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Jesus came to do the will …
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By Jay Nies
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6/7/23
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The night before he allowed himself to be betrayed and executed, Jesus prayed aloud that all who would come to know him would be made one, just as he and the Father are one.
The next day, while …
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By Jay Nies
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5/29/23
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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 …
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By Jay Nies
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5/25/23
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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 …
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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
A …
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By Jay Nies
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5/5/23
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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 …
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By Jay Nies
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4/27/23
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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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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 …
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By Jay Nies
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3/29/23
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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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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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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 …
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By Pablo Kay, Los Angeles
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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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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, …
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By Jacob Luecke
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2/15/23
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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 …
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By Jay Nies
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2/15/23
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“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 …
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By Jay Nies
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2/1/23
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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 …
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Bishop W. Shawn McKnight
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1/19/23
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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 …
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By Bishop W. Shawn McKnight
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1/5/23
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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 …
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By Jay Nies
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12/25/22
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