Danielle Freie spent a year letting God convince her to try something new.
She finally ran out of excuses.
“I always tell people to follow what the Lord tells them to do, but I had …
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By Jay Nies
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4/27/23
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Grace and blessings cascaded through the corridors and concourses of the America’s Center Convention Complex in St. Louis.
Nearly 24,000 mostly college-age Catholics from all over the …
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By Jay Nies and Annie Williams
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1/18/24
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An artist molding clay on a spinning wheel can keep starting over as long as the clay stays moist, but blocks of wood are far less forgiving.
“So, …
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By Jay Nies
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8/3/22
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St. Patrick Parish is built on layers of history, faith and sacrifice.
According to the parish website, the first parishioners were Irish railroad workers laboring in the frontier town during …
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By Hannah Martinez, Rolla
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1/18/24
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Students of St. Mary School in Frankenstein entertained friends, families and parishioners on Dec. 5 with a presentation of “A Christmas Yarn.”
The 16 students from the school …
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By Theresa Wagner
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1/5/23
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They followed a priest carrying the Most Blessed Sacrament into the wilderness.
By firelight, they encountered the Lord in Adoration and the Sacrament of …
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By Jay Nies
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8/3/22
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CLICK HERE for a schedule of Memorial Masses to be offered in the diocese
Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City released the following message on Dec. 31, upon the death in Vatican City of …
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1/5/23
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“I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a Cathedral.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson
A …
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By Jay Nies
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5/5/23
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CLICK HERE to read The Catholic Missourian’s 1999 article about the Papal Youth Rally.
CLICK HERE to read The Catholic Missourian’s 1999 article about the Papal Mass.
Rebecca …
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By Jay Nies
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1/18/24
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Catholic author, podcaster and presenter Patty Schneier is convinced that a single day can make all the difference.
She hopes women throughout the Jefferson City diocese will set that day aside …
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By Jay Nies
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5/10/23
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It was still dark out when Catholics in Columbia began singing Monday morning to la Virgen de Guadalupe, the name for the Mexican apparition of the Virgin Mary.
It is said the Virgin appeared to …
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By Eric Galacia
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1/5/23
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Chris McKenna likens today’s unfiltered internet to four magazines lying on a coffee table in every house in the country.
One of the four is explicitly pornographic.
“It’s …
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By Jay Nies
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9/28/23
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Benedictine Sister Mary Magdalene “Maggie” Buergler, 86 — who for over four decades was a member of the Benedictine Community of the former Our Lady of Peace Monastery in Columbia …
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8/17/22
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The following is a first-person witness given by two deacons who assist the pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Sedalia.
“And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in …
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By Deacon Turf D. Martin and Deacon Nestor Montenegro
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1/5/23
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Sister Eleanor Ewertz of the School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND), 84, who taught for 15 years in the Jefferson City diocese and later served as diocesan superintendent of Catholic schools, died …
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By Jay Nies
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9/28/23
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Discerning a priestly calling is not just the work of a person who believes God is calling him.
It’s also the responsibility of the whole Church to pray vigilantly for him and for those who …
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By Jay Nies
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8/17/22
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Following a prayerful, extensive and thorough search process that yielded four strong and qualified candidates, the St. Vincent de Paul Parish leadership, Sacred Heart School Advisory …
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By Liz Suter-Van Leer
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5/10/23
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Into the 1930s, county sheriffs in Missouri carried out death sentences in their jurisdictions by hanging.
The executions were public spectacles that often drew crowds.
So it was for Harry …
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By Jay Nies
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2/1/24
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This updated version includes further insight from Monsignor David Cox.
A seminarian who would become Father Jason Doke was serving at a Mass offered by …
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By Jay Nies
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1/5/23
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“Stewardship” and “renewal” are words that have been tainted and maybe even poisoned for some people.
Author Spencer Allen knows that one printed resource can’t …
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By Jay Nies
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9/28/23
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