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March 24, 2025

Upcoming Events Eventos en Español Employment Opportunities This week on social media Students share videos from their spring break pilgrimage Follow along as a group of college students from the Diocese of Jefferson City embarks...

Former priest is laicized

John Whiteley, former priest of the Diocese of Jefferson City, has been dismissed from the clerical state by Pope Francis. Whiteley was removed from ministry in 1991 following accusations of sexual abuse of minors. After...

March 17, 2025

Upcoming Events Eventos en Español Employment Opportunities New Podcast The Church and Immigration There have been many stories in the national media recently about our Church and its role in immigration into the United States....

March 10, 2025

Upcoming Events Eventos en Español Employment Opportunities New Celebrating renewal in Salisbury, Ewing The latest issue of The Catholic Missourian features stories about Bishop McKnight consecrating new altars at St. Joseph Church in Salisbury and...

March 3, 2025

Upcoming Events Eventos en Español Employment Opportunities New Preparing for Lent This week we enter the season of Lent, embracing a time of prayer, fasting, and penance as we prepare our hearts for the resurrection...

February 24, 2025

Upcoming Events Eventos en Español Employment Opportunities New Co-responsibility: The Christian way to make decisions in the Church The following is an except from a story in the Feb. 21 issue of The Catholic Missourian:In...

Decree

Click here to read the letter referenced in the Decree. Particular Law Implementing the Revised Order of Christian Initiation of Adults in the Diocese of Jefferson City Whereas, the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults...

Notice of Appointments

24 February 2025 I am pleased to announce that the Most Reverend W. Shawn McKnight, Bishop of Jefferson City, has recently made the following appointments to provide the most effective pastoral care of the Diocese...

Finding hope in the call to co-responsibility

As members of the Body of Christ, each of us receives a unique mission from God — a special calling that shapes how we live — and all the charisms necessary to fulfill our mission....

Rest in Peace — Fr. Michael William Penn

Please join us in praying for Fr. Michael Penn, a priest of our diocese, who passed away on February 14. The Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, February 21,...

Participate in the Sacred Music Consultation

Learn more and find resources about our diocesan-wide consultation regarding sacred music.

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Celebrate the Jubilee Year of Hope

Join us in preparing for the 2025 Jubilee! This holy year will invite the faithful to embrace the spirit of hope.

The Jubilee Year will provide opportunities to experience grace, including by participating in special Jubilee Masses or joining a pilgrimage.

Learn more about opportunities to get involved in our diocese!

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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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VOCATIONS

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.