03-07-25 print edition of The Catholic Missourian
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In this issue
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Women’s retreat presenter to speak from experience about finding hope in suffering
Saturday, March 8
Mary Lenaburg agrees that life is like a box of chocolate. Bittersweet chocolate that is — her favorite kind. “It has some bitterness, a little bite to it, before you taste the …
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Bishop consecrates new altar in Queen of Peace Church, Ewing
Thursday, March 6
CLICK HERE to see a gallery of photos from this event. The bishop sent the people forth with a blessing that included: “May he who gathers you at one table and renews you with one …
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Renewed Salisbury church, altar consecrated
Thursday, March 6
CLICK HERE to see a gallery of photos from this event. For some, the roadway to heaven is paved with stones. Rough-cut stones, quarried from a Chariton County farm 120 years ago, dragged by …
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Rest in peace, Lake Ozark pastor Father Michael Penn, 68
Thursday, March 6
SCROLL THE ARROWS to see more photos. Father Michael Penn counseled a brother priest who was in the late stages of a debilitating illness, despondent that he could no longer minister. …
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Lent: “Now is a very acceptable time”
Thursday, March 6
SCROLL THE ARROWS to see more photos. Trying to celebrate Easter without observing Lent can be like visiting a museum without knowing the value of any of the art or artifacts on display. …
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Bishop lays out timeline for revised process for initiating unbaptized adults into the Church
Thursday, March 6
Father Daniel Merz recently heard a college-age parishioner refer to herself disparagingly as a “cradle Catholic.” As if to say, “I grew up Catholic and never learned about …
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Catholic Schools honor distinguished graduates
Thursday, March 6
SCROLL THE ARROWS to see photos of more honorees. Each year during Catholic Schools Week, Catholic schools throughout the country, in cooperation with the National Catholic Education Association …
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Sedalia Sacred Heart students learn about city’s ragtime legacy
Thursday, March 6
SCROLL THE ARROWS to see additional photos and video clips. Several young students of Sacred Heart School in Sedalia bobbed back and forth to the bouncy beat of Scott Joplin’s “Maple …
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Welcoming the Stranger: Stories of Hope from Family Immigration Services
Thursday, March 6
For over a decade as a high school campus minister, I had the opportunity to accompany students on a number of immersion retreats featuring lessons on U.S. immigration and Catholic Social Teaching. …
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SAUCIER — Keep in touch
Thursday, March 6
They were sitting in front of me. I happened to see when she grabbed her husband’s hand and held it between them. It could have been a fleeting pain, though she didn’t appear to …
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PHOTOS: Consecration of new altar, Queen of Peace Church, Ewing
Thursday, March 6
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PHOTOS: Blessing and consecration of St. Joseph Church in Salisbury and its altar
Thursday, February 27
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