Prayer Requests
Please share with us any prayer intentions or notes of encouragement for our seminarians. We will be sure to pray for your intentions as we gather for Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours. Thank you!
*All prayer requests are moderated before they are made public on our Prayer Wall.
You may add your prayer request to our prayer wall using the form below. Once your prayer request is received, we will share it according to your instructions. Feel free to submit as many prayer requests as you like!
Lisa LoPorto
Please pray for my neighbor, John. He had stroke yesterday and is in the hospital in Columbia, Mo. He and his wife were very kind to me when Larry was in the hospital.
Received: September 11, 2026
Concetta Hall
Please pray for my daughter Concetta Michelle to reconcile with our family and for her to know God.
Pray for Valerie who has breast cancer and will have surgery this Friday.
Pray for Becky who had throat surgery and is not doing well.
Pray for the sale of our home and for our move to go smoothly.
Received: September 7, 2026
Lisa LoPorto
Please continue to pray for my husband, Larry. He goes back to the vascular surgeon tomorrow for his arm. He had surgery August 13th to create a fistula for access to clean his blood during dialysis. He is depressed because his arm is really swollen.
Today is our 24th anniversary too.
Received: September 7, 2026
Péter Kakócz family
*Dear Kind Souls, Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ!* Please allow me to write to you with a broken but still hopeful heart. You may not know our names, but our pain is as vast as the sky. We are a family who has been living in suffering for a lifetime. We have no home where we can lay our heads. Our bodies are sick, our pockets are empty, and our hearts are tired from so much disappointment. The family ties that should hold us together have all been broken, and now we all cry alone in our own silence. We can no longer do anything else but fall to our knees and beg. Not for money, not for gold – we are only begging for a prayer. I ask you, dear Brothers and Sisters, to give us just one Our Father, just one prayer. Please pray for the little boy, who is now a grown man, but life has broken him: *KAKÓCZ PÉTER – 12.05.1987.* That he may find his path, health, and peace. Please pray for the Mother, who gave her life for us: *ÁRVAI TÜNDE – 12.25.1964.* That her body and soul may be healed, and she may never have to cry again. Please pray for the Father: *KAKÓCZ GABÓR – 04.21.1950.* That the Lord may lift the burdens from him and give him peace in his old age. And pray for us, that our family may become a family again. That love may replace hatred, healing may replace sickness, and a warm home may replace homelessness. I believe that if many people speak our names before God at the same time, He will hear us. Thank you for praying for us. Thank you for not leaving us alone in the dark. May God repay your kindness a thousandfold! With deep gratitude and tears: A mother, a father, and a son, who still believe in miracles.
Received: August 30, 2026
Lisa LoPorto
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Joe Kouba who passed away August 28th. He was a long time parishioner at Newman in Columbia., He was the former director of the music ministry.
Received: August 30, 2026
Lisa LoPorto
Please pray for my husband Larry.
He had vascular surgery August 13.
Pray that the fistula created will be usable for dialysis.
Pray for him as he is in the hospital today. I think he has food poisoning.
Received: August 22, 2026
Anonymous
My grandson , who was adopted from a Russian orphanage , his twenty four years old and has Asbergers Syndrome (a form of autism) , and has declared himself as "gay". He is in a Boy's home where there is moderate supervision. He also has access to a telephone and computer and has been online and is possibly being groomed by a man, who, I believe, is attempting to get him to leave the home and meet him. Please pray for his safety and for the right thing to do regarding authorities.
Received: August 16, 2026
Anonymous
Dearest Brothers and Fathers,
I am requesting your intercessory prayers for the complete healing of my brother Henry whose cancer has returned.
Please pray that his new treatment will work and future biopsy and other cancer tests will show all clear and that his heavy cough will cease.
Please pray to Mother Mary for her intercession on Henry's behalf for a full recovery.
Oh God, grant him life. We ask these in Jesus' name.
God bless you and may your lives be full of God's love and joy.
AL
Received: August 14, 2026
Vicki
Prayers for healing for my sweet Cat Companion Moses. He has been my comfort from God after the passing of my son and husband. St Francis of Asissi, Patron Saint of Animals, give Moses strength.
Received: August 10, 2026
Rosemary
Please pray for Bill G. who has been diagnosed with Cancer. Thank You
Received: August 9, 2026
Kathy
My nephew complains so much about his ailments. He was a 4x and brought a lot on himself! He’s 3x now which is better. He told me at 18 yrs old he didn’t want to work!!!!??? And, by golly, he hasn’t! He’s very capable believe me, he’s worked for me. Bill receives a small amount from social, another story but he’s very intelligent and capable. Pls st Joseph pray for and for me not to enable him to laziness
Received: August 8, 2026
Lisa LoPorto
Please pray for my husband, Larry.
He has surgery on August 13. Hopefully, Dr. Salinas can create a fistula for him for his dialysis.
Thank you always for your prayers for him!
Received: August 7, 2026
Liz
For a visit with my 3 adult sons next week which reflects Christ's desire that we live out forgiveness, love, and healthy affection and bonding so that we might be supports to each other, and a witness to the world.