Advent is a good time for an examination of conscience and to receive the sacrament of reconciliation in preparation for Christmas.
Here is a partial list of Advent communal reconciliation services in and near the Jefferson City diocese.
The listings will be updated in the online edition of The Catholic Missourian as information becomes available.
Most services will include a short prayer service followed by individual confessions. Extra priests from neighboring parishes are typically present to help out.
All services begin at 7 p.m. unless otherwise stated.
Argyle — Tuesday, Dec. 4, St. Aloysius Church
Bonnots Mill — Tuesday, Dec. 11, St. Louis of France Church
Boonville — Thursday, Dec. 13, Ss. Peter &Paul Church
Brookfield — Sunday, Dec. 16, 4 p.m., Immaculate Conception Church
Brunswick — Wednesday, Dec. 12, St. Boniface Church
California — Tuesday, Dec. 4, Annunciation Church
Columbia — Monday, Dec. 3, Our Lady of Lourdes Church
— Monday, Dec. 10, St. Thomas More Newman Center Chapel
Cuba — Wednesday, Dec. 5, 6 p.m., Holy Cross Church
Edina — Monday, Dec. 10, St. Joseph Church
Ewing — Tuesday, Dec. 11, Queen of Peace Church
Frankenstein — Wednesday, Dec. 12, Our Lady Help of Christians Church
Freeburg — Tuesday, Dec. 11, Holy Family Church
Fulton — Wednesday, Dec. 5, St. Peter Church
Hannibal — Tuesday, Dec. 18, Holy Family Church
Hermann — Tuesday, Dec. 11, St. George Church
Holts Summit — Thursday, Dec. 13, St. Andrew Church
Hurricane Branch — Tuesday, Dec. 18, St. Joseph Church
Jefferson City — Sunday, Dec. 16, 2 p.m., Cathedral of St. Joseph
— Monday, Dec. 17, St. Peter Church
— Tuesday, Dec. 18, Immaculate Conception Church
Kahoka — Thursday, Dec. 6, St. Michael Church
Keokuk, Iowa — Monday, Dec. 17, 6:30 p.m., All Saints Church
Kirksville — Monday, Dec. 3, Kirksville Newman Center
Lake Ozark — Wednesday, Dec. 5, Our Lady of the Lake Church
Linn — Wednesday, Dec. 5, St. George Church
Loose Creek — Thursday, Dec. 13, Immaculate Conception Church
Louisiana — Friday, Dec. 14, St. Joseph Church
Macon — Tuesday, Dec. 11, Immaculate Conception Church
Marceline — Monday, Dec. 17, St. Bonaventure Church
Marshall — Thursday, Dec. 6, St. Peter Church
Martinsburg — Thursday, Dec. 13, St. Joseph Church
Meta — Sunday, Dec. 9, 6 p.m., St. Cecilia Church
Mexico — Wednesday, Dec. 19, St. Brendan Church
Moberly — Wednesday, Dec. 5, St. Pius X Church
Monroe City — Thursday, Dec. 13, Holy Rosary Church
Montgomery City — Tuesday, Dec. 18, Immaculate Conception Church
Osage Bend — Wednesday, Dec. 5, St. Margaret of Antioch Church
Owensville — Wednesday, Dec. 19, 6:30 p.m., Immaculate Conception Church
Palmyra — Thursday, Dec. 20, St. Joseph Church
Quincy, Illinois — Monday, Dec. 17, 6:30 p.m., St. Peter Church
Rolla — Tuesday, Dec. 11, St. Patrick Church
Russellville — Wednesday, Dec. 5, St. Michael Church
St. Clement — Wednesday, Dec. 19, St. Clement Church
St. James — Wednesday, Dec. 12, 6 p.m., Immaculate Conception Church
St. Martins — Wednesday, Dec. 19, St. Martin Church
St. Robert — Sunday, Dec. 9, 3 p.m., St. Robert Bellarmine Church
St. Thomas — Tuesday, Dec. 18, St. Thomas the Apostle Church
Salisbury — Sunday, Dec. 16, St. Joseph Church
Shelbina — Tuesday, Dec. 18, St. Mary Church
Taos — Monday, Dec. 3, St. Francis Xavier Church
Vienna — Tuesday, Dec. 4, 7:15 p.m., Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church
Wardsville — Sunday, Dec. 16, 6:30 p.m., St. Stanislaus Church
Westphalia — Thursday, Dec. 6, St. Joseph Church
Wien — Wednesday, Dec. 19, St. Mary of the Angels