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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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“Everyone tells me they’re ‘illegal.’ But I work with them, and I know they’re good guys. So, they couldn’t be illegal, right?”
Mike, a senior in my …
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By Marissa Flores Madden
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9/28/23
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An oasis in what was once a food desert has become a community where people nourish one another.
All in a year’s time.
“It just keeps getting better,” stated Bill Heberle, …
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By Jay Nies
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5/10/23
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Have you ever stopped to think, I mean really think, evaluate, even visualize, what the reality of poverty looks like in your local community?
What image comes to your mind?
Is it a person …
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By Paige Orscheln
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1/19/24
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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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“Frustration is better than laughter, because a sad face is good for the heart.” —Ecclesiastes 7:3
In this scripture verse, we are drawn into what appears to be an obvious …
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By Ché Wilson
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5/10/23
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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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Jamie Morris and Deacon Tyler McClay were representing the Missouri Catholic Conference (MCC) at a brutally contentious hearing in the State Capitol.
Mr. Morris slipped out while Deacon McClay was …
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By Jay Nies
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8/17/22
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Sister Jean Dietrich of the School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND) is stepping down but not stepping away from Helias Catholic High School in Jefferson City.
Nearly 40 years after joining the …
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By Jay Nies
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5/10/23
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“How can we help them?”
I hear this question often as I participate in parish engagement work at Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri.
I heard it during …
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By Ashley Wiskirchen
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2/1/24
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