11-10-23 print edition of The Catholic Missourian
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In this issue
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Thanksgiving ecumenical community prayer services
Friday, November 10
In addition to Mass being available in many Catholic parishes on Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, Nov. 24), many local ministerial alliances organize ecumenical Thanksgiving prayer services in the days …
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St. Robert Bellarmine Parish celebrates St. Francis feastday
Thursday, November 9
The following firsthand report is from a member of St. Robert Bellarmine Parish in St. Robert. Oct. 4 traditionally has been set aside as the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi. Among other …
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SAUCIER — The “I’s” have it
Thursday, November 9
Going through the mail the other day, I found a check for $905.45. Apparently, some overfed algorithm inferred that a retired couple of former Church workers could use extra cash. It was a …
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MAKING CONNECTI0NS — The Church and world peace
Thursday, November 9
During a recent trip to the Republic of Korea (South Korea), I visited a cemetery located high on a hill overlooking a river valley. Standing amid the graves on this hill, one could see into …
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Students illuminate St. Anthony Cemetery for All Saints, All Souls
Thursday, November 9
Lights shone in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome them. Members of the eighth- through 12th-grade CCD religious education program at St. Anthony of Padua Parish in St. Anthony …
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St. Ann Parish’s new memorial prayer garden in Warsaw is a beautiful place of respite
Thursday, November 9
It seemed like something God wanted from the very beginning. Whenever an obstacle to building the new Memorial Prayer Garden outside St. Ann Church in Warsaw came up, the Lord took every …
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Rest in peace, Fr. Clarence Wiederholt, 93, last of the diocese’s ‘pioneer priests’
Thursday, November 9
Father Clarence Wiederholt once preached: “There can be no fathoming what glorious things our all-knowing, all-loving God has in store for us after we die. “We serve him now because …
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Catholic educator offers colleagues advice on navigating forks in the road
Thursday, November 9
Jeanne Livers wants her colleagues in Catholic education to be brazen in knowing that they’re amazing. “We’re ALL amazing because we are all sons and daughters of the …
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15 candidates for permanent diaconate instituted as lectors
Thursday, November 9
Each of the 15 deacon formation candidates stepped forward and knelt down before Bishop W. Shawn McKnight. From the bishop’s chair, a symbol of his teaching authority, the bishop handed …
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Renewed Mokane church rededicated for a renewed parish
Thursday, November 9
CLICK HERE to see a gallery of photos from this event. CLICK HERE to see a second gallery of photos. No detail was overlooked in bridging the past, the present and the eternal …
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Catholic evangelizer Teresa Tomeo invites women at fall retreat to surrender to God’s plan for them
Thursday, November 9
It’s long past time for women to stop letting themselves be defined by the things of this world. God is who bestows their true identity and beckons them and all people onto a Eucharistic …
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Rest in peace, Discalced Carmelite Sr. Angelina Marie Milligan, 90
Thursday, November 9
Sister Angelina Marie of the Mother of God, O.C.D. (formerly Juanita Eva Milligan), 90, of Jefferson City, passed from this life to Eternity on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023, at Our Lady of Rickenbach Health …
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Hermann parish offers hope and healing event for all who’ve lost an infant
Thursday, November 9
October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, and St. George Parish in Hermann hosted a candle-lit Mass for any and all members of the community, young and old, who have ever lost a child to …
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How implementing healthy boundaries allows us to thrive
Thursday, November 9
Picture this: it’s 6:30 AM on a weekday morning, and you’ve woken up without hitting the snooze button even once. Your partner and children are going kindly about getting ready for …
