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“For I was…in prison and you visited me” (Matthew 25:35-36).
On an early September morning, I had the opportunity to participate in a prayer and reflection breakfast …
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By Tim Rickabaugh, Interim Executive Director
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10/15/26
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In high school, I volunteered at the Good Shepherd Food Pantry in Linn, Missouri, to earn service hours for the A+ Scholarship Program.
What began as a requirement quickly became something more …
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By Jessica Keilholz, Communications Specialist
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10/1/26
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“If you lavish your food on the hungry and satisfy the afflicted, then your light shall rise in the darkness ... and you shall be like a watered garden, like a flowing spring whose waters never …
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By Jay Nies
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9/17/26
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Locals donate seeds, fertilizer and other necessities, the parish provides the land and a water tap, and parishioners put in the work.
God does the rest.
That’s the premise of the …
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By Jay Nies
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9/17/26
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“We couldn’t think about our immigration cases. We could only think about saving our daughter’s life.”
Sitting in my office in Family Immigration Services and holding her baby close, the …
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By Marissa Madden-Flores, director of Family Immigration Services
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9/17/26
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Labor Day is a time to recognize the dignity of work and the people whose daily efforts strengthen our families, communities, and nation.
We celebrate teachers, nurses, farmers, first …
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By Tessa Mcintyre, Predatory Loan Relief Specialist
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9/3/26
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CLICK HERE to see a related gallery of photos.
https://catholicmissourianonline.com/stories/photos-prayer-and-witness-to-stand-with-migrants-part-2,6875
“My journey reminds me that we are …
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By Jay Nies
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8/20/26
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Back-to-school season brings plenty of preparation.
Families are purchasing pencils, crayons, notebooks, backpacks and lunch boxes, making sure students have what they need to begin another …
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By Lisa Distler, Health and Nutrition Programs Specialist & Volunteer Coordinator
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8/20/26
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Bishop Ralph B. O’Donnell has appointed Tim Rickabaugh to serve as Interim Executive Director of Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri (cccnmo.diojeffcity.org), effective Aug. 3, …
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8/6/26
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“Dear migrants, before saying anything else to you, I want to bow before your dignity.”
Pope Leo XIV spoke candidly during his recent visit to the Canary Islands to people whose value is …
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By Jay Nies
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8/6/26
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What can grow in a garden?
Maybe you picture beautiful, vibrant rose bushes neatly planted in a front yard or rows of tomato vines bursting with red and green fruit.
More than likely, a …
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By Jullia Fox, Health & Nutrition Programs Specialist
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8/6/26
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Recently, a good friend of ours posed a significant question: “What do you think it means to live a life of meaning?”
As sisters and digital marketing students at State Technical College of …
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By Olivia and Allison Weckenborg, Communications Interns, Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri
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7/22/26
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Some people make a difference through what they do.
Others make a difference through who they are.
For the past nine years, Jeremy Morris has done both as Treasurer and a member of the …
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By Sasha Whittle, Director of Finance, Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri
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7/9/26
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For many children, summer begins with the joyful sound of the last school bell ringing.
It marks the start of carefree days filled with sunshine, play, and freedom.
But for some families …
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By Jullia Fox
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6/24/26
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At the wedding feast in Cana, Jesus performed his first public miracle by turning water into wine at the request of his mother, Mary.
It was a quiet act of generosity, carried out to meet an …
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By Mark Smith Vandergriff
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6/12/26
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There is a beautiful rhythm to a community coming together in service.
For the first time, I had the privilege of stepping into that rhythm during the annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive.
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By Chris Hammann
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6/1/26
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Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri recently celebrated National Volunteer Week by hosting our annual Mass and reception for active volunteers.
This special event provides an …
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By Lisa Distler
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5/14/26
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When people are hungry, you give them something to eat, according to Matthew 25:35 and leadership from SSM St. Mary’s Hospital and Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri.
The two …
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By Matthew McFarland
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5/1/26
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Immigration is one of many contentious issues that people benefit from discussing in the context of faith, rather than fear and cynicism.
That was one of the main premises of two recent “Who …
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By Jay Nies
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4/17/26
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On a cold Friday morning, a line quietly forms along the side of the building.
Some arrive early to beat the crowd; others come because this time is the only break in a day stacked with …
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By Mark Smith-Vandergriff, Deputy Program Lead
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4/16/26
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