News

I am pleased to announce that the 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 MONSIGNOR ROBERT A. KURWICKI, appointed to the Board of Directors of the Samaritan Center of Mid-Missouri for a term of three years, effective 1 October 2024, and appointed to the Board of Directors of the Catholic Cemeteries of Jefferson City for a term of three years, effective 1 January 2025.
• REVEREND MATTHEW J. FLATLEY, appointed to the Board of Directors of the Samaritan Center of Mid-Missouri for a term of three years, effective 1 October 2024, and appointed to the Board of Directors of the Catholic Cemeteries of Jefferson City for a term of three years, effective 1 January 2025.
• REVEREND STEPHEN W. JONES, appointed to the Board of Directors of the Catholic Cemeteries of Jefferson City for a term of three years, effective 1 January 2025.

RELIGIOUS

• SISTER JEAN DETRICH, SSND, appointed to the Board of Directors of the Samaritan Center of Mid-Missouri for a term of three years, effective 1 October 2024.
• SISTER CATHY VETTER, CCVI, appointed to the Board of Directors of the Samaritan Center of Mid-Missouri for a term of three years, effective 1 October 2024.
• SISTER KATHLEEN WEGMAN, SSND, appointed to the Board of Directors of the Samaritan Center of Mid-Missouri for a term of three years, effective 1 October 2024.

DEACONS

• DEACON JOHN BEAUDOIN, granted faculties to serve within the Diocese of Jefferson City and assigned to St. Martin Parish, St. Martins, effective 25 October 2025.

LAITY

• MRS. MARY WINTER, appointed to the Board of Directors of the Samaritan Center of Mid-Missouri for a term of three years, effective 1 October 2024.
• MS. MARY MADELYN MERTES, appointed as a Young Adult Leader on the Youth Council of the Diocese of Jefferson City for a term of two years, effective 22 October 2024.
• MR. NATHAN RAYMER, appointed as a Young Adult Leader on the Youth Council of the Diocese of Jefferson City for a term of two years, effective 22 October 2024.
• MS. NORA SEEDORF, appointed as a Youth Representative for the North Deanery on the Youth Council of the Diocese of Jefferson City for a term of two years, effective 22 October 2024.
• MR. PETER LYSKOWSKI, appointed to the Board of Directors of the Samaritan Center of Mid-Missouri for a term of three years, effective 23 October 2024.
• MR. DOUG PORTING, appointed as a member of the board of directors of the Catholic Cemeteries of Jefferson City for a term of three years, effective 1 January 2025.
• MR. MARK KIEKHAEFER, appointed to the Board of Directors of the Samaritan Center of Mid-Missouri for a term of three years, effective 28 October 2024.

From the Office of the Chancellor,
Mr. Ben Roodhouse, JD, JCL
Chancellor