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Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States, joins Bishop W. Shawn McKnight, Sister Kathleen Wegman SSND, interim executive director, and members of the Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri staff for a photo while touring the Catholic Charities Central Offices on May 4.
Apostolic nuncio tours Catholic Charities Central Offices
“It’s wonderful! I’m deeply impressed. It’s not just functional, it’s also beautiful.” Pope Francis’s official delegate to the Church in the United … more
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Participants in the CathedralGLOW celebration and vigil join in singing a closing hymn before processing out of the Cathedral of St. Joseph by candlelight the night before the substantially-renovated Cathedral was to be rededicated.
Families, young people well represented at CathedralGLOW vigil on eve of rededication
A light shone in the darkness, and it was wonderful to behold. The May 4 CathedralGLOW event drew hundreds of high school- and college-age teens, families with children, and curious adults of … more
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Joe Meystrik, Kevin Stiles and John Weber, who attended the Rededication of the Cathedral of St. Joseph, were altar servers at the Dedication Mass 49 years previously.
Cathedral rededication a moment of hope, recollection
The program from the 1974 Dedication Mass for the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Jefferson City called the altar servers “boys representing the various areas of the diocese.” Not quite. … more
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Edward Galbraith, Louie Delk, Charles Ochoa, Harvey Million Jr, Robert Czarnecki, Michael Dorrell, Chad Freie, Kenneth Arthur, Keith Henke, Dwayne Goodwin OFS, Osmaro de Leon, James Rangitsch Jr, Mark Oligschlaeger, Denis Gladbach and Brian Lutz gather outside the Cana Hall entrance to the Cathedral of St. Joseph April 28 before being admitted to candidacy, an important milestone in the five-year process of discernment and formation for the Diaconate.
15 men accepted as candidates for the permanent diaconate
April 28 marked an important milestone in the lives of 15 men of the Jefferson City diocese, as Bishop McKnight accepted them as candidates preparing to be become permanent deacons of the Church. … more
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Incense smoke ascends from the newly consecrated altar of the Cathedral of St. Joseph during the Rededication Mass on May 5, 2023.
Renewed, rededicated Cathedral is a symbol of and tool for deeper communion
“I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a Cathedral.” — Robert Louis Stevenson A … more
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Danielle Freie and her husband, Chad Freie.
Danielle Freie, diocesan wellness coordinator for priests, is answering a calling from God
Danielle Freie spent a year letting God convince her to try something new. She finally ran out of excuses. “I always tell people to follow what the Lord tells them to do, but I had … more
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Livestream links to be posted for rededication of the Cathedral; all invited to public events
Bishop W. Shawn McKnight invites people throughout the Jefferson City diocese to join in the public activities surrounding the rededication of the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Jefferson City. The … more
“CathedralGLOW” to offer up-close look at renovation
SCROLL THE ARROWS to see a list of related events. People who visit the Cathedral of St. Joseph the night before its rededication are in for an up-close, personal and intensely prayerful … more
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Renowned speaker Father Tony Ricard, pastor of St. Gabriel the Archangel Parish and campus minister at St. Augustine High School, both in New Orleans, entertains and uplifts the Catholic school teachers and administrators during his keynote at a March 10 teachers’ in-service in Columbia.
Catholic school personnel invited to seek Christ in every student
SCROLL THE ARROWS to see more photos from this event. Father Tony Ricard insists that everyone who works in a Catholic school is a theology instructor and promoter of the faith. “If … more
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Children of Our Lady of Lourdes School in Columbia welcome Monsignor Michael Flanagan, senior priest in service and former pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, back from the hospital on March 24.
“This is a resurrection!”: Msgr. Flanagan grateful for prayers
“May the Lord take a liking to you …” The priest smiled back and gave the rest of the old Irish salutation. “… but not just yet.” Monsignor Michael T. … more
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Father Gregory Oligschlaeger, pastor of Holy Rosary Parish in Monroe City and St. Stephen Parish in Indian Creek, joins Bishop McKnight in congratulating Dominican Sister Suzanne Walker with the Cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice papal award.
Purvis, Schepers, Sr. Walker given papal awards at Chrism Mass
Three individuals with long and distinguished ties to the Jefferson City diocese received prestigious honors from Pope Francis at this year’s Chrism Mass. The Mass was celebrated on April 4, … more
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Listening, discerning, strengthening relationships were focus of Bishop’s Chrism Mass message
CLICK HERE to see a gallery of photos from this event. Jesus gave us the Sacraments to help us be in right relationship with God and with each other. This is known as communion. “The … more
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Bishop: Jesus’s resurrection restores, heals, transforms all who believe
Jesus’s passion, death and resurrection brings about a new passing-over from darkness to light, from sinfulness to mercy, from brokenness to communion, from woundedness to healing and … more
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A new cross fashioned of Douglas fir rests atop a wood beam containing part of a major structural element of the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Jefferson City March 28 as the renovation and renewal of the Cathedral nears completion. An image of Jesus, sculpted in Germany, will be added to the cross before the May 5 Rededication Mass and May 7 public Open House.
Cathedral crucifix to highlight Jesus’s supreme sacrifice
Ian Byrne will reenact the crucifixion. Specifically, he’ll fasten an image of Jesus to the new sanctuary cross for the Cathedral of St. Joseph. “It’s a part of the project … more
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Father Patrick Dolan
Easter Collection: A priest on mission in northern Missouri
The Easter Special Collection that will be taken up in parishes throughout the diocese will benefit retired priests and retired members of religious congregations. A special envelope for this … more
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Sisters Suzanne Walker and Loretta Keller of the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill, New York, are part of the communities of Holy Rosary Parish in Monroe City and St. Stephen Parish in Indian Creek.
Easter Collection: Two sisters with deep roots in the community
Sister Loretta Keller and Sister Suzanne Walker, members of the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill, New York, are living in retirement in the Holy Rosary Convent in Monroe City. Sr. Suzanne grew up in … more
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This image of St. Joseph and symbols of various names for him in the Litany of St. Joseph will be used to create a bronze relief tympanum over the entrance to the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Jefferson City.
Bronze relief of St. Joseph being cast for new Cathedral portico
“If Mary was the aura preceding the Diving Sun, Joseph was the horizon illuminated by its splendors.” — St. Leonard of Port Maurice, an 18th-century Franciscan priest By Jay … more
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Barbara Prasad
Barb Prasad is highlighting, facilitating women’s ministry throughout the diocese
Barbara Prasad is eager to hand on what she’s been given. She wants all Catholic women to have the kind of fellowship and support she’s been able to count on through the best and the … more
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Pope Francis greets people during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 5, 2022. (CNS photo/Paul Haring).The Catholic Church is not selective: each one of its members is a.sinner and part of the holy, faithful people of God, Pope Francis said in an interview marking his 10 years as pope. Vatican News March 10 published excerpts of the interview with RSI, a Swiss radio-television broadcasting in Italian. The full interview was to be aired and available online March 12..Jesus asks that no one be excluded from his table, pope says
Celebrating a decade of change and renewal with Pope Francis
SCROLL THE ARROWS to see more photos. For a decade, even when discussing the internal workings of the Vatican, Pope Francis has insisted the Church is not the Church of Christ if it does not … more
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Bishop comments on the shooting of two police officers in Hermann
Bishop W. Shawn McKnight released the following statement in response to a March 12 shooting in Hermann that resulted in the death of Detective Sgt. Mason Griffith and injured Officer Adam … more
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