Archive for August 2019
Train the young in the way they should go; even when old, they will not swerve from it. (Proverbs 22:6)
I was in high school when during the Christmas season, mom and I stopped by a resell-it-shop. Upon entering, I noticed a mother with two young girls trying on coats. …
Read MoreCallahan is new Tolton Catholic H.S. president
A Trailblazer is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent. “Extra emphasis on the reverent!” said Doug Callahan, newly appointed president of Fr. Tolton…
Read MoreCollection for Retired Religious to be taken up Aug. 17-18
The annual Retirement Fund for Religious collection will be taken up the weekend of Aug. 17-18 in parishes throughout the Diocese of Jefferson City. Coordinated by the National Religious Retirement…
Read More2019 Women’s Ministry Book Club
Ladies, it is time we step out of our comfort zone and offer our lives and daily works to Christ. LeAnn Korsmeyer is doing just that! LeAnn Korsmeyer, our Diocesan…
Read MoreRest in Peace, Sister Mary Eleanor Castle RSM
Shackelford native Sister Mary Eleanor Castle, 87, of the Sisters of Mercy, a former Catholic school principal in Marshall and Glasgow, died on July 22 at Mercy Villa in Omaha,…
Read MoreCreighton Model practitioner training at Catholic Center in Jefferson City
Phase I of the Creighton Model FertilityCare Practitioner Education Program will be offered from Sept. 7-14 in the Alphonse J. Schwartze Memorial Catholic Center, 2207 W. Main St. Jefferson City.…
Read MoreAug. 12, 2019
Bishop’s messages Please mark your calendars for the Missouri Catholic Conference’s Annual Assembly, which will be Oct. 5 in Jefferson City. This year, rather than breaking out into groups for…
Read MoreThe opioid crisis and addiction … offering hope and recovery
The diocesan moderator for spiritual formation offers the following reflections on the opioid crisis and the nature of addiction, and invites anyone affected by these things to attend a Sept.…
Read MoreTurn Your Eyes Upon Jesus
Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus “O soul, are you weary and troubled? No light in the darkness you see? There’s light for a look at the Savior, and life more…
Read MoreAn invitation to all correctional center employees
The following article about correctional center employees and the formation of a group offering them mutual support is by the diocesan vicar for ministry to the incarcerated: “I was in…
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