April 28 marked an important milestone in the lives of 15 men of the Jefferson City diocese, as Bishop McKnight accepted them as candidates preparing to be become permanent deacons of the Church.
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By Jay Nies
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5/10/23
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“I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a Cathedral.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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By Jay Nies
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5/5/23
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Danielle Freie spent a year letting God convince her to try something new.
She finally ran out of excuses.
“I always tell people to follow what the Lord tells them to do, but I had …
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By Jay Nies
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4/27/23
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Bishop W. Shawn McKnight invites people throughout the Jefferson City diocese to join in the public activities surrounding the rededication of the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Jefferson City.
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4/27/23
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People who visit the Cathedral of St. Joseph the night before its rededication are in for an up-close, personal and intensely prayerful …
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By Jay Nies
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4/12/23
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Father Tony Ricard insists that everyone who works in a Catholic school is a theology instructor and promoter of the faith.
“If …
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By Jay Nies
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4/12/23
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“May the Lord take a liking to you …”
The priest smiled back and gave the rest of the old Irish salutation.
“… but not just yet.”
Monsignor Michael T. …
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By Jay Nies
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4/12/23
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Three individuals with long and distinguished ties to the Jefferson City diocese received prestigious honors from Pope Francis at this year’s Chrism Mass.
The Mass was celebrated on April 4, …
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By Jay Nies
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4/12/23
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Jesus gave us the Sacraments to help us be in right relationship with God and with each other.
This is known as communion.
“The …
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By Jay Nies
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4/9/23
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Jesus’s passion, death and resurrection brings about a new passing-over from darkness to light, from sinfulness to mercy, from brokenness to communion, from woundedness to healing and …
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By Jay Nies
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4/8/23
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Ian Byrne will reenact the crucifixion.
Specifically, he’ll fasten an image of Jesus to the new sanctuary cross for the Cathedral of St. Joseph.
“It’s a part of the project …
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By Jay Nies
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3/29/23
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The Easter Special Collection that will be taken up in parishes throughout the diocese will benefit retired priests and retired members of religious congregations.
A special envelope for this …
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By Jay Nies
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3/29/23
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Sister Loretta Keller and Sister Suzanne Walker, members of the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill, New York, are living in retirement in the Holy Rosary Convent in Monroe City.
Sr. Suzanne grew up in …
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By Jay Nies
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3/29/23
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“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
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By Jay Nies
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3/16/23
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Barbara Prasad is eager to hand on what she’s been given.
She wants all Catholic women to have the kind of fellowship and support she’s been able to count on through the best and the …
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By Jay Nies
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3/16/23
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For a decade, even when discussing the internal workings of the Vatican, Pope Francis has insisted the Church is not the Church of Christ if it does not …
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By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service, Vatican City
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3/16/23
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Bishop W. Shawn McKnight released the following statement in response to a March 12 shooting in Hermann that resulted in the death of Detective Sgt. Mason Griffith and injured Officer Adam …
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3/16/23
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Receiving the Easter …
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By Jay Nies
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3/2/23
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The faces of Christ, of Moses, of venerable Father Augustus Tolton gaze down in radiant splendor into the Cathedral of St. Joseph.
And this is just the beginning.
“These imposing images …
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By Jay Nies
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3/2/23
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Jesus repeatedly embraced the religious practices of his day but wanted to keep them squarely focused on God.
He made that especially clear in his elevating and purifying of the three traditional …
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By Jay Nies
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2/22/23
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