Come, And You Will See

The recent financial report from the 2022 National Religious Retirement Office indicates that our diocese donated $78,302.79 for the care of retired religious in the United States. I also received a letter thanking the diocese for the $49,263.69 collected for the...

“Who would Jesus execute?” That is the rather provocative title of the annual report put out by the Catholic Mobilizing Network, a national organization that works with Catholics and others to promote the dignity and value of human life and the abolishment of the...

Certainly education is not neutral in a Catholic school. We are called to be fully and unapologetically Catholic. We promote our faith, we promote our Christian anthropology, our belief in the body and soul and our ultimate goal of union with God.

The weekend of Aug. 12-13 had me driving from Springfield to El Dorado Springs and then to Joplin for the installation of new pastors: Fr. Tuan Van Nguyen, CRM, from the Congregation of the Mother of the Redeemer, in Carthage, is now the pastor of St. Elizabeth of...

As many of you know, “Traditionis Custodes” (“Guardians of the Tradition”) is an apostolic letter issued by Pope Francis to all bishops of the world motu proprio (“on one’s own initiative”). Promulgated on July 16, 2021, the letter concerned the use of pre-Second...

“In these days, it is our task to go to the foot of the Cross and stay with Jesus and Mary.”

Photo by Bruce Stidham, The Mirror   A caption caught my attention in the May 7-15 edition of Our Sunday Visitor, “How to make our Catholic parishes vibrant once again.” Although it highlighted the reality of disaffiliation of Hispanics with the Catholic Church,...

GettyImages Some 200 miles north of Springfield is the small town of Gower, MO, a population of about 1500. Outside the town, is a Benedictine convent, the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, who live a quiet life of prayer and work, following the Benedictine...

  Photo: Sikeston – Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church: Corpus Christi Sunday, Jun 11, 2023 The processional stopped in downtown Sikeston pausing across from the downtown park, for a brief Adoration, where an altar with a white table cloth, was set up for...

FACE TRIVIA NIGHT—Bishop Edward Rice joined members of the Notre Dame Regional Catholic High School Community for FACE (Families for the Advancement of Catholic Education's) Trivia Night in March. The event was held at Our Lady of Mt Carmel Regional Catholic School,...