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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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Sisters who live and serve in the Jefferson City diocese gather with Monsignor Robert A. Kurwicki, vicar general of the diocese, in the home of Bishop W. Shawn McKnight for a communal celebration of the World Day of Consecrated Life on Sunday, Feb. 2.
World Day of Consecrated Life: Sisters consider the role of hope in their religious vocation
This year’s World Day of Consecrated Life — on which the Church honored and particularly prayed for consecrated religious sisters, brothers and religious priests — coincided with … more
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Father Paul Clark, students and several faculty members of Helias Catholic High School, along with construction workers, join in blessing the construction site for major additions to the school on Feb. 4.
Students, chaplain bless Helias Catholic H.S. construction site
Men in work vests and hardhats paused to pray with students and administrators outside Helias Catholic High School. Father Paul Clark, the school’s chaplain, raised his arms in a blessing … more
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Austin Stewart, a junior at the University of Missouri and member of St. Thomas More Newman Center Parish in Columbia, speaks to students at Fr. Tolton Regional Catholic High School Jan. 27 at an all-school assembly for Catholic Schools Week.
Collegian at Tolton Catholic assembly: “Go ‘all in’ for Christ”
Austin Stewart remembers what it was like to be in high school. It wasn’t that long ago for him. “I know what they think, I know how they act, I know what they want,” said … more
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Paul and Lisa Masek will be two of the presenters at the diocesan Married Couples Retreat on March 14 and 15 in Jefferson City.
Married Couples Retreat: Learning from Mary’s relationship with the Holy Trinity
Paul Masek believes couples who make time to pray together experience incredible unity with God and one another. It’s difficult to describe but easy to recognize. “We’re … more
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Missouri House chaplain leads prayer, days before the Super Bowl
CLICK HERE to see a video of the prayer. Monsignor Robert A. Kurwicki, chaplain of the Missouri House of Representatives, led the assembly in prayer the morning of Feb. 5, 2025, the Wednesday … more
Kathy Coulson is coordinator for curriculum and instruction for Catholic schools in the Jefferson City diocese.
Catholic Schools Week: Coulson helps diocese’s schools plan, collaborate, thrive
Kathy Coulson never stopped being a teacher. Her students are quite different now. “Just as a classroom teacher observes and assesses each student, learning their personal strengths … more
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Nancy Heberlie has been serving as the diocese’s coordinator of the School Improvement Process for the past six years.
Catholic Schools Week: Visiting every Catholic school here yields wonder, joy, hope
In six years as a Coordinator of the School Improvement Process for the Jefferson City diocese, Nancy Heberlie has visited nearly every Catholic school in these 38 counties. At each, she … more
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Choir members and accompanists lead the singing at a Mass at the outdoor altar of the National Shrine of Mary, Mother of the Church, in Laurie, in the spring of 2024.
Exploring the power of sacred music in the Liturgy
CLICK HERE to read Bishop McKnight’s “Making Connections” column on this topic. CLICK HERE to read a related perspective. No one can dispute the power of sacred music to … more
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Debbie Reinkemeyer, left, principal of Sacred Heart School in Rich Fountain and Holy Family School in Freeburg, and Father William Debo, pastor of Sacred Heart and Holy Family parishes, present flowers to Linda Neuner on the 50th anniversary of Ms. Neuner joining the Sacred Heart School faculty.
Neuner has been teaching for 50 years at S.H. Rich Fountain
“Today, we raise our hearts in gratitude and admiration for a remarkable woman who has devoted 50 years to shaping minds, nurturing spirits, and leaving an indelible mark on the community of … more
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Darrin Hartman is the choir director at Sacred Heart School in Sedalia and has lived in Sedalia since birth. He has been working at Sacred Heart for 13 years, and his musical influence affects every student at the Catholic school.
In Sedalia: Sacred Heart’s Darrin Hartman leads the choir to sing as one
Darrin Hartman is the choir director at Sacred Heart School and has lived in Sedalia his whole life. His appreciation for music began early in life and, fostered by his parents, Hartman has made … more
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