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Annette Owens was smiling at the baby in the stroller as the woman softly spoke.
“I had an abortion when I was 15.”
The woman confided that …
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By Jay Nies
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9/14/22
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The Mother of Christ, who bore inscrutable sorrow throughout her Son’s suffering and death, stands resolutely beside all of her adopted children in their times of greatest need.
“In …
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By Jay Nies and Don Kruse
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9/14/22
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When Don Wiegand was a sophomore at Mercy High School in St. Louis, his art teacher, Sister Corlita, made a comment to him that changed the course of his life.
“She told me that I drew like …
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By Laura Kosta
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9/14/22
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“We are rooted deep in tradition here.”
Callie Westhues watched 3- and 4-year-olds play together in a bright, open room stocked with …
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By Jay Nies
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8/31/22
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Catholics of all ages in this diocese might soon be able to recite the late Monsignor Thomas McGread’s definition of Catholic stewardship.
But what, in fact, does “the grateful …
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By Jay Nies
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8/31/22
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Eliza Randle knew what she was getting into when she signed up for Camp Siena this summer.
“It wasn’t just a camp with Jesus,” she said. “It was Jesus with a …
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By Jay Nies
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8/31/22
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One of Sister Bernita Wasinger’s students called her “the different-est sister I’ve ever known.”
That was nearly 70 years ago.
Some things don’t change very …
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By Jay Nies
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8/31/22
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Father Christopher Cordes delights in the brotherly bond he shares with those who minister in the person of Christ at altars throughout the Jefferson City diocese.
Now, he ministers not only with …
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By Jay Nies
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8/31/22
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Helias Catholic High School in Jefferson City has a few new faces, as the community has hosted visiting students from Spain and Italy.
Thirteen visiting students hail from Navalmoral de la Mata, …
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By Anna Campbell
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8/31/22
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Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri (CCCNMO) has relocated their Columbia offices from 916 Bernadette Drive to 1240 E. Brown School Road and was scheduled to reopen to the public on …
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By Ashley Wiskirchen, Columbia
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8/31/22
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The Most Reverend W. Shawn McKnight, Bishop of Jefferson City, hereby makes the following appointments to provide the most effective pastoral care of the Diocese of Jefferson …
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8/31/22
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Bishop Emeritus John R. Gaydos, who led the Diocese of Jefferson City from 1997-2018, had to postpone his scheduled 25th anniversary celebration on Aug. 15 due to illness. He asks for prayers as he …
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By Jay Nies
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8/17/22
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Father Jason Doke opens up the floodgate, and the questions come gushing forth.
“Do you have any children?”
“Yes!”
“How many?”
“Two hundred! And …
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By Jay Nies
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8/17/22
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Sister Mary Ann Carey of the School Sisters of Notre Dame calls to mind a prayer of St. Gertrude the Great of Helfta:
“My God, You are my hope; You the glory; You the joy; You my …
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By Jay Nies
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8/17/22
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This is part of a series of articles on new Catholic school administrators in the Jefferson City diocese:
“Whoever receives one child such as this in My name receives Me,” (Matthew …
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By Jay Nies
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8/17/22
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“God was in the gathering.”
Sister Kathleen Wegman of the School Sisters of Notre Dame spoke of the joy of meeting in-person with fellow sisters and lay associates from 22 U.S. states, …
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By Jay Nies
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8/17/22
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Jamie Morris and Deacon Tyler McClay were representing the Missouri Catholic Conference (MCC) at a brutally contentious hearing in the State Capitol.
Mr. Morris slipped out while Deacon McClay was …
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By Jay Nies
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8/17/22
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Discerning a priestly calling is not just the work of a person who believes God is calling him.
It’s also the responsibility of the whole Church to pray vigilantly for him and for those who …
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By Jay Nies
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8/17/22
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Benedictine Sister Mary Magdalene “Maggie” Buergler, 86 — who for over four decades was a member of the Benedictine Community of the former Our Lady of Peace Monastery in Columbia …
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8/17/22
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They followed a priest carrying the Most Blessed Sacrament into the wilderness.
By firelight, they encountered the Lord in Adoration and the Sacrament of …
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By Jay Nies
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8/3/22
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