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Participants in the 2023 MidWest March for Life begin their journey through the streets of downtown Jefferson City during the April 26 event on the grounds of the Missouri State Capitol.
Young people flock to MidWest March for Life
CLICK HERE to see a gallery of photos. The torch is gradually being passed to a new generation of pro-life Missourians, the first to experience life in a post- Roe America. Young people … more
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Bishop announces changes in parish, diocesan personnel
Bishop W. Shawn Mc-Knight has issued a decree appointing several priests to new assignments in parishes and in the Chancery Offices of the Jefferson City diocese. Most of the changes will take … more
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Incense smoke ascends from the newly consecrated altar of the Cathedral of St. Joseph during the Rededication Mass on May 5, 2023.
Renewed, rededicated Cathedral is a symbol of and tool for deeper communion
“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 A … more
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Twenty priests of the Jefferson City diocese gather for Mass with Bishop W. Shawn McKnight April 15 in the chapel of “La Providence,” the place they were staying during their pilgrimage and retreat in Ars-sur-Formans, France.
Priests, bishop follow in saints’ footsteps in France
Father Gregory Meystrik was walking to noon Mass at the Basilica of Ars in France when two children drew near and said something in their native tongue. At first, he couldn’t understand … more
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Listening, discerning, strengthening relationships were focus of Bishop’s Chrism Mass message
CLICK HERE to see a gallery of photos from this event. Jesus gave us the Sacraments to help us be in right relationship with God and with each other. This is known as communion. “The … more
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Bishop: Jesus’s resurrection restores, heals, transforms all who believe
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 … more
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This olive wood sculpture depicting the Last Supper will adorn Cana Hall in the Undercroft of the renovated Cathedral of St. Joseph in Jefferson City. A gift to the diocese form a donor, the sculpture was created in Bethlehem from part of a tree estimated to have been 3,000 years old.
Last Supper lively depicted in olive wood sculpture from the Holy Land
Something that had been growing for centuries when Jesus walked the earth has been transformed into a focal point for the downstairs Undercroft of the renewed Cathedral of St. Joseph. While on … more
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Pope Francis greets people during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 5, 2022. (CNS photo/Paul Haring).The Catholic Church is not selective: each one of its members is a.sinner and part of the holy, faithful people of God, Pope Francis said in an interview marking his 10 years as pope. Vatican News March 10 published excerpts of the interview with RSI, a Swiss radio-television broadcasting in Italian. The full interview was to be aired and available online March 12..Jesus asks that no one be excluded from his table, pope says
Celebrating a decade of change and renewal with Pope Francis
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 … more
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Bishop comments on the shooting of two police officers in Hermann
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 … more
This newly created stained-glass window (partially covered in clear plastic for protection), depicting Jesus feeding the 5,000, is one of three that have been installed in the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Jefferson City as part of an extensive renovation, expansion and upgrade of the 54-year-old Cathedral. An additional nine windows are scheduled to be installed by year’s end.
Cathedral’s new stained glass windows will filter light through the call to discipleship
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 … more
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Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop David G. O'Connell is pictured during a Nov. 17, 2021, session of the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore. According to local news reports, he was fatally shot Feb. 18, 2023, and it has been ruled a homicide.
Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell was killed in his own home
Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop David G. O’Connell, a native of Ireland who spent most of his four decades as a priest ministering in LA’s inner city, was shot and killed in his Hacienda … more
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Bishop touts prayer, fasting, almsgiving as tools for Lenten conversion
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 … more
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The Cathedral of St. Joseph is seen at sunset on Feb. 10, showing progress on its expanded narthex, bell towers and columned porte cochere, all designed to help provide a more dignified, more welcoming environment for the Cathedral. Bishop W. Shawn McKnight has set May 5 as the rededication date for the Cathedral, following an 16-month renovation and renewal.
Bishop sets May 5 Rededication for renewed Cathedral
Bishop W. Shawn McKnight has set May 5, 2023, as the date for the Rite of Rededication for the Cathedral of St. Joseph. The diocese is planning a series of events surrounding the rededication, … more
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Religious sisters serving in the Jefferson City gather with Bishop W. Shawn McKnight for a “happy half-hour” social and catered meal in the Alphonse J. Schwartze Memorial Catholic Center in Jefferson City to celebrate the World Day for Consecrated Life.
UPDATED: Religious sisters in diocese gather to celebrate World Day for Consecrated Life
Fourteen sisters representing religious communities on mission to the Church in central and northeastern Missouri came together Feb. 5 to celebrate the World Day of Prayer for Consecrated … more
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Bishop W. Shawn McKnight surveys progress on the renovation and expansion of the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Jefferson City on Oct. 14, 2022. He sees the Cathedral renovation as a good analogy to the journey the diocese’s parishes have been taking through the three-year diocesan pastoral plan — “a strengthening of our communion as Catholics in what we believe and how we pray and especially how we live.”
Bishop McKnight reflects on his first five years as bishop
“It is our task, it is our mission together to go out and proclaim the joy of the Gospel to a city, a diocese and a world so desperately in need of it.” — Bishop W. Shawn … more
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This image of the 30-foot sculpture of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the National Mall in Washington Aug. 22, 2011, the year the memorial opened.
Bishop McKnight — Love is central to the message of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The following is a statement from Bishop W. Shawn McKnight on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2023: The life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a reminder that God has blessed all of us with … more
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MAKING CONNECTIONS — Living in awe of His many gifts
The new year — with the season of giving still fresh in our memories — is an opportune time to reflect on the gifts God has generously given and continues to give us. Yet, I hear and … more
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“What we celebrate today is not merely something that happened 2,000 years ago, but what continues to happen in our day and in our world, even in our brokenness,” Bishop W. Shawn McKnight proclaimed on Christmas Day.
Bishop McKnight: Let the light of Christmas banish fear
Christmas light forever changes all it touches. It radiates through the ages, pushing back the darkness and revealing aspects of God’s wisdom and love. “What we celebrate today is … more
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Bishop W. Shawn McKnight visits the place where Jesus was born, indicated by the star in the floor, during a recent pilgrimage to the Holy land.
Bishop prayed, offered Mass at holy sites with ties to Christmas
Bishop W. Shawn McKnight celebrated Christmas on Oct. 23 this year. Christmas Mass, that is, at the place of Christ’s birth in Bethlehem. “Whenever you visit one of the sites in the … more
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MAKING CONNECTIONS — May the light of God’s grace shine brightly this Christmas
I pray that this Christmas season is a time of peace and joy for you, as we celebrate the birth of our Savior — when the light of God’s grace shone brightly on the human family. As St. … more
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