News
Sept. 9, 2019
Bishop’s messages
Save the Date: The Diocese of Jefferson City anticipates an ordination Mass for diaconal candidates from our Hispanic community on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019 at 2 p.m. at the Cathedral of St. Joseph. A reception will follow the ordination.
FOR PRIESTS ONLY:
Msgr. Greg Higley has asked for assistance in the Hospitality Room during the upcoming Priests’ Institute. He writes: “I would be grateful if some of you would donate your time to play ‘host’ during one of the afternoon or evening sessions, which are roughly 5-5:45 p.m. or 8:30-10 p.m., Oct. 7-10. Please get in touch with me at glh@sgs-hermann.com or 573-469-5900 and let me know if or how you can lend a helping hand. The job of the host is basically: go to the Hospitality Room a few minutes earlier and check to see if the ice has been refreshed and drink glasses have been refreshed, and snacks are put out. Then you keep an eye out for anything that needs refreshing or replenishing — snacks, beverages, ice, water, etc. — during the time of fellowship. Piece of cake!!! So please get in touch with me at the above contact info.”
All priests are invited to the annual social and dinner hosted by St. Andrew 50+ Club on Oct. 17, beginning at 6 p.m., at Veit Hall, St. Andrew Parish, Holt Summit. You may rsvp at standrew@embarqmail.com or 573-896-5010.
Please use this bulletin announcement and graphic to promote the Missouri Catholic Conference’s Annual Assembly, which will be Oct. 5 in Jefferson City. You can find more information on the MCC’s website and my letter of invitation and registration information is available here.
The Catholic Bishops of Missouri invite you to attend the Annual Assembly of the Missouri Catholic Conference on Saturday, October 5, in Jefferson City. Come learn about public policy from the experts who are involved in advocacy on a daily basis. The theme of this year’s gathering is “Raising the Next Generation of Catholic Advocates.” The event is free and includes lunch and childcare for children above four years of age. A youth track is available for students in middle school and up and includes a mock legislature where students can debate bills on the floor of the Missouri Senate. To register for the event, go to MOCatholic.org or call 1-800-456-1679. See you on October 5th!
As a reminder:
- Bishop’s prayer intention for September
- Breaking the Silence of Abuse – resources for bulletins and web. Also, please publicize upcoming Protecting God’s Children (Virtus) workshops.
Notices
The Office of Vocations is pleased to announce the return of the Seminarian Prayer Card and creation of a Seminarian Poster highlighting the seminarians of our diocese. Please click on the link below for more information. Thank you for all that you do to support and promote a culture of vocations! Please pray for an increase of vocations to the diocesan priesthood in our diocese.
The Diocese of Jefferson City Women’s Ministry Office invites you to gather your gal pals and join our newly formed diocesan-wide book club. Our first book is entitled, “girl, arise” and is written by Claire Swinarksi. This book promises to be “smart, witty, and fearless” with an invitation to “live boldly, love your faith and change the world.” Discussion questions will be available Oct. 1 at https://diojeffcity.org/womens-ministry/ or on our Facebook page, Jefferson City Diocesan Women’s Ministry. The book may be purchased through many outlets including Amazon, Barnes & Noble or Ava Maria Press. For more information, contact LeAnn Korsmeyer, Coordinator of Women’s Ministry, at 573-635-9127 or lkorsmeyer@diojeffcity.org.
As a reminder:
- Parishes are asked to publish in their bulletins the need for relief parents at St. Nicholas Academy. You can find the listing here.
- New job openings at the Chancery – please post!
- How to identify email and text scams.
- In the interest of time and accuracy, The Catholic Missourian has moved to a simple online process for submitting events for the Things to Do page. To have an event considered for publication in Things to Do and in the diocesan online events calendar, go to diojeffcity.org/event-listing and follow the directions. The process is straightforward and user-friendly. Events submitted for display advertising will be automatically included in Things to Do, as will items that have been previously submitted.
Upcoming events
Please consider promoting these events in your bulletins, other print publications, on your website and in other digital sites. Please use the description in our online event page (links provided for each event) for your print products. You may find more events on our diocesan website.
Protecting God’s Children workshops
The Catholic Church in the United States is committed to providing safe environments in all of our ministries and activities, especially those involving children and youth. One aspect of our commitment is that anyone who works with minors in our parishes, schools and other Catholic organizations in the Diocese of Jefferson City receive training. For a full list of trainings currently available, please visit our Virtus site and select “Jefferson City, MO (Diocese),” or go to our Events page and filter by “Protecting God’s Children.”
Come and learn about the Creighton Model FertilityCare System and the medical applications called NaProTechnology: Sept. 16 in St. James and Sept. 21 at the diocesan Chancery in Jefferson City. This is chemical-free reliable family planning to achieve or avoid pregnancy and to monitor women’s health, with medical applications that find the cause and treat it to make the woman healthy. Perhaps you are tired of taking the birth control pill for every reproductive problem or of having your daughters on this steroid for acne or cramps? Or being told that IVF is your only solution for infertility? In addition, these systems are totally in accord with Church teaching affirming that there is no conflict between faith and science – good medicine and Church teaching. Call 573-443-3470 for more information.
El movimiento RCC te invita a este evento de gracia y bendición para toda la comunidad Hispana de la diócesis y a todos los servidores del movimiento a participar de este evento de gracia y bendición. El evento será en Sacred Heart School en Sedalia. ¡Los esperamos!
Contacto: Moisés Sosa 660-346-7161.
Rosary Congress Oct. 5-11
Our Lady has instructed us to “pray with the heart.” To pray with the heart is a decision to set aside everything, to concentrate, and to persevere in a pure prayer. For the first time the Diocese of Jefferson City will join with many dioceses across the country for the Rosary Congress Oct. 5-11. Each parish can determine its means of participating to for healing in our Church, for more vocations, and for our country. Let’s set our parishes on fire with a mission of love and consecrate our hearts to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. For more information, visit www.rosarycongressusa.org or email marymarkway@embarqmail.com.
Are you or a loved one suffering from abortion? Find hope and allow God to heal your heart by attending a Rachel’s Vineyard weekend retreat. The last retreat of 2019 to be held in the Kansas City area will be Oct. 25-27. For more information or to register, contact Teresa O’Donnell at 816-679-4973 or rvkcmo@gmail.com (please note: you might have to check your spam folder for the guaranteed email reply) or visit www.rachelsvineyardkc.org.