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The inaugural edition of The Catholic Missourian, dated July 7, 1957, notes that it was a diocesan edition of Our Sunday Visitor. It is shown here with the telephone used by Monsignor Ralph G. Kutz, now deceased, to correspond with OSV personnel in Huntington, Indiana, each week during the decade he served as editor of The Catholic Missourian. The technology and production process have changed dramatically, but the commitment to help Catholics know, love and share their faith remains.
OSV News launches Jan. 1, aims to speak ‘truth in charity in a way that unites’
The hallmark of OSV News, a new Catholic news service that launched Jan. 1, is to provide news and content “that speaks to truth in charity in a way that unites,” said OSV Publisher Scott … more
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St. Patrick School Advisory Council President Nick Girondo, St. Patrick Home and School Association President Sara Lovegreen, Cahill’s Construction President Tonie Cahill, and Rolla City Administrator John Butz were among those present at the St. Patrick Catholic Early Childhood Center’s ribbon-cutting on Dec. 5 in Rolla. Holding the scissors are St. Patrick School Principal Anthony Arnold, Vice Principal Anna Starns and Early Childhood Center Supervisor Alysia Cohen.
St. Patrick Early Childhood Center in Rolla opens
St. Patrick Parish is built on layers of history, faith and sacrifice. According to the parish website, the first parishioners were Irish railroad workers laboring in the frontier town during … more
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Shown on stage during their performance of “A Christmas Yarn,” which was this year’s annual Christmas play, are the students of St. Mary School in Frankenstein. Every student performed on stage in the musical that shared the Good News of God’s love. The play was provided and directed by Audie and Helen Cline.
St. Mary School students spin a yarn about Christmas
Students of St. Mary School in Frankenstein entertained friends, families and parishioners on Dec. 5 with a presentation of “A Christmas Yarn.” The 16 students from the school … more
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Participants in the Camp Tolton Catholic camp for young people gather for Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament by firelight following a Eucharistic procession to a wooded area at Camp Jo’Ota in Clarence.
Camp Tolton participants bask in the light of the Gospel
CLICK HERE to read a related article. They followed a priest carrying the Most Blessed Sacrament into the wilderness. By firelight, they encountered the Lord in Adoration and the Sacrament of … more
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The body of Pope Benedict XVI lies in St. Peter’s Basilica for people to pay their respects at the Vatican Jan. 2, 2023.
Diocese mourns the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
CLICK HERE for a schedule of Memorial Masses to be offered in the diocese Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City released the following message on Dec. 31, upon the death in Vatican City of … more
Incense smoke ascends from the newly consecrated altar of the Cathedral of St. Joseph during the Rededication Mass on May 5, 2023.
Renewed, rededicated Cathedral is a symbol of and tool for deeper communion
“I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a Cathedral.” — Robert Louis Stevenson A … more
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Remembering Pope St. John Paul II’s 1999 visit
CLICK HERE to read The Catholic Missourian’s 1999 article about the Papal Youth Rally. CLICK HERE to read The Catholic Missourian’s 1999 article about the Papal Mass. Rebecca … more
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Patty Schneier
Beauty of the Eucharist to be topic of Women’s Pilgrimage
Catholic author, podcaster and presenter Patty Schneier is convinced that a single day can make all the difference. She hopes women throughout the Jefferson City diocese will set that day aside … more
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Carmen Maxwell lends her finger and says, “peace be with you,” to a child eager to participate in the hand-shaking sharing of peace on Monday at Sacred Heart Church in Columbia. This was Maxwell’s first time celebrating Día de la Virgen de la Guadalupe in Columbia.
A celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Columbia
It was still dark out when Catholics in Columbia began singing Monday morning to la Virgen de Guadalupe, the name for the Mexican apparition of the Virgin Mary. It is said the Virgin appeared to … more
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Marissa Flores Madden
National Migration Week: Free to choose whether to migrate or to stay
“Everyone tells me they’re ‘illegal.’ But I work with them, and I know they’re good guys. So, they couldn’t be illegal, right?” Mike, a senior in my … more
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Lori Stoll, food programs coordinator for Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri, gives tours of the agency’s client-choice food pantry in Jefferson City during a festive open house on March 21 to celebrate the pantry’s one-year anniversary.
Festive celebration of Catholic Charities Food Pantry’s first year
An oasis in what was once a food desert has become a community where people nourish one another. All in a year’s time. “It just keeps getting better,” stated Bill Heberle, … more
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Seeking to understand poverty
Have you ever stopped to think, I mean really think, evaluate, even visualize, what the reality of poverty looks like in your local community? What image comes to your mind? Is it a person … more
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Tech-readiness is topic of “Protect Young Eyes” workshops for parents
Chris McKenna likens today’s unfiltered internet to four magazines lying on a coffee table in every house in the country. One of the four is explicitly pornographic. “It’s … more
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Sister Mary Magdalene “Maggie” Buergler OSB (1936-2022)
Benedictine Sr. “Maggie” Buergler, formerly of Columbia
Benedictine Sister Mary Magdalene “Maggie” Buergler, 86 — who for over four decades was a member of the Benedictine Community of the former Our Lady of Peace Monastery in Columbia … more
Encounter at Catholic Charities: Unlocking joy and peace through counseling services
“Frustration is better than laughter, because a sad face is good for the heart.” —Ecclesiastes 7:3 In this scripture verse, we are drawn into what appears to be an obvious … more
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For the past three years, the undercroft of the St. Patrick Chapel of St. Vincent de Paul Parish of Pettis County has been home to the Sedalia Warming Shelter, staffed by volunteers from the parish and other Sedalia congregations. The shelter was open 24 hours a day during the frigid temperatures that coincided with Christmas.
Sedalia St. Vincent de Paul Parish volunteers save lives over Christmas at warming shelter
The following is a first-person witness given by two deacons who assist the pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Sedalia. “And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in … more
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Sr. Eleanor Ewertz SSND (1939-2023)
Rest in Peace, Sr. Eleanor Ewertz SSND
Sister Eleanor Ewertz of the School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND), 84, who taught for 15 years in the Jefferson City diocese and later served as diocesan superintendent of Catholic schools, died … more
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Bishop W. Shawn McKnight admits seminarian Jacob Hartman to candidacy for Holy Orders during Mass on Aug. 6 in St. Andrew Church in Holts Summit.
Bishop to seminarians and faithful: “Discernment is hard work. Pray for God’s help”
Discerning a priestly calling is not just the work of a person who believes God is calling him. It’s also the responsibility of the whole Church to pray vigilantly for him and for those who … more
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Nikki Howell has been chosen to serve as the next president of Sacred Heart School in Sedalia, beginning July 1.
New president appointed for Sacred Heart School in Sedalia
Following a prayerful, extensive and thorough search process that yielded four strong and qualified candidates, the St. Vincent de Paul Parish leadership, Sacred Heart School Advisory … more
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Father Henry Geisert, Catholic chaplain at the Missouri State Penitentiary and associate pastor of St. Peter Parish in Jefferson City, and Father Joseph Selinger, pastor, accompany three men who were condemned to die by hanging in their last moments on June 27, 1907.
Priests accompanied condemned men to the gallows in 1907
Into the 1930s, county sheriffs in Missouri carried out death sentences in their jurisdictions by hanging. The executions were public spectacles that often drew crowds. So it was for Harry … more
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