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Pray for Peace

The Most Reverend W. Shawn McKnight, Bishop of Jefferson City, is asking all parishes and Catholics to join in a global day of prayer and fasting for peace on Tuesday, Oct. 17.

All in the Diocese of Jefferson City are asked to participate by fasting, praying for peace and abstaining from eating meat.

See the unified prayers of our diocese and share your own using our prayer form.

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Podcast series explains Stewardship

Service is a public expression of our faith. It’s how we express our belief in God and live out Jesus’s teachings. In this month’s podcast, we conclude our discussion with Fr. Stephen Jones about the Four Pillars of Stewardship — focusing on the concept of service.

This podcast is the fourth and final episode in our series about the Four Pillars of Stewardship with Fr. Jones, the diocesan director of stewardship. This series is designed to help us deepen our understanding of the spirituality of stewardship as we approach the October Catholic Stewardship Renewal. All of the episodes in this series are available at diojeffcity.org/podcast.

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LATEST NEWS & EVENTS

27 November, 2023

NCYC participants return, determined to stay "Fully Alive" In the latest issue of The Catholic Missourian, Editor Jay Nies writes about the impact of the National Catholic Youth Conference on youth from our diocese who...

20 November 2023

Podcast: At a Time of Conflict, How We Can Spread Peace As our world endures a time of conflict and war, how can we — as Catholics — help to bring about peace? The Most...

13 November 2023

Making Connections: The Church and World Peace The Most Reverend W. Shawn McKnight has published a new Making Connections column. The column was printed in The Catholic Missourian and is also available online in both...

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The Church and World Peace

English Español English: By Bishop W. Shawn McKnight English: During a recent trip to the Republic of Korea (South Korea), I visited a cemetery located high on a hill overlooking a river valley. Standing amid...

6 November 2023

2024 Open Enrollment for All Diocesan Benefit Eligible Employees Open Enrollment for all diocesan benefit eligible employees is now open through November 17 for a January 1 effective date. Employees should have received a complete...

30 October 2023

2024 Open Enrollment for all diocesan benefit eligible employees Open Enrollment for all diocesan benefit eligible employees is November 6-17 for a January 1 effective date. Employees will receive a complete Enrollment Guide via their...

23 October 2023

Catholic Stewardship Renewal resources As our parishes continue the Catholic Stewardship Renewal, the Diocese of Jefferson City is providing a number of resources that help explain the spirituality of stewardship and the call to commit...

16 October 2023

Oct. 17 — Let us pray and fast for peace The Most Reverend W. Shawn McKnight, Bishop of Jefferson City, is asking all parishes and Catholics to join in a global day of prayer and...

Decree of Appointments

The Most Reverend W. Shawn McKnight, Bishop of Jefferson City, hereby makes the following appointments to provide the most effective pastoral care of the Diocese of Jefferson City: PRIESTS REVEREND STEPHEN W. JONES, from Director...

A pilgrim prays on the steps outside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem's Old City Oct. 10, 2023. Pilgrims who were in Israel following a surprise terrorist attack by Hamas against civilian communities in southern Israel Oct. 7 lit candles and said prayers of peace at the church as fighting continued in southern Israel. (OSV News photo/Debbie Hill)

Oct. 17 — Let us pray and fast for peace

The Most Reverend W. Shawn McKnight, Bishop of Jefferson City, is asking all parishes and Catholics to join in a global day of prayer and fasting for peace on Tuesday, Oct. 17. All in the...

STEWARDSHIP

"As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God's varied grace." (1 Peter 4:10)

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All Christians are called to service by virtue of their baptism. The call to priesthood and religious life is heard at various ages and circumstances of life; God’s call is often incarnated through the words, example, and support of others.

Help us to awaken the call within those called to ordination or vowed religious life.