10-02-26 print edition of The Catholic Missourian
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In this issue
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Mother changes mind midway through chemical abortion
Thursday, October 1
Mallorie went from being a source of panic to being the most important thing in her mother’s life. A change of heart and a quick, compassionate response was all it took. “I love her …
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Listening and clarifying, praying and fasting: Parishioners offer public witness on Amendment 3
Thursday, October 1
Cathy Boero stood by a table with a simple display and stacks of papers and pamphlets. “I understand what it’s all about, and I’m voting yes,” one passer-by told her. “Great!” …
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50,000 join in declaring ‘America’s Bishop’ blessed
Thursday, October 1
SCROLL THE ARROWS to see more photos CLICK HERE to read a related story. CLICK HERE to read another related story. Blessed Bishop Fulton J. Sheen’s voice was a warm and reassuring …
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‘Clear as day’: Cuba parishioner played catch with Blessed Bishop Sheen, helped him get a ride on a firetruck
Thursday, October 1
SCROLL THE ARROWS to see more photos. It wasn’t a chariot that swung low to carry Bishop Fulton J. Sheen through a sultry St. Louis neighborhood one Sunday in 1958. It was a bright red …
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Beloved St. Elizabeth of Hungary statue lowered to safety as former Hannibal hospital demolition proceeds
Thursday, October 1
It is believed that since 1915, a statue has been standing watch over the former St. Elizabeth’s Hospital campus in Hannibal. That statue recently was carefully taken down from its prominent …
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Priests, deacons, seminarians experience Church’s universality at Bishop Sheen Beatification
Thursday, October 1
The bus carrying seminarian Gabriel Eckstein from Mundelein Seminary in Chicago arrived in St. Louis after the Opening Procession started. “We were allowed to skip security and enter through a …
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Five centuries of Iven family history converge in Loose Creek
Thursday, October 1
SCROLL THE ARROWS to see more photos. Five hundred years can make history seem distant, but for members of the Iven family who gathered on Aug. 14 at Immaculate Conception Cemetery in Loose …
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Diocesan director’s ‘go-to guys’ go ‘above and beyond’ to fix damaged Kirksville A/C condenser
Thursday, October 1
SCROLL THE ARROWS to see more photos. It was a balmy 85 degrees in Kirksville when Brad Copland answered the phone in Jefferson City. Father Joseph Luzandana was frantic. “He said …
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Serving our neighbors with dignity
Thursday, October 1
In high school, I volunteered at the Good Shepherd Food Pantry in Linn, Missouri, to earn service hours for the A+ Scholarship Program. What began as a requirement quickly became something more …
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SAUCIER — Pointing to the source
Thursday, October 1
I was walking on the greenway, approaching an abutment to the highway overpass. Something caught my eye in the rocks heaped against the base of the concrete. There was one, at first — a …
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Rutter — “A Time To …”
Thursday, October 1
Reading Chapter 3 of Ecclesiastes immediately has me singing the classic Byrds hit, “Turn, Turn, Turn” (1962, Pete Seeger), based on this Old Testament passage. Setting this centuries-old …
