Dala Hemeyer wondered how the grade school students she was working with were feeling, so she came right out and asked them.
Offering a list of words ranging from negative to positive, she asked …
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By Jay Nies
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5/11/22
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Whitney Cravens had served in the Peace Corps in Ukraine and had come to see the people there as her own.
“When something like this happens,” she said of the Russian invasion, …
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By Jay Nies
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4/13/22
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Doors and …
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By Jay Nies
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3/30/22
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The following reflection was written by the director of counseling for Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri (CCCNMO).
Some will say, “If you can get through a Midwestern …
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By Dala F. Hemeyer, MSW, LCSW
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2/18/22
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An astounding level of cooperation and creative engagement is helping emergency evacuees from Afghanistan settle into their new life in Central Missouri.
Catholic Charities Refugee Services staff …
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By Jay Nies
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2/3/22
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Cindy Schlueter dropped by a recently resettled Afghan family’s home in Columbia, with clippers to trim up the boys’ hair.
The parents and children were kneeling on their colorful …
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By Jay Nies
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1/6/22
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Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri (CCCNMO) has welcomed new program staff and administrative leaders over the past several months as the agency expands programs and services to meet …
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1/6/22
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CLICK HERE to see a list of items needed for donation to help resettling refugees.
Missouri’s efforts to partner with local communities and organizations to resettle a wave of refugees from …
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By Ashley Wiskirchen
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12/15/21
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The Fulton Rotary Club’s communal sponsorship of a resettling family from Afghanistan is uniting people of all ages, creeds and political stripes behind an essential cause.
“Yes, …
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By Jay Nies
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11/11/21
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‘Bishop W. …
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By Jay Nies
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10/28/21
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Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri (CCCNMO) welcomed the first refugee from Afghanistan to Columbia Sept. 26, and the community joined with hearts wide open.
Adel Khaffaji, of the …
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Jefferson City
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9/30/21
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Jim Wisch and Doug Schrader were in the chapel installing the back-lit art-glass windows that shed light on the building’s heroic past and promising …
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By Jay Nies
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9/15/21
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For Sister Kathleen Wegman of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, help is always better than idleness.
“Each day, we have to decide whether to be Good Samaritans or indifferent …
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By Jay Nies
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9/2/21
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Refugee Services of Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri (CCCNMO) is seeking local assistance for the possible arrival of refugees from Afghanistan.
As the only refugee resettlement …
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9/2/21
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As Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri’s (CCCNMO’s) new health and social services center in Jefferson City nears completion, one of its big neighbors are getting excited …
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By Jay Nies
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7/21/21
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Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri (CCCNMO) has been awarded a $50,000 grant from Veterans United Foundation to help create a health and social services center for Mid-Missouri …
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By Jay Nies
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7/8/21
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Recent flash-flooding in central and northeastern Missouri probably wasn’t of a significant magnitude to trigger a federal disaster declaration.
Nonetheless, Catholic Charities of Central …
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By Jay Nies
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7/8/21
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Their valley of tears had been transformed into an oasis of second chances and new beginnings.
Several hundred people from near and very far gathered under a Columbia park pavilion June 21 to …
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By Jay Nies
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6/23/21
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Helias Catholic High School President and Principal Kenya Fuemmeler set the tone with a quote from Jesus:
“Truly, I tell you: whatever you did for these brothers and sisters of Mine, you did …
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By Jay Nies
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4/15/21
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Bishop W. Shawn McKnight stood at the entrance to the former La Salette Seminary Chapel, looking down at the new foundation walls that …
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By Jay Nies
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3/4/21
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