A quiet moment before a Mass during the Christ the King Music Festival at St. Francis de Sales Oratory in St. Louis. #StLouis #Missouri #StLouisReview #CatholicStLouis

It was a taste of summer in the fall at sunset today as custard lovers flocked to the iconic South St. Louis Ted Drewes. An unusually high temp of 73 eclipsed the normal 56 degrees.

Journalism tweet: As a reporter, mostly writer, I’d like to say a thing about photojournalists. We gotta treat them like the equals they are in the creative process. They should be in the planning meetings early and often. The best work is made together, not as an afterthought.

The mission of photojournalism is to capture moments that represent the endless spectrum of the human experience. AP photographers across the world have spent 2023 doing exactly that. Here is some of what they found in 2023, in all its contradictions: bit.ly/3GHMnAo

The rising sun began to illuminate a stained-glass window as Mike and Mary Hardesty attended a Rorate Caeli Mass on Dec. 15 at Immaculate Heart of Mary in New Melle. More: archstl.org/honoring-the-b…

Some recent film photography. #filmphotography #StLouis #StLouisPhotography #stlphoto #StLouisphotographer #Kodak #Fujifilm

Santa Claus, portrayed by Steve Southard, pays a visit to 9-day-old William "Liam" Clairday on Dec. 20, 2018, at St. Bernards Medical Center's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in Jonesboro, Arkansas. #SantaClaus #Santa #fromthearchives

Some favorite 2023 moments from another year covering Catholic life in the Archdiocese of St. Louis for the St. Louis Review newspaper. More: archstl.org/st-louis-revie…   #StLouis #StLouisReview #CatholicStLouis #onassignment #MissouriPhotojournalism

Scenes from day one of #SEEK24 at America’s Center Convention Complex in St. Louis. More than 19,000 gathered in The Dome at America’s Center for last night’s opening Mass of the five-day conference which is hosted by @focuscatholic. archstl.org/the-great-priv…

Moments from eucharistic adoration on day three of #SEEK24 at The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis. More: archstl.org/seek24-keynote…

Hey ⁦Jacob Wiegand⁩ Abigail Buettner ⁦Teak Phillips⁩ ⁦Stephen Kempf⁩ ⁦St. Louis Review⁩ Very nice work!!!

St. Margaret of Scotland students had the opportunity to dress as a saint on Jan. 31 of Catholic Schools Week. Students dressed as saints, including St. Gabriel the Archangel, St. Teresa of Calcutta, St. Óscar Romero and others. More: archstl.org/-saints-in-the…

For those interested in photography, our St. Louis Post-Dispatch photo galleries have moved to this link. Feel free to bookmark. And thanks for supporting local journalism. stltoday.com/news/multimedi…

Father Andrew Auer laughed while eating dinner with University of Missouri students (from right) Olivia Evers, Julia Boessen and Abby Obert at Shakespeare’s Pizza in Columbia, Missouri. Read about Father Auer’s ministry: archstl.org/faith-on-campu…

Catholics in the Deaf community used American Sign Language while gathering for Mass at a chapel at St. Richard Church’s parish center in Creve Coeur. The Catholic Deaf Ministry’s signed Mass is celebrated at the location every Sunday. archstl.org/aca-signs-of-g…

Father Michael Lampe lit a paschal candle held by Deacon Neal Westhoff at the start of the Easter Vigil on Saturday at Immaculate Conception in Old Monroe. Eight new Catholics entered the Church at Immaculate Conception’s Easter Vigil. 📷: Jacob Wiegand

New England eclipses, dating back to the 1920s. The Boston Globe design by Ashley Borg. Picture editing by Leanne Burden Seidel

Solar eclipse viewers at Father John Dempsey Field in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, experienced two minutes and 46 seconds of totality where the moon completely covered the sun.

The Eucharist was carried by Father Peter Faimega during a Corpus Christi procession Sunday through Florissant, Missouri. The procession made its way from Sacred Heart Church through Florissant to the Old St. Ferdinand Shrine. More to come at stlouisreview.com.

Catholics gathered to celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Dec. 12 at St. Juan Diego Parish in O'Fallon. The evening included praying of the Rosary, roses placed in front of a statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mass in Spanish, food and dancing. 📷: Jacob Wiegand