"What does God want me to be?"

“God draws you to the life choice in which you can become your best self.” Sister Susan Renner SSND was talking to a roomful of attentive students from all over the diocese. “We all have the same mission as Bishop Gaydos, as the Pope, as your parents, as your teachers,” she said. “We all carry it out in different ways...

A Visit With Our Bishop:
A mother's love

A while back, I received a very moving, and timely e-mail from an old friend — and a mother. It’s another one of those pieces from an unknown author with the request to pass it on. Needless to say, I couldn’t resist. It is entitled ...

“No Regrets”

Hermann students fast for Catholic Charities

For 24 hours near the end of Lent, seventh- and eighth-graders at St. George School in Hermann got a taste of hunger. They committed to fasting for an entire day. Praying, discussing, and putting nothing into their stomachs...

In the footsteps of Blessed John Paul II

“In this article, the pastor of Cathedral of St. Joseph parish in Jefferson City reflects on a 12-day pilgrimage he took to Poland earlier this year: Poland is 95 percent Catholic, and the Polish people take their religion seriously. Our first Mass in the capital...