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Deacon John Neudecker, who assists the pastor of St. Peter Parish in Fulton, and Shannon Cerneka, youth minister, music teacher and campus minister at St. Peter School, lead a palm-burning service on Feb. 13 to make ashes for Ash Wednesday, in the company of students at the school. Last year, the palms symbolized Jesus’s triumphant arrival in Jerusalem a few days before his arrest and crucifixion. As ashes, they symbolize the need for repentance and forgiveness.
2024 Lenten regulations, admonitions for the Diocese of Jefferson City
As another Lenten journey of conversion begins on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, and ends with the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday, March 28, 2024, Holy Mother Church calls all … more
This celebration of the World Day of Consecrated Life is attached to the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord on Feb. 2
Celebrating the World Day of Consecrated Life
CLICK HERE to read a related story. Six years ago, the late Redemptorist Father Richard Boever invited Sister Karen Thein of the School Sisters of Notre Dame to “be a presence” in … more
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For the past four years, the undercroft of the St. Patrick Chapel of St. Vincent de Paul Parish of Pettis County has been home to the Sedalia Warming Shelter, staffed by volunteers from the parish and other Sedalia congregations.
Committed volunteers kept Sedalia warming shelter going for 254 hours straight
January’s bone-chilling cold snap stretched the resources of Sedalia’s all-volunteer warming shelter to the limit. But they held. “It’s amazing what a community can … more
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Monsignor (later Auxiliary Bishop) Albert M. Bahhuth of Los Angeles distributes Holy Communion during Mass at Holy Family Church in South Pasadena, California, July 16, 2023.
L.A. auxiliary bishop’s road to Priesthood wove through Rolla
Albert knelt down before the Blessed Sacrament and emptied his heart. “Why would you do this to me? What are you thinking? I’ve worked so hard, and I’m finally getting close to … more
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Deacon Luke Mahsman has been honored with the Palmyra Chamber of Commerce’s 2023 Educator of the Year award on Jan. 11
Palmyra deacon honored as Chamber’s Educator of the Year
Tim Wellman was taking geometry at Palmyra R-1 High School when the COVID-19 pandemic hit and schools abruptly switched to remote learning. Mr. Wellman detested geometric proofs, especially … more
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Sister Cathy Vetter CCVI
For Sr. Cathy Vetter CCVI, consecrated life is about relationships, being present
The Son of God — God’s Holy Word — became one like us in order to become one WITH us for all eternity. For Jefferson City native Sister Cathy Vetter of the Sisters of Charity … more
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Bishop honors our Catholic educators
The hard-working teachers and staff members of the Diocese of Jefferson City’s Catholic Schools got a welcome surprise for Catholic Schools Week. Each of them received a bonus — more … more
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Paul Crnkovich addresses attendees of the Parish Engagement and Charity Event (PEACE) hosted at St. George Parish in Linn, in Fall of 2023.
Engaging with parishes: how can we help?
“How can we help them?”  I hear this question often as I participate in parish engagement work at Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri. I heard it during … more
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Father Henry Geisert, Catholic chaplain at the Missouri State Penitentiary and associate pastor of St. Peter Parish in Jefferson City, and Father Joseph Selinger, pastor, accompany three men who were condemned to die by hanging in their last moments on June 27, 1907.
Priests accompanied condemned men to the gallows in 1907
Into the 1930s, county sheriffs in Missouri carried out death sentences in their jurisdictions by hanging. The executions were public spectacles that often drew crowds. So it was for Harry … more
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Remembering Pope St. John Paul II’s 1999 visit
CLICK HERE to read The Catholic Missourian’s 1999 article about the Papal Youth Rally. CLICK HERE to read The Catholic Missourian’s 1999 article about the Papal Mass. Rebecca … more
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St. Patrick School Advisory Council President Nick Girondo, St. Patrick Home and School Association President Sara Lovegreen, Cahill’s Construction President Tonie Cahill, and Rolla City Administrator John Butz were among those present at the St. Patrick Catholic Early Childhood Center’s ribbon-cutting on Dec. 5 in Rolla. Holding the scissors are St. Patrick School Principal Anthony Arnold, Vice Principal Anna Starns and Early Childhood Center Supervisor Alysia Cohen.
St. Patrick Early Childhood Center in Rolla opens
St. Patrick Parish is built on layers of history, faith and sacrifice. According to the parish website, the first parishioners were Irish railroad workers laboring in the frontier town during … more
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College students and seminarians from this diocese move as a group from the America’s Center in St. Louis to a restaurant for dinner with Bishop McKnight, during the Fellowship of College University Students’ SEEK24 conference.
SEEK24: Young adults answer call to ‘Be the light’
Grace and blessings cascaded through the corridors and concourses of the America’s Center Convention Complex in St. Louis. Nearly 24,000 mostly college-age Catholics from all over the … more
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Winners of the Fr. Tolton Regional Catholic High School’s house kickball tournament gather for a victory photo in the school’s gymnasium. Tolton Catholic’s distinctive House System builds up community, brings people from different grade levels together and helps welcome students who transfer from other schools.
Fr. Tolton Catholic H.S. sustaining impressive enrollment gains
SCROLL THE ARROWS to see more photos.  The leaders of Fr. Tolton Regional Catholic High School in Columbia choose a theme for each new school year. This year’s theme is … more
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Diocesan Catholic schools see stable, growing enrollment
More families in the Diocese of Jefferson City are choosing a Catholic education for their children as diocesan schools have continued a multi-year trend of stable, growing enrollment. … more
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Bishop Edward M. Rice of the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Missouri, presents the diocese’s Teacher of the Year award to Jefferson City native Cam Branson at a faculty in-service event in Joplin.
J.C. native honored with his diocese’s Teacher of the Year award
Jefferson City native Cam Branson wants his students to be “unapologetically Catholic.” He longs for them to grow up into people whose faith is readily recognizable in what they say … more
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Sacred Heart teacher Jill Bentch slices ham as kitchen helpers Julie Vogel, Emily Jackson, Jared Owens, Cassidy Bentch, Ebrinn Cahill and Bailee Vogel help prepare hundreds of Christmas Eve meals in the Sacred Heart cafeteria kitchen.
Sedalia Sacred Heart High School National Honor Society prepares hundreds of Christmas Eve dinners
While many of their classmates were asleep enjoying the first day of winter break, members of Sacred Heart High School’s National Honor Society were up early on a mission to provide healthy … more
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Pope John Paul II celebrates Mass Jan. 27, 1999, in the Trans World Dome under an arch built to resemble the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.
ENCORE — More than 1,100 from Jefferson City diocese celebrate at Mass with Pope in St. Louis
About 1,100 people from all over the Diocese of Jefferson City joined the congregation of about 100,000 at Pope John Paul II’s Mass (on Jan. 27, 1999) in St. Louis. About 1,000 … more
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Young people are met by Pope John Paul II during a youth rally at the Kiel Center in St. Louis Jan. 26, 1999.
ENCORE: Young people from diocese see Pope at youth gathering
Upon arriving at the Light of the World Papal Youth Gathering in St. Louis, Pope John Paul II encountered a spiritually wired throng of more than 20,000 young people whose spirits and emotions had … more
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Monroe City church renovations begin
SCROLL THE ARROWS to see more photos.  Young and adult volunteers from Holy Rosary Parish in Monroe City help remove the pews from Holy Rosary Church on Jan. 15, 2024, as substantial … more
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A Sheriff’s Department that had hot meals delivered to the people spending Christmas Day in the county jail posted a photo of one of one of the meals on its Facebook page.
Volunteers from several parishes become like family while preparing, serving their first community Christmas meal
The people interviewed for this story asked to remain anonymous: There was plenty for everybody. Plenty of food. Plenty of work. Plenty of grace and fellowship. Plenty of Christmas … more
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