robert Dooley, Collin Hayes and Reice Miller stand with the stained glass window they helped restore from the former St. Aloysius Church in Baring. The window is on display in the Baring Community Center.
Window from former St. Aloysius Church restored
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 … more
Members of the St. Robert Bellarmine Altar and Rosary Society work on deep-cleaning and renovating the church kitchen as part of a Lenten project.
St. Robert Bellarmine Altar and Rosary Society volunteers revitalize church kitchen during Lent
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 … more
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and in the cafeteria of Immaculate Conception School in Jefferson City to prepare and serve Thanksgiving Day meals to people in the community.
Giving thanks with food, community, fellowship
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 … more
First post-Roe Mid West March for Life, April 26 at Missouri State Capitol
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 … more
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Paulette Bruch, president of the Anne’s Anchor Board of Directors; Elizabeth and Constantine; Georgia Hearn, Anne’s Anchor Executive Director and her daughters Caelyn and Raelyn gather for Constantine’s Baptism earlier this year. Elizabeth and Constantine are residents of the Anne’s Anchor maternity home in Bowling Green.
The Rosary was a lifeline for human trafficking survivor, now a resident at Anne’s Anchor maternity home
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. … more
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Father Jeremy Secrist, pastor of St. Peter Parish, elevates the Precious Blood during the anniversary Mass.
140th dedication anniversary celebrated for newly renamed Proto-Cathedral of St. Peter
SCROLL THE ARROWS to see more photos. CLICK HERE to see a gallery of photos from this event. Vibrantly hued sunlight, aromatic smoke and ethereal chants filled a thousand gothic arches, … more
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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 … more
Bishop W. Shawn McKnight blesses the newly cast bells for the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Jefferson City on March 21.
Five new bells blessed, installed in Cathedral bell towers
“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 … more
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These wood-carvings depicting praying hands and St. Joseph in the churchyard of St. Joseph Church in Hurricane Branch were created in response to the trees becoming infected with a disease affecting ash trees throughout Missouri.
Giving new life to old trees in a Chariton County churchyard
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 … more
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Jim Coleman portrays Venerable Father Augustus Tolton in a national traveling theater production of “Tolton: From Slave to Priest.” Father Tolton, born into slavery, was the first recognized Black American ordained to the priesthood and is a candidate for sainthood.
Actor is ‘transformed’ by portraying Fr. Tolton in theater production
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 … more
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St. Louis Archbishop Robert J. Carlson is pictured in a May 22, 2009, photo. As the Archdiocese of St. Louis released a list of names of archdiocesan clergy with substantiated allegations of sexual abuse of a minor July 26, 2019, Archbishop Robert Carlson acknowledged that seeing the names "will be painful" and publishing them "will not change the past." (CNS photo/Jerry Naunheim Jr., St. Louis Review) See ST-LOUIS-ABUSE-CREDIBLE-CLAIMS July 26, 2019.
St. Louis archbishop emeritus leads retreat for deacon community
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 … more
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Gary Wilbers, chair of the Diocesan Finance Council, has been a member of the council since 2014.
Financial protocols promote mutual trust through transparency, accountability at all levels
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 … more
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Diocesan Christmas Collection to support seminarians, Infirm Priest Fund
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 … more
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Altar servers process to the sanctuary of the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Jefferson City during the inaugural diocesan Eighth Grade Mass with Bishop McKnight on May 1. More than 500 eighth-graders from the diocese’s 37 Catholic schools attended the Mass, followed by a luncheon and festivities in Cana Hall.
Eighth-graders attend Mass with bishop
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 … more
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Heather Schrimpf, principal of Immaculate Conception School in Jefferson City; first-grade teacher Leah Pickering, a Tier 2 coach for Missouri School-wide Positive Behavior Support at I.C. School; and special education teacher Doris Lueckenhoff, a Tier 2 team member display the certificate and banner they received June 14 for the school achieving Gold-Level Recognition from Missouri Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support (MO SW-PBS).
I.C. School in J.C. gets Gold-Level Recognition for Positive Behavior Support
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 … more
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Members and friends of the former Mission of St. Aloysius in Baring gather to pray the Rosary around a Marian grotto in Baring that was built in 1955. The weekly Tuesday-evening prayers continued in the aftermath of a recent tornado.
Gathered in prayer, Baring Catholics search for ‘hidden treasures’ in tornado’s aftermath
SCROLL THE ARROWS to see more photos. “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 … more
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Members of St. Alexander Parish in Belle take in the scope and majesty the Whispering Gallery in the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City.
Belle parishioners visit State Capitol on parish feastday
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 … more
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