This the latest installment in a series of articles on the Permanent Diaconate:
In his book Understanding the Diaconate: Historical, Theological and Sociological Foundations , Bishop W. Shawn …
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By Jay Nies
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6/7/23
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Once while on a sabbatical, Father Donald Antweiler got to spend the night in a tent on the edge of a steep cliff.
The view was breathtaking, but in order to appreciate it, he had to subvert his …
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By Jay Nies
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5/25/23
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Christopher Hoffmann might have been waiting for a more concrete sign of God’s desire for him to be a priest.
What he got was a steadily growing reassurance that this is, in fact, what God …
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By Jay Nies
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5/25/23
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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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It’s not always easy to follow the path God has in mind.
But it is always worthwhile.
“Ultimately, vocation is the call to be a saint,” Father Paul Clark, vocation …
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By Jay Nies
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5/25/23
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One of the Scripture readings at the ordination of a deacon comes from the Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 6.
It recalls the selection of the first seven deacons of the Church.
The Apostles …
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By Deacon John Schwartze
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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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“It’s wonderful! I’m deeply impressed. It’s not just functional, it’s also beautiful.”
Pope Francis’s official delegate to the Church in the United …
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By Jay Nies
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5/10/23
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A light shone in the darkness, and it was wonderful to behold.
The May 4 CathedralGLOW event drew hundreds of high school- and college-age teens, families with children, and curious adults of …
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By Jay Nies
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5/10/23
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The program from the 1974 Dedication Mass for the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Jefferson City called the altar servers “boys representing the various areas of the diocese.”
Not quite.
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By Jay Nies
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5/10/23
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April 28 marked an important milestone in the lives of 15 men of the Jefferson City diocese, as Bishop McKnight accepted them as candidates preparing to be become permanent deacons of the Church.
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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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Danielle Freie spent a year letting God convince her to try something new.
She finally ran out of excuses.
“I always tell people to follow what the Lord tells them to do, but I had …
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By Jay Nies
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4/27/23
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Bishop W. Shawn McKnight invites people throughout the Jefferson City diocese to join in the public activities surrounding the rededication of the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Jefferson City.
The …
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4/27/23
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People who visit the Cathedral of St. Joseph the night before its rededication are in for an up-close, personal and intensely prayerful …
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By Jay Nies
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4/12/23
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Father Tony Ricard insists that everyone who works in a Catholic school is a theology instructor and promoter of the faith.
“If …
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By Jay Nies
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4/12/23
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“May the Lord take a liking to you …”
The priest smiled back and gave the rest of the old Irish salutation.
“… but not just yet.”
Monsignor Michael T. …
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By Jay Nies
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4/12/23
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Three individuals with long and distinguished ties to the Jefferson City diocese received prestigious honors from Pope Francis at this year’s Chrism Mass.
The Mass was celebrated on April 4, …
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By Jay Nies
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4/12/23
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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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