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Vocation ministry is not just a few people who help others answer the universal call to holiness and find their own particular vocation in the Church.
It’s about creating a pervasive …
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By Jay Nies
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11/20/24
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Sacred music’s power to move hearts and orient people toward unity with God and his entire Church has been evident since Christianity’s earliest days.
Recognizing that power, and …
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By Jay Nies and Jacob Luecke
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11/7/24
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CLICK HERE to see a highlight video from the Women’s Fall Retreat and the Diocesan Youth Rally.
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By Jay Nies
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11/7/24
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The priest who preached at Father Stephen Jones’s Anglican ordination 24 years ago dropped some heavy words from a saint on him.
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By Jay Nies
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11/7/24
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The act of voting is an expression of faith.
When we make our choices this Election Day, we are empowered in that moment to advocate for justice, uphold human dignity, and promote the values of …
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By Bishop W. Shawn McKnight
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10/23/24
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The following statement is from Missouri’s Roman Catholic bishops, functioning as the officers of the Missouri Catholic Conference, the Church’s public-policy agency in this state.
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10/23/24
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The following was written for and published in America magazine and online media (October 2024) and is republished here with permission:
By Bishop W. Shawn McKnight
Last June, I …
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By Bishop W. Shawn McKnight
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10/10/24
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Whenever the Rolla Planned Parenthood location is doing business, Steve Drake is outside on the sidewalk, praying.
Mr. Drake, a member of St. Mark Parish in Houston, in the Springfield-Cape …
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By Jay Nies
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10/10/24
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The sights, sounds and aromas of a Church ever-present and ever-eternal will inundate the Cathedral of St. Joseph the weekend of Nov. 1-3, 2024
Nationally-acclaimed Catholic evangelizer Father Leo …
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By Jay Nies
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10/10/24
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Young Kevin Gormley told the president of All Hallows Seminary in Dublin that he wanted to be a priest in San Francisco, where his brother was living.
The president said enough men from the …
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By Jay Nies
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9/26/24
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During the Protestant Reformation, there were many attacks made against the purported teaching of the Church on the Eucharist.
Pamphlets appeared, showing a giant Christ bearing marks of the …
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By Father Daniel Merz, SLD
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9/26/24
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Opponents of Amendment 3 assert that the proposed constitutional amendment would not only reverse the state’s near-total ban on abortion but also cause confusion in referring to other types of …
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By Jennifer Brinker
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9/19/24
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Amendment 3 — which if passed, will enshrine in the Missouri Constitution access to elective abortions …
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By Jay Nies
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9/12/24
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Father C. Duane “Bo” Ryan’s friends prayed for him to be well and strong enough to attend the Jefferson City …
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By Jay Nies
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9/12/24
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Members of the Steinman family drew …
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By Jay Nies
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9/12/24
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The proposed Amendment 3 to the Missouri Constitution would go far beyond ensuring what its promotors call “the right to reproductive freedom.”
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By Jay Nies
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9/12/24
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A year ago, the public was just waking up to the ways vulnerable people could be exploited by the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the digital realm.
It’s no longer an emerging …
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By Jay Nies
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9/12/24
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The Catholic standpoint on life is grounded in a simple truth — that all human beings are made in the image and likeness of God.
Our Church professes that human life is sacred from the …
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By Bishop W. Shawn McKnight
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8/29/24
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In kneeling one-by-one before the bishop, 14 men from parishes throughout the Jefferson City diocese reached an important threshold in their …
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By Jay Nies
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8/29/24
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Seminarians for the Jefferson City diocese and local parishioners joined Bishop W. Shawn McKnight at Mass Aug. 4 in Queen of Peace Church in Ewing, home church of seminarian Gage Neisen.
There, …
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By Jay Nies
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8/29/24
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