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‘Bringing the Gospel of life’

MARCH 12, 2025
By Gabrielle Nolan
St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic, Catholic Charities form partnership
Two local Catholic powerhouses have joined forces to begin a life-affirming partnership that will positively impact the rural communities of East Tennessee. St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic (SMLC), a mobile medical clinic that provides health services to the medically uninsured, and Catholic Charities of East Tennessee (CCETN), a Read more...

Parishes see strong attendance at Ash Wednesday Masses as Lent begins
MARCH 11, 2025
By The East Tennessee Catholic
Catholics ushered in Lent on Ash Wednesday at churches across East Tennessee as they begin their annual journey to Easter, April 19-20. Read more...

Bishops’ letter on Appalachia marks 50 years
MARCH 12, 2024
By Emily Booker
From St. Francis of Assisi’s Canticle of Creation, which celebrates 800 years this year, to Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’, which marks Read more...

More than 100 couples renew wedding vows during marriage Mass
MARCH 11, 2025
By Maggie Parsons
More than 100 couples from across the Diocese of Knoxville gathered at the Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus on Feb. 23 to celebrate Read more...

Bishop experiences Catholic Schools Week
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
Bishop Mark Beckman was in impressive company during one of his most recent Read more...

‘Bring the love and forgiveness of Jesus Christ’
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
A team of East Tennessee men enters a local prison on a regular basis to bring the love of Christ to Read more...

Catholic Charities rolls out ultrasound van
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Catholic Charities of East Tennessee debuted a mobile ultrasound van on Jan. 23 at its Read more...