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A matronly voice shattered the stillness into 60,000 pieces.
“Viva Cristo Rey!” — “Long live Christ the …
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By Jay Nies
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8/2/24
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The thrill couldn’t get any better — or so Forrest Tucker thought.
As a longtime welder for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and as a talented sculptor, Tucker was honored to be asked …
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By John Shaughnessy, OSV News, Danville, Indiana
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8/2/24
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Eucharistic processions through town centers and the vast countryside echo the smaller processions that take place throughout every Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
In fact, they all harken back to …
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By Jay Nies
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7/22/24
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Presence, memory, food, sacrifice, communion, promise.
Eucharistic preacher Monsignor Joseph Malagreca fashioned those six themes into meditations on the mystery of the Holy Eucharist for …
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By Jay Nies
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7/22/24
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The wave of people split into two arms at the paved circle, embracing ever-more-tightly the burial place of Venerable Father Augustus Tolton and the temporary altar enthroning the Most Blessed …
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By Jay Nies
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7/22/24
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Late in life, when France’s once-wildly triumphant Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was in exile, he was asked to talk about the happiest day of his life.
“Without missing a beat, he …
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By Jay Nies
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7/22/24
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Mariah Van Leer can’t think of a better group to have grown up with.
“I am so grateful for these extraordinary people,” she said. “They have taught me some incredible …
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By Jay Nies
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7/22/24
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Priests, sisters and laypeople in the Tribal regions of India face numerous obstacles to sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ.
Yet, they continue doing it every day.
“There have been …
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By Jay Nies
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7/22/24
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Shrieks of little voices and the patter of little feet swelled across the great space of the Cathedral.
Then, Father Greivin Rodriguez stepped up to break open God’s word, and people of …
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By Jay Nies
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7/6/24
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Only through God’s work in past missionaries did it become possible for Father Joseph Luzindana to serve as a missionary priest in the Diocese of Jefferson City.
This makes him part of a …
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By Jay Nies and Annie Williams
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7/6/24
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By Jay Nies
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7/6/24
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The quest for a fresh encounter with God through classical avenues of truth, beauty and goodness can be enhanced by an unexpected detour.
So said Benedictine Father Pachomius Meade of Conception …
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By Jay Nies
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7/6/24
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After serving on the Board of Directors of Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri (CCCNMO) for three consecutive three-year terms, I must now step down from the board, as required by the …
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By Mike Maag
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7/6/24
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By Jay Nies and Jacob Luecke
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7/3/24
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This is a firsthand recollection by a priest who has been serving as chaplain of Fr. Tolton Regional Catholic High School in Columbia, home of the Trailblazers, since its founding in 2011:
I was …
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By Father Michael Coleman
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6/21/24
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Newer rites of grace prevailed over …
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By Jay Nies
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6/21/24
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Montgomery City native Sister Rosemary Brueggen has always loved Creation and working with people.
That’s how God led her into consecrated religious life as a Sister of St. Joseph of …
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By Jay Nies
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6/21/24
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The children soaked up the good news like arid soil absorbing the rain.
Some washed back up onto members of the mission team and sent them home …
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By Jay Nies
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6/21/24
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Pope Francis has bestowed special honors on several deacons in the Jefferson City diocese, for having “rendered special service to the Christian Faith.”
Bishop W. Shawn McKnight …
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By Jay Nies
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6/21/24
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Jennifer Hubbard remembers some advice she gave both of her children when they were learning to ride a bicycle.
“You steer where you stare.”
“For me, it’s one of the …
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By Jay Nies
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6/21/24
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