The East Tennessee Foundation Mount Rest Fund awarded Catholic Charities of East Tennessee’s Office of Immigrant Services with a two-year, $20,000 grant for assisting unaccompanied youth on their pathway to citizenship. The East Tennessee Foundation, for its 2023 Mount Rest Fund grant cycle, is directing its grant-making to support projects …
Gatlinburg parishioner installed as NCCW province director
Sevierville resident Amelia Sweeney was recently installed as the National Council of Catholic Women (NCCW) director for the Province of Louisville at the NCCW national convention in Salt Lake City. The NCCW acts through its members to support, empower, and educate all Catholic women in spirituality, leadership, and service. There …
Seminarian Gerald Stults is taking the first steps toward religious life
By Casey Keeley If you are a college-aged Catholic in the United States, then chances are you’re familiar with the name Father Mike Schmitz. For those less familiar, this priest is the campus minister at the University of Minnesota in Duluth and has a prominent online ministry. Father Schmitz works …
Change in leadership for diocesan youth ministry office
Brittany Garcia has announced that she is stepping down as the director of the Youth, Young Adults, and Pastoral Juvenil ministry for the Diocese of Knoxville to devote more time to her family. Mrs. Garcia served as the diocesan coordinator of the Pastoral Juvenil Hispana ministry from 2015-20 and was …
Notre Dame High School names Brian Gill as new athletics director
Notre Dame High School in Chattanooga announced that Brian Gill has accepted its invitation to serve as athletics director. Formerly the head age group coach and swim director at Baylor School in Chattanooga, Mr. Gill officially joined Notre Dame on Aug. 11. He will be responsible for the oversight of …
Sitting around: at the movies or an airport
Spending time with grandkids or waiting on a flight—we should enjoy the journey that is life By George Valadie One of the real pleasures in my life is going to the movies. Good or bad, long or short, buttered or plain, I’ll go see just about anything. At least I …
Ulster Project unites Northern Ireland, U.S. teens
East Tennessee families host Northern Ireland youth and see the bonds and friendships that form By Gabrielle Nolan Northern Ireland has a storied past of violence known as The Troubles, an ethno-nationalist conflict that lasted around 30 years from the 1960s to the 1990s. The population was divided, largely between …
Aleksandra Lipecki
Aleksandra Lipecki passed away peacefully in her sleep on Aug. 6 at the age of 98. Mrs. Lipecki was born on May 25, 1925, in the free city state of Gdansk, Poland, to Bonifacy Langowski and Bronislawa Kamrowska Langowska. She was the youngest of four siblings, with two brothers and …
All Saints’ Diaz leading Pellissippi soccer team
She’s ‘grateful for the opportunity’ as she becomes the first head coach for the new college program By Dan McWilliams Mariana Diaz Lopez of All Saints Parish in Knoxville is making an impact in local sports as the first women’s soccer head coach at Pellissippi State Community College as the …
Welcoming back students is FOCUS of UT group
Catholic young adult ministry is ready to assist those returning to college campuses By Bill Brewer College students across the Diocese of Knoxville were greeted back to campus in recent days as the new school year also begins for this age group. And Catholic centers at East Tennessee State University, …
Jean Fox
Jean Fox of Knoxville passed away peacefully in her sleep on July 30 surrounded by her family. She was 88. A funeral Mass for Mrs. Fox was held on Aug. 7 at All Saints Church. Born and raised in New Jersey, Mrs. Fox excelled at swimming at an early age, …
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Father Appiah’s ‘lei’ ministry
Diocesan priest and military chaplain marks 25th anniversary of ordination By Bill Brewer Father John Appiah is a priest on a mission, and he’s happy to share that duty with anyone, whether he’s in Hawaii or Turkey. The Diocese of Knoxville priest who is on assignment with the U.S. armed …
