A blaring train whistle added a coda to Brandon Byrne’s outdoor interpretation of Scott Joplin’s “Sycamore Rag.”
“It’s just part of the atmosphere …
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By Jay Nies
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8/3/23
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Brinktown native Sister Marie Boniface Lischwe, 101, a 77-year member of the Medical Mission Sisters, died on May 10 of this year.
Fellow sisters remember her for her valiant, unyielding faith …
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By Sister Suzanne Maschek MMS
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8/3/23
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Deacon William Seibert, who assists the pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish in Jefferson City, is the 2023 recipient of the Columbia College Alumni Association Professional Achievement Award.
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8/3/23
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Everything is in place and ready to go at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Child Development Center (diojeffcity.org/immaculate-heart), 601 Scott Station Road in Jefferson City.
All that’s …
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8/3/23
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The foundational voices of a new organ have been matched to the acoustics of the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Jefferson City.
This important step will ensure that all the pipes being created for …
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By Jay Nies
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8/3/23
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The ruins of St. John the Evangelist Chapel in Bahner were still smoldering when thoughts turned to finding the tabernacle and properly reverencing Christ fully present in the Most Blessed Sacrament.
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By Jay Nies
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8/2/23
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Eight days of parish prayer vigils in the presence of relics of St. Manuel González García and Blessed Carlo Acutis included Mass at each parish.
With each Mass came a homily.
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By Jay Nies
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7/20/23
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The mortal flesh of two holy men pierced the …
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By Jay Nies
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7/20/23
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The following is a narrative collaboration:
Take a love of travel, love of history and historical Catholic churches, inquiring minds, a desire to grow in faith, and friendship — mix these …
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In collaboration with Helen Franken
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7/20/23
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Helias Catholic High School is in the process of becoming more catholic.
That is, more universal.
By this time next year, services now offered through the Vogelweid Learning Center at St. …
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By Jay Nies
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7/20/23
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The first Catholic sisters to arrive in Jefferson City were Sisters of Mercy from Chicago.
They left the familiarity of their school and hospital work in the north to travel south in September …
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By Michelle Brooks
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7/20/23
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An annual procession to Venerable Father Augustus Tolton’s gravesite in Quincy, Illinois, will be joined next year by pilgrims walking the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage en route to …
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By Maria Wiering, OSV News, St. Paul, Minnesota
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7/20/23
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A triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary is an answer to prayer for families involved in Catholic education in and near Jefferson City.
A generous gift and a providential turn of events means …
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By Jay Nies and Jacob Luecke
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7/6/23
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Ten members of the Women’s Ministry group at St. Martin Parish in St. Martins experienced the joy of the Visitation with residents of Westbrook Terrace Senior Living in Jefferson City.
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By Jay Nies
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7/6/23
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One night while Father Daniel Merz was in first grade, he prayed in the dark before bed: “God, I just want to see you. Show me your face just once.”
“To some extent, …
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By Jay Nies
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7/6/23
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When issues of public safety collide with the sanctity of human life, it’s always best to avoid actions that cause harm without a clear, outweighing benefit.
That was a key message Curtis …
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By Jay Nies
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7/6/23
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“Eternal God, source of every gift and talent … as we remember and give you honor for the eloquent witness of all veterans who served our country, especially those who laid down their …
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By Jay Nies
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7/6/23
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A tide rises and recedes on one shore just as it cycles back on another.
Such are the bonds of mission among the people of central and northern Missouri and several dioceses thousands of miles …
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By Jay Nies
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7/6/23
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The Consulate of Mexico’s first mobile consulate in Jefferson City will certainly not be its last.
Head Consul Soileh Padilla-Mayer of the …
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By Jay Nies
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7/6/23
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The following article, originally published in the June 27, 2008, edition of The Catholic Missourian, marked the 60th anniversary of the tornado:
The Our Lady of Perpetual Help devotions had …
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By Jay Nies, St. Thomas
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6/27/23
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