Sr. Kathleen Wegman SSND to serve as interim director of Catholic Charities

The staff of Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri broke into applause upon hearing the news. Sr. Kathleen Wegman of the School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND) would be their servant …

Five new bells blessed, installed in Cathedral bell towers

“Great Bells as they were; melodious, deep-mouthed, noble Bells; cast in no common metal; made by no common founder ...” — Charles Dickens, “The Chimes” Wide-eyed …

First post-Roe Mid West March for Life, April 26 at Missouri State Capitol

2022 saw the U.S. Supreme Court give authority over abortion back to the states, and Missouri became the first to ban elective abortions. What comes next? “We get to live in this time in …

Saluting people who built shrine, community in St. Patrick

CLICK HERE to see a gallery of photos from this event. The forms were in place, the concrete mixer was roaring to life and Father Francis O’Duignan’s dream was finally taking …

Reflecting on one year of service at the Catholic Charities Food Pantry

SCROLL THE ARROWS to see more photos. As I reflect on one year of serving our neighbors in the pantry, I feel immense gratitude. I feel grateful that Catholic Charities has given me the …

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Mark Saucier

SAUCIER — The whole truth Holy Week begins with an ironic scene. An itinerant preacher from the countryside is placed on a donkey, lauded with palm branches and hosana-ed by the crowd as their conquering king. The …

SAUCIER — The other temptations Once a month, I meet a friend for breakfast. We’ve only known each other a few years, but there was an immediate bond that has deepened with time. We talk about news, sports, families, but …

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Parishes and schools

Martinsburg native visits border parish, seeks prayers for stranded asylum-seekers People asked if Father Edward Becker was afraid during his visit to a church near the U.S.-Mexico border earlier this year. No. He was just sad. “Jesus knows from his own personal …

Last Supper lively depicted in olive wood sculpture from the Holy Land Something that had been growing for centuries when Jesus walked the earth has been transformed into a focal point for the downstairs Undercroft of the renewed Cathedral of St. Joseph. While on …

Seven Jefferson City area churches to host stational pilgrimage on Holy Thursday evening Seven parishes in and near the Capital City will host an evening of silent pilgrimage and prayer following the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday, April 6. The Most Blessed Sacrament …

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July 24 Laurie pilgrimage speaker can relate to “bored” young Catholics

Maggie Craig grew up Catholic, went to Catholic school and got terribly bored with it as a teenager. “It didn’t seem to relate to me, and I couldn’t understand why it was so …

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Bronze relief of St. Joseph being cast for new Cathedral portico

“If Mary was the aura preceding the Diving Sun, Joseph was the horizon illuminated by its splendors.” — St. Leonard of Port Maurice, an 18th-century Franciscan priest By Jay …