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PHOTOS: African Thanksgiving Mass

11/20/2024
CLICK HERE to read a related story. More than 200 people, including four priests, celebrate Mass with African music and languages on Nov. 17 in Sacred Heart Church in Columbia. Father Roberto …

PHOTOS: Diocesan Youth Rally

11/7/2024
CLICK HERE to read a related story. About 250 middle-school and high-school teens, adult chaperones and young families attend the Diocesan Youth Rally at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Jefferson …

PHOTOS: Memorial Mass for Deceased Priests of the …

11/7/2024
CLICK HERE to read a related story. Priests of the Jefferson City Diocese join Bishop W. Shawn McKnight in offering a Memorial Mass for priests of this diocese who died since the founding of the …

PHOTOS: “Plating Grace” — Women’s Night Out

11/7/2024
Father Leo Patalinghug, a priest and professional chef known as TV’s “Cooking Priest” (PlatingGrace.com), prepares a meal for the women who attended the second annual Ladies’ …

PHOTOS: Bishop Michael J. Sis of San Angelo, Texas, …

10/24/2024
Bishop Michael J. Sis of San Angelo, Texas, whose ancestors helped establish what is now Shrine of St. Patrick Parish in Clark County,  Missouri,  offers Mass in the shrine on Oct. 6, …

PHOTOS: 100th anniversary Mass for renovated St. Mary …

10/23/2024
Bishop W. Shawn McKnight joins Father William Peckman — pastor of St. Mary Parish in Shelbina, Immaculate Conception Parish in Macon and the Mission of the Sacred Heart in Bevier — at …

PHOTOS: Salisbury St. Joseph School STEM Boat Races

9/26/2024
CLICK HERE to read a related article. Junior-high students from St. Joseph School in Salisbury test their waterfaring prowess and the seaworthiness of the boats they built out of reused …

PHOTOS: National Day of Remembrance for lives lost to …

9/26/2024
CLICK HERE to read a related story.  Father Christopher Cordes presides at a Mass to observe the National Day of Remembrance for lives lost to abortion, followed by an outdoor serve in the …

PHOTOS: Diocesan Rural Life Mass, Part 2

9/12/2024
CLICK HERE to return to the first gallery of photos. CLICK HERE to read a related story. Bishop W. Shawn McKnight celebrates the Jefferson City diocese’s inaugural Rural Life Mass the …

PHOTOS: Diocesan Rural Life Mass, Part 1

9/12/2024
CLICK HERE to see another gallery of photos. CLICK HERE to read a related story. Bishop W. Shawn McKnight celebrates the Jefferson City diocese’s inaugural Rural Life Mass the …

PHOTOS: All School Mass, first week of school in …

8/29/2024
CLICK HERE to read a related story. The students and faculty Our Lady of the Snows School in Mary’s Home attend their first all-school Mass of the new academic year on Aug. 15, the …

PHOTOS: Mass to remember 150th anniversary of Jesuit …

8/16/2024
CLICK HERE to read a related story. Members of and visitors to St. Francis Xavier Parish in Taos gather to Mass to remember the 150th anniversary of the death of Jesuit Father Ferdinand Helias, …

PHOTOS: St. Andrew Parish 50th anniversary celebration

8/16/2024
CLICK HERE to read a related story. Present and past parishioners of St. Andrew in Holts Summit gather with Bishop W. Shawn McKnight; Father Christopher Cordes, pastor; deacons and former …

PHOTOS: Eucharistic procession to Venerable Fr. …

7/24/2024
CLICK HERE to read a related story. Several hundred people pray Solemn Vespers with Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki of Springfield and retired Auxiliary Bishop Joseph N. Perry of Chicago in St. Peter …

PHOTOS: Sacred Heart High School Baccalaureate Mass …

7/22/2024
The 28 members of the Class of 2024 of Sacred Heart High School in Sedalia participate in their Baccalaureate Mass in Sacred Heart Chapel, followed by the school’s 80th annual Commencement …

PHOTOS: Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Picnic

6/21/2024
Members of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Columbia gather for their annual parish picnic after Mass in their recently completed parish pavilion the evening of June 13. (36 photos)

PHOTOS: Monthly XLT Adoration, Cathedral of St. Joseph

6/14/2024
About 170 Cathedral of St. Joseph parishioners and visitors from surrounding parishes take part in a monthly Holy Hour with Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament, with traditional and contemporary …