CLICK HERE to watch a remembrance video of Sister Rose Mary.
Mike Zuniga wrote a paper about Jefferson City native Sister Rose Mary Forck CCVI during his freshman year at the University of …
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By Jay Nies
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11/7/24
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About 60 people from as far as St. Louis, Kansas City and Quincy, Illinois, and from as near as Monroe City, Palmyra and Shelbina attended the fall Mass Oct. 20 in historical St. Peter Church in …
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11/7/24
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Brody Spriggs fell in love with wakeboarding the moment his board tore through the current.
Now, it’s his life’s passion.
“It feels like gliding on top of the water. Such …
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By Jay Nies
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10/23/24
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Daniel was feeling drawn to the Priesthood, but marriage was still very much on his mind.
He and Bridget, a fellow University of Missouri student and fellow parishioner of the St. Thomas More …
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By Jay Nies
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10/23/24
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Richard and Rose Riney’s great-great-great grandson most reverently approached his ancestors’ final resting place.
Sunlight shone off the headstones and his pectoral cross.
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By Jay Nies
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10/23/24
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“Just make the cake.”
Jennifer Hubbard’s brother simply wouldn’t let her off the hook.
He wanted her to maintain the traditions that had brought joy to her …
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By Jay Nies
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10/23/24
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“If you feel the need to do something and you just can’t let it go, you should do it.”
Aaron Kempker offered that advice after making a massive delivery to a hurricane-ravaged …
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By Jay Nies
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10/23/24
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The following was written for and published in America magazine and online media (October 2024) and is republished here with permission:
By Bishop W. Shawn McKnight
Last June, I …
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By Bishop W. Shawn McKnight
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10/10/24
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“Use it up. Wear it out. Make it do, or do without.”
The people of Immaculate Conception Parish in Jefferson City have been …
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By Jay Nies
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10/10/24
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A girl named Tuli could not see, could not speak, could not get up out of her wheelchair.
“But whenever we’d have music, she’d bob her head,” said Olivia Evers, a …
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By Jay Nies
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10/10/24
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Still bound by vows and his heart’s longing to the hills of northeastern Oklahoma, Benedictine Father Patrick Carter will spend the next several years working and ministering about the hills of …
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By Jay Nies
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10/10/24
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Whenever the Rolla Planned Parenthood location is doing business, Steve Drake is outside on the sidewalk, praying.
Mr. Drake, a member of St. Mark Parish in Houston, in the Springfield-Cape …
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By Jay Nies
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10/10/24
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The sights, sounds and aromas of a Church ever-present and ever-eternal will inundate the Cathedral of St. Joseph the weekend of Nov. 1-3, 2024
Nationally-acclaimed Catholic evangelizer Father Leo …
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By Jay Nies
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10/10/24
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The stone for the iconic Our Lady Help of Christians Church in Frankenstein came from Russ Kremer’s family’s farm.
Now, this …
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By Jay Nies
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9/26/24
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“One Thing I know, everybody’s got a seed to sow.”
Lois Van Boening taught that song each summer for the past 22 years to students of …
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By Jay Nies
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9/26/24
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Quinn Clark had been coming to the annual St. Joseph School STEM boat races in Salisbury since she was little.
“Mrs. Millar, can …
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By Jay Nies
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9/26/24
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Young Kevin Gormley told the president of All Hallows Seminary in Dublin that he wanted to be a priest in San Francisco, where his brother was living.
The president said enough men from the …
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By Jay Nies
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9/26/24
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“Here I am Lord. Is it I Lord? I have heard you calling in the night. I will go, Lord, if you lead me. I will hold your people in my heart.”
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By Father Brad Berhorst
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9/26/24
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Themes of humanity, death, mercy, mission, healing and sure and certain hope resonated throughout St. Andrew Parish’s 10th annual …
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By Jay Nies
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9/26/24
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Father C. Duane “Bo” Ryan’s friends prayed for him to be well and strong enough to attend the Jefferson City …
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By Jay Nies
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9/12/24
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