Archive for July 2019
“When women rise, the community shines”
“When women rise, the community shines.” That’s the tagline for a Lipton tea advertisement. The company is providing some of its sales revenue to a financial literacy training for 80,000 women in Kenya, where the tea is grown. The story is inspiring; it speaks of how Kenya women have joined together to provide a better…
Read MoreNew leadership team for Fr. Tolton Catholic High School in Columbia
Doug Callahan, Jill McIntosh, Gwenn Roche tapped as president, vice president and principal COLUMBIA — Bishop W. Shawn McKnight, bishop of the Diocese of Jefferson City, announced today the leadership team for the Fr. Augustine Tolton Regional Catholic High School. Doug Callahan, Scout Executive of the Great Rivers Council Boy Scouts of America, will serve…
Read MoreJuly 29, 2019
Bishop’s messages Thank you to everyone who joins with me each month in a prayer intention for our diocese. The August prayer intention is as follows: For the education of our youth in the faith. May parents and teachers share their knowledge with gentleness and patience, and may students thirst for knowledge of the things…
Read MoreMessage to St. Patrick, Rolla, regarding James L. Gummbersbach
Bishop W. Shawn McKnight This week we were informed by the Archdiocese of St. Louis that two priests who once served at St. Patrick, Rolla, have been credibly accused of sexual abuse of minors. They were assigned to St. Patrick before the Diocese of Jefferson City began in 1956 and when it was still part…
Read MoreFr. Dandi’s mission in the Philippines is healing bodies, souls
Each day, Father Donardo “Dandi” Bermejo asks God to “give me patients.” That’s because most who come to the medical mission he founded for some of the poorest and most marginalized people in the Philippines wind up also returning to Christ. “While they are being treated at the clinic, we always urge people to pray…
Read MoreVOICES IN THE VINEYARD: Contingency plans
Henry comes calling once and sometimes twice a week. Yes, he is always looking for something, mostly food or clothes and often money to pay his overdue rent. I try to limit my assistance, often with the rationale that I do not wish to create dependence. “It is alright for you”, he said, “You have…
Read MoreSandbagging filled prison resident with joy of serving God, others
When the rivers were rising, spilling over their banks and encroaching on homes, farms and businesses, people from all over Missouri stepped up to help. Men and women from four state prisons were among them, helping with sandbagging efforts in Clarksville, Norborne, New Franklin and Kimmswick. “It was an amazing, very humbling experience,” said Jean…
Read MorePrint edition of The Catholic Missourian now being sent to all registered households
Effective immediately, all registered households in the Jefferson City diocese will receive the print edition of The Catholic Missourian. The paper is published every other week, 26 times a year. Its content is a mix of local, diocesan, national and international news and catechesis, presented from a distinctly Catholic point of view. Bishop W. Shawn…
Read MoreMother and daughter from Centralia parish visited Notre Dame Cathedral just before fire
On June 15, after a two-month hiatus, Mass was celebrated in Paris’s historic Notre-Dame Cathedral. A handful of priests and worshipers donned hardhats for safety reasons as they worshiped in one of the cathedral’s side chapels. It was the first Mass offered on site since a fire devastated the building in April. Before that fateful…
Read MoreBishop thanks Missionaries of the Precious Blood for 137 years of service in Pettis County and beyond
There is wonder-working power in the Precious Blood of the Lamb. Witness the 137-year, symbiotic relationship between the Catholics of Pettis County and the Missionary Society of the Precious Blood. Priests of the society ministered for nearly 14 decades at Sacred Heart parish in Sedalia. They also served since the early 1980s at neighboring St.…
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