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Behind the altar
AUGUST 16, 2024
By Emily Booker
Many people, a lot of hours go into planning an ordination Mass
It takes a diocese to elevate a bishop. When guests stepped into the Knoxville Convention Center on July 26 for the ordination and installation of Mark Beckman as the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Knoxville, they were eager to begin a new chapter in the history of the Catholic Church in East Tennessee. But it took Read more...
Bishop Beckman’s spiritual journey takes many trails
AUGUST 15, 2024
By Jim Wogan
Shortly after he was appointed as the fourth bishop of Knoxville, Bishop Mark Beckman adopted a new nickname. The “Bishop of the Read more...
Nashville priest becomes the Diocese of Knoxville’s new shepherd
AUGUST 14, 2024
By Dan McWilliams
The smile of a youngster assured Bishop Mark Beckman that everything would be all right as he processed into the historic ordination Read more...
Bishop Mark Beckman shares stories of his youth, family, and vocation
AUGUST 15, 2024
By Gabrielle Nolan
In the 1800s, German immigrants fashioned oak high altars and made the clay bricks that stacked to form the neo-Gothic-style Sacred Heart Read more...
SJN pays off school debt
JUNE 20, 2024
St. John Neumann School in Farragut held a note-burning ceremony May 17 to celebrate that its school Read more...
St. Patrick acquires land
JUNE 17, 2024
Parishioners join Haggard family in generous gift to the Church in Morristown. Through Read more...
In thanksgiving to God
JULY 17, 2024
Diocese’s newest priests celebrate Mass where the seeds of vocation were sown. Following their ordination Read more...
