Archive for January 2023
30 January 2023
Welcome to Catholic Schools Week! Please join us in showing support and appreciation for our Catholic educators and school staff as we celebrate all they do for our diocese.
In addition, this week we will mark World Day for Consecrated Life, as well as host a special Mass and lecture regarding the Catholic presence in the Holy Land.
For all this and more — read this week’s Monday Morning Memo!
Read MoreCatholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri to begin search for new Executive Director
During Dan Lester’s more than six-year tenure as executive director, Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri opened a new headquarters and food pantry in Jefferson City. He also helped grow the agency’s ability to act as a center of mercy, establishing new services for those need and greatly expanding the organization’s work with refugees.
Read More23 January 2023
In this week’s Monday Morning Memo, listen to the latest Podcast from the Diocese of Jefferson City. Three members of our clergy share how they crossed paths with Pope Benedict during his life. Hear how these experiences changed their lives.
Read MoreOfficial appointments
The Most Reverend W. Shawn McKnight, Bishop of Jefferson City, hereby makes the following appointments to provide the most effective pastoral care of the Diocese of Jefferson City: PRIESTS REVEREND…
Read MoreLove is central to the message of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a reminder that God has blessed all of us with the power to change the world for the better — and that power is love.
Read More16 January 2023
As we celebrate this holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., read a special message from Bishop McKnight. Plus get information about a newly-scheduled marriage encounter weekend on Feb. 11-12 in Jefferson City.
Read More9 January 2023
This week the Diocese of Jefferson City continues our observation of the Novemdiales — the nine official days of mourning following the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. A number of memorial Masses are scheduled across the diocese this week.
Read MoreLiving in awe of his many gifts
English: By Bishop W. Shawn McKnight English: The new year — with the season of giving still fresh in our memories — is an opportune time to reflect on the…
Read MoreDiocesan Pastoral Plan | Year Two Assessment
As the Diocese of Jefferson City enters the final year of “A Steward’s Journey: Our Call to Greater Communion,” the second year has been a time of change for all…
Read MoreMemorial Masses planned for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
Catholics across the Diocese of Jefferson City are invited to attend a memorial Mass for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who died on Dec. 31, 2022.
Pope Benedict’s funeral will be held on Jan. 5 in Rome. Following the funeral, our diocese and all Catholics will observe nine official days of mourning, called the Novemdiales.
Public memorial Masses for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI will be held during this time in our diocese.