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Deacon John Schwartze (holding book), diocesan the Director of Diaconate Formation, joins the class of deacon candidates who hope to be ordained this year, on their canonical retreat at Conception Abbey in northwestern Missouri.
Deacon candidates, wives attend retreat at Conception Abbey
The men of the diaconate formation class of 2025 recently completed their canonical retreat anticipating their ordination to the Order of Deacons. The retreat was held from Feb. 13-17 at the … more
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Mary Lenaburg
Women’s retreat presenter to speak from experience about finding hope in suffering
Mary Lenaburg agrees that life is like a box of chocolate. Bittersweet chocolate that is — her favorite kind. “It has some bitterness, a little bite to it, before you taste the … more
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This is the recently built confessional in St. Andrew Church in Tipton.
UPDATED — Communal reconciliation services for Lent
Lent is a good time for an examination of conscience and to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation in preparation for Easter. Here is a partial list of Lenten communal reconciliation services in the … more
Sacred Music Consultation draws impressive participation
The first stage of the diocesan Sacred Music Consultation was a resounding success. More than 6,600 people from throughout this diocese completed online and hard-copy surveys developed by the … more
Bishop W. Shawn McKnight anoints the new altar in Queen of Peace Church in Ewing with Sacred Chrism while offering Mass there on Feb. 22, 2025.
Bishop consecrates new altar in Queen of Peace Church, Ewing
CLICK HERE to see a gallery of photos from this event. The bishop sent the people forth with a blessing that included: “May he who gathers you at one table and renews you with one … more
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Bishop W. Shawn McKnight preaches the homily at a Mass on Feb. 23 to bless and consecrate the recently renovated St. Joseph Church in Salisbury.
Renewed Salisbury church, altar consecrated
CLICK HERE to see a gallery of photos from this event. For some, the roadway to heaven is paved with stones. Rough-cut stones, quarried from a Chariton County farm 120 years ago, dragged by … more
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Father Michael Penn (1957-2025) holds a portrait of Venerable Father Augustus Tolton while standing outside St. Peter Church in Brush Creek, which stands at the place where Fr. Tolton was baptized in 1854.
Rest in peace, Lake Ozark pastor Father Michael Penn, 68
SCROLL THE ARROWS to see more photos. Father Michael Penn counseled a brother priest who was in the late stages of a debilitating illness, despondent that he could no longer minister. … more
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Father Jason Doke, pastor of St. Martin Parish in St. Martins and St. Michael Parish in Russellville, traces ashes in the form of a cross on the head of Cameron, a St. Martin School in St. Martins, on March 5, 2025, Ash Wednesday. The ashes symbolize mortality and repentance. Ash Wednesday begins the 40-day penitential season of preparation for Easter.
Lent: “Now is a very acceptable time”
SCROLL THE ARROWS to see more photos. Trying to celebrate Easter without observing Lent can be like visiting a museum without knowing the value of any of the art or artifacts on display. … more
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Bishop lays out timeline for revised process for initiating unbaptized adults into the Church
Father Daniel Merz recently heard a college-age parishioner refer to herself disparagingly as a “cradle Catholic.” As if to say, “I grew up Catholic and never learned about … more
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2025 Distinguished Graduate Award recipients Tammy Tyree (second from left) and Brianna Monroe (third from left), St. George School, Linn, presented by Lisa Grellner, principal, and Father Colin Franklin, pastor
Catholic Schools honor distinguished graduates
SCROLL THE ARROWS to see photos of more honorees. Each year during Catholic Schools Week, Catholic schools throughout the country, in cooperation with the National Catholic Education Association … more
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Internationally renowned ragtime piano scholar and performer Adam Swanson plays Scott Joplin’s “Maple Leaf Rag” before a group of young students at Sacred Heart School in Sedalia. The famous piece was composed in Sedalia.
Sedalia Sacred Heart students learn about city’s ragtime legacy
SCROLL THE ARROWS to see additional photos and video clips. Several young students of Sacred Heart School in Sedalia bobbed back and forth to the bouncy beat of Scott Joplin’s “Maple … more
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Members of the Diocesan Youth Advisory Council take part in an instructive team-building exercise during their annual retreat Feb. 16 at Camp Tolton in Shelby County. The council is one of several deliberative bodies made up mostly of laypeople in the diocese who advise the bishop on important matters.
The Christian way to make decisions in the Church
CLICK HERE to read Bishop McKnight’s “Making Connections” column on co-responsibility. CLICK HERE to read profiles of several diocesan councils and commissions. In teams … more
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Students of various Catholic schools who made up Team D in the diocese’s inaugural Seventh Grade Scholar Bowl revel in their victory.
Seventh-graders give their best at inaugural diocesan Scholar Bowl
Jacob Stewart brushed up on a lot of the basics before representing his school in the diocese’s first-ever Seventh Grade Scholar Bowl in Jefferson City. The most important of these things … more
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Father William L. Korte (1957-2025)
Father William Korte died unexpectedly at 67
A priest wearing a full cassock, skipping rope on the playground. Only those who saw it could have believed it. “As Catholics, we’re pretty good at observing fast days, but we … more
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The Millennium Reconciliation Cross, built by the late Paul Lage and his family and containing a relic of the True Cross, traveled to parishes throughout the diocese in the months leading up to and throughout Jubilee 2000, and has a place of honor in the sanctuary of the Cathedral of St. Joseph throughout 2025, the Jubilee Year of Hope.
Millennium Cross in Cathedral sanctuary is a Jubilee Year reminder of hope, reconciliation
An old rugged cross stands next to the altar in the Cathedral of St. Joseph throughout this Jubilee Year of Hope, as a reminder of the sure and certain hope that comes from the total, self-giving … more
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Sister Kathleen Wegman SSND, Father Donald Antweiler, priests of the Jefferson City diocese and some of the religious sisters now living and serving in the diocese are featured in this illustration for the 2024 Easter Special Collection to benefit retired priests and religious.
Generous parishioners bring success to 2024 Special Collections
 In 2024, the generous faithful of the Diocese of Jefferson City shared nearly $1 million with the beneficiaries of our three diocesan special collections. In March, parishioners … more
Pastor preaches on importance of Catholic schools
Catholic schools are a fundamental part of a parish’s mission to evangelize and pass along the faith. “It’s our major role, it’s our major help, it’s our major … more
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A crucifix and Bible are pictured during Lent at Jesus the Good Shepherd Church in Dunkirk, Maryland.
Lenten regulations and admonitions for 2025
As another Lenten journey of conversion begins on Ash Wednesday, March 5, and ends with the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday, April 17, the Catholic Church calls all Catholics to a … more
Immaculate Conception students help Principal Courtney Pleus open the time capsule on Jan. 27 of this year, 25 years after it was sealed.
Time capsule links I.C. Loose Creek students a quarter-century apart
“This is my time capsule of the year 2025. It is very scary, I think. Because we wrote what would happen to us before we started thinking about it.” Seventh-grader Danielle Marie … more
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Students at St. Brendan School in Mexico visit with Missouri Military Academy cadets from Mongolia at St. Brendan School’s Festival of Nations during Catholic Schools Week. Cadets representing eight countries brought flags and displays and answered questions about their homelands for the students, who were dressed comfortably for an international flight.
St. Brendan students’ global knowledge takes flight
The world came to St. Brendan School in Mexico, and the students couldn’t get enough of it. They picked up their International Explorer Passports and set about mingling with Missouri … more
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