Members of Fr. Tolton Regional Catholic High School’s Class of 2018 attend the school’s Baccalaureate Mass with their families and the school’s faculty and administration May 15 in …

  Family members, friends, instructors and administrators of Sacred Heart High School in Sedalia join the Class of 2018 at this year’s Baccalaureate Mass on Friday, May 11, in Sacred …

The diocesan offices of Hispanic and Cross Cultural Ministries and Youth Ministry organized a family soccer tournament at Cosmopolitan Park in Columbia, within sight of Our Lady of Lourdes Church. …

ARTICLE: Fr. Tolton celebration points to grace, unity, inspiration

Bishop W. Shawn McKnight, Bishop Emeritus John R. Gaydos, Father Christopher Cordes of Our Lady of Lourdes parish, Father Francis Doyle of Sacred Heart parish, Dominican Father Richard Litzau of …

Work was recenlty completed on the interior renovation of St. Mary Church in Milan. Click here for an article about the renovation. 

Hundreds of laypeople joined Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City; Bishop Emeritus John R. Gaydos, who led the Jefferson City diocese for 20 years; Bishop Joseph N. Perry, auxiliary bishop of …

Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City makes his first visit to the Missouri House of Representatives March 15, leading the prayer at the beginning of the day’s session and greeting several …

Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City installed 19 men from parishes throughout the diocese as acolytes, an important step in their preparation for becoming permanent deacons, during Mass on …

Bishop W. Shawn McKnight welcomed people from parishes all over the diocese who are preparing to be initiated into the Church at Easter, during the Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion …

Additional photos from before, during and after the Ordination Mass.

Additional photos from before, during and after the Ordination Mass.

The Rite of Ordination; praying of the Litany of Saints while the new bishop lies prostrate before the altar; laying on of hands by Archbishop Carlson and the other bishops and archbishops; two …

Bishop W. Shawn McKnight is escorted to the bishop's chair in the cathedral; fellow bishops and archbishops exchange a sign of peace with him; members of the Diocesan Pastoral Council present the …

The Eucharistic Prayer; Holy Communion; Bishop McKnight blesses everyone in the cathedral; the new bishop gives a message; the recessional.

Bishops in the Alphonse J. Schwartze Memorial Catholic Center; deacons, priests and bishops and members of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem gather outside the cathedral; …

Bishop-elect W. Shawn McKnight prays Midday Prayer in the chapel of the Alphonse J. Schwartze Memorial Catholic Center in Jefferson City on Feb. 5 with religious sisters, priests and a brother serving in the Jefferson City diocese. Then, after greetings outside the chapel, they adjourned to lunch for fellowship and a slightly belated celebration of the World Day of Consecrated Life. This was one of several prayer-centered events leading up to his Feb. 6 ordination and installation as the fourth bishop of the diocese.