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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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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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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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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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College students and seminarians from this diocese move as a group from the America’s Center in St. Louis to a restaurant for dinner with Bishop McKnight, during the Fellowship of College University Students’ SEEK24 conference.
SEEK24: Young adults answer call to ‘Be the light’
Grace and blessings cascaded through the corridors and concourses of the America’s Center Convention Complex in St. Louis. Nearly 24,000 mostly college-age Catholics from all over the … more
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Winners of the Fr. Tolton Regional Catholic High School’s house kickball tournament gather for a victory photo in the school’s gymnasium. Tolton Catholic’s distinctive House System builds up community, brings people from different grade levels together and helps welcome students who transfer from other schools.
Fr. Tolton Catholic H.S. sustaining impressive enrollment gains
SCROLL THE ARROWS to see more photos.  The leaders of Fr. Tolton Regional Catholic High School in Columbia choose a theme for each new school year. This year’s theme is … more
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Diocesan Catholic schools see stable, growing enrollment
More families in the Diocese of Jefferson City are choosing a Catholic education for their children as diocesan schools have continued a multi-year trend of stable, growing enrollment. … more
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Bishop Edward M. Rice of the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Missouri, presents the diocese’s Teacher of the Year award to Jefferson City native Cam Branson at a faculty in-service event in Joplin.
J.C. native honored with his diocese’s Teacher of the Year award
Jefferson City native Cam Branson wants his students to be “unapologetically Catholic.” He longs for them to grow up into people whose faith is readily recognizable in what they say … more
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Sacred Heart teacher Jill Bentch slices ham as kitchen helpers Julie Vogel, Emily Jackson, Jared Owens, Cassidy Bentch, Ebrinn Cahill and Bailee Vogel help prepare hundreds of Christmas Eve meals in the Sacred Heart cafeteria kitchen.
Sedalia Sacred Heart High School National Honor Society prepares hundreds of Christmas Eve dinners
While many of their classmates were asleep enjoying the first day of winter break, members of Sacred Heart High School’s National Honor Society were up early on a mission to provide healthy … more
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Pope John Paul II celebrates Mass Jan. 27, 1999, in the Trans World Dome under an arch built to resemble the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.
ENCORE — More than 1,100 from Jefferson City diocese celebrate at Mass with Pope in St. Louis
About 1,100 people from all over the Diocese of Jefferson City joined the congregation of about 100,000 at Pope John Paul II’s Mass (on Jan. 27, 1999) in St. Louis. About 1,000 … more
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Young people are met by Pope John Paul II during a youth rally at the Kiel Center in St. Louis Jan. 26, 1999.
ENCORE: Young people from diocese see Pope at youth gathering
Upon arriving at the Light of the World Papal Youth Gathering in St. Louis, Pope John Paul II encountered a spiritually wired throng of more than 20,000 young people whose spirits and emotions had … more
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Monroe City church renovations begin
SCROLL THE ARROWS to see more photos.  Young and adult volunteers from Holy Rosary Parish in Monroe City help remove the pews from Holy Rosary Church on Jan. 15, 2024, as substantial … more
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A plane flies over a 30-foot sculpture of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the National Mall in Washington Aug. 22, 2011, the year it opened. As the nation celebrates the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 15, 2024, both personal conversion and action are needed to build what the slain civil rights leader called “the beloved community,” say Catholic clergy and lay leaders.
In MLK Day statement — Bishop McKnight cites vision of unity, respect for differences
The Most Reverend W. Shawn McKnight, Bishop of Jefferson City, released the following statement in anticipation of the nation’s observance of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 15: … more
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The Three Wise Men are depicted as approaching the Nativity in this archival image from St. Thomas the Apostle Church in St. Thomas.
Announcement for Easter and moveable feasts for 2024
The Proclamation of the date of Easter and the other moveable feasts on the Feast of the Epiphany of Our Lord dates from a time when calendars were not readily available. It was necessary to … more
A Sheriff’s Department that had hot meals delivered to the people spending Christmas Day in the county jail posted a photo of one of one of the meals on its Facebook page.
Volunteers from several parishes become like family while preparing, serving their first community Christmas meal
The people interviewed for this story asked to remain anonymous: There was plenty for everybody. Plenty of food. Plenty of work. Plenty of grace and fellowship. Plenty of Christmas … more
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Deacon John Hill addresses Catholic residents of the Moberly Correctional Center before Mass in the chapel in this photo from 2019.
Deacon “Jumping John” Hill helps lead prison residents to Christ
Matthew didn’t waste any time finding the chapel after being transferred to the Moberly Correctional Center (MCC) in September 2021. Upon learning that the new resident was Catholic, the … more
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European artist Ruben Ferreira poses with his new painting of Servant of God Julia Greeley who grew up in Missouri before converting to Catholicism and becoming known as Denver’s Angel of Charity.
Missouri native Julia Greeley’s joy inspires artist’s smiling painting
Who would have thought that Denver’s “Angel of Charity” would make it all the way to Europe? While her little red wagon might not have crossed the Atlantic, the life, witness … more
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This photo of (front row) Yasica Buitrago, Marissa Flores, Ilsi Palacios, Ashley Chavarria, (back row) Deacon Enrique Castro, Guillermo Villa Trueba, Erick Chinchilla, Moises Sosa, Litz Main, Aurora Guillen, Nena Neal, Cristhia Castro, Ariane Pizzol was taken during a Dec. 19 meeting of leaders who have ties to Hispanic ministry in the diocese.
Inaugural Hispanic leadership meeting points to collaboration
A vision for Hispanic ministry that has been taking shape for decades in the Jefferson City diocese reached an import Dec. 19. That afternoon, 13 leaders and representatives of various … more
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Freeburg student artists turn cemetery lane into Christmas wonderland
Light shone in the darkness along the scenic walkway between Holy Family Church and the parish cemetery in Freeburg. Fifth- through eighth-grade art students at Holy Family School spent their … more
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Palmyra native monk designs vestments for abbey’s 150th
People whose visual acuity and command of history surpass that of most others took particular delight in the new vestments created for Conception Abbey’s 150th anniversary. Jubilee Masses … more
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