03-17-23 print edition of The Catholic Missourian
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In this issue
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SAUCIER — The other temptations
Thursday, March 16
Once a month, I meet a friend for breakfast. We’ve only known each other a few years, but there was an immediate bond that has deepened with time. We talk about news, sports, families, but …
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Bronze relief of St. Joseph being cast for new Cathedral portico
Thursday, March 16
“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 By Jay …
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Barb Prasad is highlighting, facilitating women’s ministry throughout the diocese
Thursday, March 16
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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Kirksville author seeks out St. Joseph’s humanity in new novel
Thursday, March 16
The foster father of the Word Made Flesh is conspicuously wordless in the Canon of Sacred Scripture. What would he say if he could tell his side of the story? “He’s the only man in …
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Author leads readers to holy sites throughout Missouri
Thursday, March 16
Patrick Murphy wears rose-window-colored glasses on his jaunts through Missouri’s villages and metropolises. Raised “culturally Catholic” before being properly welcomed into the …
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Connecting with God, our ancestors during the lean time of year
Thursday, March 16
It’s Lent. Forty days of dedication to prayer, penance, almsgiving and fasting in the name of the Lord. Not fasting like medical fasting before a scan or surgery. Not trendy intermittent …
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Shelby County native professes Benedictine vows at Conception
Thursday, March 16
SCROLL THE ARROWS to see more photos. Benedictine Brother Gabriel Chinn chose a name that reminds him of the Blessed Mother’s “fiat,” and of his own. Baptized Daniel, the …
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Pipes are calling — St. Clement Church organ is a jewel from the Emerald Isle
Thursday, March 16
SCROLL THE ARROWS to see more photos. For 40 years, the organ in St. Clement Church in St. Clement has been speaking with a distinct brogue. The church was the first in the United States to be …
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Laurie’s St. Patrick statue from Ireland once was lost
Thursday, March 16
SCROLL THE ARROWS to see more photos. The late Father Fred Barnett never let a favor from heaven go to waste. “Pray for a miracle, and you get one,” the longtime pastor of St. …
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The Joy of Security
Thursday, March 16
In the fall of 2021, Catholic Charities’ Refugee Services Program established Community Sponsorships — an opportunity for local civic groups, churches and Catholic parishes to partner …
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Rest in peace, Sr. Laura Jean Spaeth SSND
Thursday, March 16
“Within every difficulty and struggle lies the opportunity for grace and transformation. The sooner we learn to let go and let God be in charge, the happier and wiser we will …
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Celebrating a decade of change and renewal with Pope Francis
Thursday, March 16
SCROLL THE ARROWS to see more photos. 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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Msgr. Cox leads prayer at Right to Life event
Thursday, March 16
Monsignor David Cox, pastor of St. Stanislaus Parish in Wardsville and St. Margaret of Antioch Parish in Osage Bend, led the opening prayer for a rally in the Missouri State Capitol Rotunda on March …
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Bishop comments on the shooting of two police officers in Hermann
Thursday, March 16
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 …