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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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.…
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