Celebrating NDHS
JANUARY 21, 2026
By Dan McWilliams
Notre Dame High School commemorates 150 years of educating students
Notre Dame High School in Chattanooga couldn’t have picked a better day than Jan. 6 to kick off its 150th-anniversary celebration. That was the day in 1876 when four Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia Congregation in Nashville arrived—at the invitation of now-Servant of God Father Patrick Ryan, pastor of Read more...
Chattanooga panel votes in favor of basilica
JANUARY 21, 2026
By The East Tennessee Catholic
Planning Commission denies request for high-rise adjacent to historic church
A proposed high-rise development that would be built immediately behind the Basilica of Read more...
Bishop consecrates new cemetery
JANUARY 21, 2026
By Dan McWilliams
The diocese’s new Holy Cross Cemetery went from a construction site to holy ground on Dec. 20 as Bishop Mark Beckman consecrated the Read more...
Youth travel to SEEK conference
JANUARY 22, 2026
By Bee Goodman
Most people enjoy traveling, and among those many are young adults. Finally getting a taste of freedom, they enjoy taking a spring-break trip to Read more...
East Tenn. pilgrims recall Jubilee
JANUARY 22, 2026
By The East Tennessee Catholic
On Jan. 6, the feast of the Epiphany, Pope Leo XIV closed the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica, officially marking the end of the Holy Year and Read more...
How the Grinch stole Hattie’s hearts
DECEMBER 17, 2025
There aren’t any hearts two sizes too small in the third grade at St. Joseph School: only hearts three Read more...
A joyful celebration’ at Our Lady of Fatima
DECEMBER 16, 2025
Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Alcoa completed a Jubilee Year of celebration on Nov. 22 as it marked 75 Read more...
