September 30, 2024
September 30, 2024
New
Welcome to the new Monday Morning Memo!
We are pleased to introduce a new look for the Monday Morning Memo. We hope you like the updated design!
The new Monday Morning Memo pulls events directly from our Diocesan Events Calendar. Going forward, all you need to do to have your event featured in the Monday Morning Memo is submit it to Diocesan Events Calendar (here's the link).
We welcome your feedback on the new design. Please share your thoughts with Jacob Luecke, Executive Director of Communications, at jluecke@diojeffcity.org.
Podcast: Talking about Stewardship — Service
The Diocese of Jefferson City is sharing a new four-part podcast series designed to help us deepen our understanding of the spirituality of stewardship as we approach the October Catholic Stewardship Renewal.
The fourth episode is now available, focusing on service. In this series, we will hear from clergy and lay people from across our diocese about what it means to be stewards of God’s gifts.
Notice of Appointments
I am pleased to announce that Most Reverend W. Shawn McKnight, Bishop of Jefferson City, has recently made the following appointments to provide the most effective pastoral care of the Diocese of Jefferson City:
PRIESTS
- REVEREND CESAR A. ANICAMA, from medical leave, to provide diocesan Mass coverage with residence at the rectory at St. Peter Parish, Marshall, effective 17 September 2024.
DEACONS
- DEACON JAMES F. HANKINS, appointed Parish Life Collaborator at Our Lady of the Lake Parish, Lake Ozark, effective 27 September 2024.
From the Office of the Chancellor,
Mr. Ben Roodhouse, JD, JCL
Chancellor
Survey: Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA)
Openings at Immaculate Heart of Mary Child Development Center
Immaculate Heart of Mary Child Development Center in Jefferson City has immediate openings for 2+ year-olds!
We also have a waiting list for infants to 2-years-old, which is moving quickly.
If you are interested in affordable childcare provided in a Christ-filled environment, please visit our web site at www.diojeffcity.org/immaculate-heart or call the Diocesan School Office at 573-635-9127.
Immaculate Heart of Mary Child Development Center exists to provide faith-based care and learning to the youngest of God’s children.
Get involved with Women's Ministry programming
Women's Ministry Fall Book Club Offerings are out. Consider hosting one at your parish for more info email Barb Prasad at bprasad@diojeffcity.org. Or join our groups at the Cathedral starting this october. All women are welcome!
Plus don't miss our quarterly group study!
Updated
2024 Catholic Stewardship Renewal
Update: New editable social media/bulletin graphics to promote CSR Weekend are now available at this link!
The theme for the 2024 Catholic Stewardship Renewal is:
“Without cost you have received, without cost you are to give.” Matthew 10:8b.
This verse comes from the Commissioning of the Twelve in Matthew 10:5-15. Jesus sends his disciples out to find and help the lost sheep, proclaiming ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ They are to “cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons.”
And why are they being called to do this? Because we were created in the image of God and are all called to be his hands and feet to love and serve the Lord using the gifts he has given us. Jesus sends his disciples to teach the way to salvation. Without cost we have received God’s love and grace. Therefore, we are also called to give to others without cost.
As we enter this season of Catholic Stewardship Renewal, may we each seek the Lord and discern how we can pray more, actively participate in the life of our parish families and the universal Church, and sacrificially give our first fruits to support the work of the Gospel. Commitment weekend for our diocesan Catholic Stewardship Renewal is October 19-20, 2024. Please visit the diojeffcity.org/stewardship to learn more or contact Patricia Lutz, director of stewardship at plutz@diojeffcity.org.
If your parish does not have its pastoral plan available on your website, please consider posting it as soon as possible so your small group members can access it. Please contact Helen Osman if you need assistance in this matter.
El tema de la Renovación de la Buena AdministraciónCatólica 2024 es:
Ustedes han recibido gratuitamente, den también gratuitamente. San Mateo 10, 8b
Este versículo proviene de la comisión de los doce en el Evangelio según San Mateo 10, 5-15. Jesús envía a sus discípulos a buscar y ayudar a la oveja perdida, proclamando: “El reino de los cielos está cerca.” Deben “curar a los enfermos, resucitar a los muertos, limpiar a los leprosos, expulsar demonios”.
¿Y por qué los llaman a hacer esto? Porque fuimos creados a imagen de Dios y todos estamos llamados a ser sus manos y pies para amar y servir al Señor usando los dones que nos ha dado. Jesús envía a sus discípulos a enseñar el camino a la salvación. Sin costo hemos recibido el amor y la gracia de Dios. Por lo tanto, también estamos llamados a dar a los demás sin costo alguno.
Al entrar en esta temporada de Renovación de la Buena Administración Católica, que cada uno de nosotros busquemos al Señor y discernamos cómo podemos orar más, participar activamente en la vida de nuestras familias parroquiales y de la Iglesia universal, y dar con sacrificio de nuestros primeros frutos para apoyar la misión del Evangelio. El fin de semana de compromiso para nuestra Renovación de la Buena Administración Católicadiocesana es del 19 al 20 de octubre de 2024. Visite diojeffcity.org/stewardship para obtener más información o comuníquese con Patricia Lutz, directora de Buena Administración Católica, al plutz@diojeffcity.org.
Women's Ministry Fall Events
Graphics are ready to start sharing ahead of our Women’s Ministry Fall retreat on November 1-2. Click here to download the graphics for your bulletin and social media. Help us get the word out!
Parishioners can register at diojeffcity.org/wm-fall-events-2024 or sign up to volunteer using this link.
Witness — Fall Youth Rally
Social media and bulletin graphics are now available!
The office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry invites the youth and families of the diocese to join us for our 2024 Youth Rally on November 3!
Our theme this year is ‘Witness’ based on Hebrews 12:1-2
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us…while keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus…”
We have special speaker Fr. Leo Patalinghug, and musical guests, The Vigil Project!
Cost for Youth is $10 each, but we will not charge for adults attending. *Youth must be accompanied by an adult (this can be one adult per group).
For questions email Maddie Gramlich, mgramlich@diojeffcity.org
Parishes As Communities of the Beatitudes
As Bishop McKnight encourages us in his pastoral letter, “Shaping our Future Together: Parishes on Mission Together as Communities of the Beatitudes,” our diocesan pastoral plan, Shaping Our Future Together, can deepen our mission as a synodal local Church along the themes of the spirituality of stewardship, co-responsibility and parishes as centers of charity and sanctuaries of mercy.
All are invited to join a small faith-sharing group to learn more about the Beatitudes (Matthew 5) and to share their love for their parish and their faith. The program is called Parishes as Communities of the Beatitudes. We are “leaning in” to the oft-expressed appreciation by our parishioners for the opportunity to share Scripture and faith in small groups, and we are providing the opportunity to parishes to use this to strengthen their spirituality of stewardship and their parish pastoral planning.
A toolkit for parishes which includes a guide for pastors, customizable graphics for bulletins and social media, and resources for leaders, is at diojeffcity.org/soft-pacotb, along with downloadable files of Parishes as Communities of the Beatitudes in English and Spanish. Printed copies of the small group material are also available from your dean or by contacting the Chancery.
Amendment 3 Resources
The diocese is sharing resources to help our parishes educate the faithful about Amendment 3, which would legalize abortion in our state. We now have Spanish translations available for the bulletin and social media graphics.
The diocese has also launched a page on our website dedicated to this effort. Click here to see our Amendment 3 page.
Please use these resources in your parishes:
- Bulletin and social media graphics (Now available in English and Spanish)
- Video message from Bishop McKnight (English version — Spanish version)
- Making Connections column from Bishop McKnight (English version — Spanish version)
- Podcast: Understanding Amendment 3
Bishop McKnight's October Prayer Intention
Bishop McKnight's prayer intention will be published at this link every month for easy access.
For a greater conversion of hearts to God who loves us so much; that in living the stewardship way of life, we may avoid any sense of entitlement in our relationships with God and one another.
Por una mayor conversión de los corazones a Dios que tanto nos ama; que al vivir el estilo de vida de la buena administración, podamos evitar cualquier sentido de derecho en nuestra relación con Dios y con los demás.
Upcoming events for bulletins, social media, etc.
Events in English
Eventos en Español
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