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PHOTOS: Chrism Mass, 2025

4/17/2025
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PHOTOS: Bishop McKnight greets catechumens at the Rite …

3/20/2025
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PHOTOS: Rite of Election and Call to Continuing …

3/20/2025
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PHOTOS: Consecration of new altar, Queen of Peace …

3/6/2025
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PHOTOS: Blessing and consecration of St. Joseph Church …

2/27/2025
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PHOTOS: Diocese's opening of the Jubilee Year of Hope

1/9/2025
CLICK HERE to read a related story.  Bishop W. Shawn McKnight presides at a Mass to open the Jefferson City diocese's observance of 2025, the Jubilee Year of Hope. The Mass began with …

PHOTOS: Father Gregory Clever’s Mass of Thanksgiving

12/18/2024
CLICK HERE to see a related gallery of photos. CLICK HERE to read a related story. Newly ordained Father Gregory Clever joins family, fellow priests and many friends in celebrating the …

PHOTOS: Father Gregory Clever priestly ordination

12/18/2024
CLICK HERE to see a related gallery of photos. CLICK HERE to read a related story. Bishop W. Shawn McKnight ordained Father Gregory Clever to the Holy Priesthood, in the company of priests, …

PHOTOS: African Thanksgiving Mass

11/20/2024
CLICK HERE to read a related story. More than 200 people, including four priests, celebrate Mass with African music and languages on Nov. 17 in Sacred Heart Church in Columbia. Father Roberto …

PHOTOS: Diocesan Youth Rally

11/7/2024
CLICK HERE to read a related story. About 250 middle-school and high-school teens, adult chaperones and young families attend the Diocesan Youth Rally at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Jefferson …

PHOTOS: Memorial Mass for Deceased Priests of the …

11/7/2024
CLICK HERE to read a related story. Priests of the Jefferson City Diocese join Bishop W. Shawn McKnight in offering a Memorial Mass for priests of this diocese who died since the founding of the …

PHOTOS: “Plating Grace” — Women’s Night Out

11/7/2024
Father Leo Patalinghug, a priest and professional chef known as TV’s “Cooking Priest” (PlatingGrace.com), prepares a meal for the women who attended the second annual Ladies’ …

PHOTOS: Bishop Michael J. Sis of San Angelo, Texas, …

10/24/2024
Bishop Michael J. Sis of San Angelo, Texas, whose ancestors helped establish what is now Shrine of St. Patrick Parish in Clark County,  Missouri,  offers Mass in the shrine on Oct. 6, …

PHOTOS: 100th anniversary Mass for renovated St. Mary …

10/23/2024
Bishop W. Shawn McKnight joins Father William Peckman — pastor of St. Mary Parish in Shelbina, Immaculate Conception Parish in Macon and the Mission of the Sacred Heart in Bevier — at …

PHOTOS: Salisbury St. Joseph School STEM Boat Races

9/26/2024
CLICK HERE to read a related article. Junior-high students from St. Joseph School in Salisbury test their waterfaring prowess and the seaworthiness of the boats they built out of reused …

PHOTOS: National Day of Remembrance for lives lost to …

9/26/2024
CLICK HERE to read a related story.  Father Christopher Cordes presides at a Mass to observe the National Day of Remembrance for lives lost to abortion, followed by an outdoor serve in the …

PHOTOS: Diocesan Rural Life Mass, Part 2

9/12/2024
CLICK HERE to return to the first gallery of photos. CLICK HERE to read a related story. Bishop W. Shawn McKnight celebrates the Jefferson City diocese’s inaugural Rural Life Mass the …

PHOTOS: Diocesan Rural Life Mass, Part 1

9/12/2024
CLICK HERE to see another gallery of photos. CLICK HERE to read a related story. Bishop W. Shawn McKnight celebrates the Jefferson City diocese’s inaugural Rural Life Mass the …