St. Joseph School in North Knoxville has announced plans for a new wing that will serve as a library and technology center and is raising money to fund the addition. Sister Mary Elizabeth Ann McCullough, RSM, principal of St. Joseph, said the school hopes to break ground on the expansion …
St. Therese Parish hosts visiting archbishop
St. Therese Church in Clinton has served as host to a visiting archbishop of the Church, who celebrated Mass with Father Julius Abuh and the parishioners of St. Therese. The Most Rev. Dr. Augustine Obiora Akubeze, metropolitan archbishop of Benin Diocese and vice president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of …
Diocesan educators, students prepare for Catholic Schools Week
Catholic Schools Week in the Diocese of Knoxville will kick off Sunday, Jan. 26, at many parish schools with Mass and open houses. Superintendent Sister Mary Mary Marta Abbott, RSM, has been collecting information on all the events occurring in the diocese’s 10 schools. This will be her third year …
Rosary For Life attracts parishioners from across diocese
What looked to be a soggy Rosary For Life instead became a powerful witness for God and the sanctity of life Jan. 11 as a persistent downpour dried up when Cardinal Justin Rigali began prayer in front of Planned Parenthood’s East Knoxville clinic. Some 250 people from across the Diocese …
USCCB asks President Obama for exemption from fines over compliance with ACA law
By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops asked President Barack Obama to exempt religious institutions from fines related to health insurance requirements while legal challenges work their way through the courts. “The administration’s flexibility in implementing the (Affordable Care Act) has not …
Men’s Winter Conference 2014 set for January
Bishop Richard F. Stika will lead the Diocese of Knoxville’s Men’s Winter Conference 2014. Registration is now open for the conference, entitled “A Dialogue with Our Shepherd.” All men of the diocese are invited to attend the special day with our bishop on Saturday, Jan. 11 from 9:30 a.m. to …
Pope Francis named Time magazine’s 2013 Person of the Year
By Catholic News Agency/EWTN News New York — Time Magazine has announced its choice of Pope Francis for the 2013 “Person of the Year,” stating that he is changing the “tone and perception” of the Church. The announcement was made Dec. 11 on the Today Show. Reacting to the news, …
SHCS Heart to Heart Players present ‘A Christmas Carol’
If it’s the Christmas season, then it must be time for A Christmas Carol. And so it was Dec. 7 as Sacred Heart Cathedral School’s Theatre Arts Program staged the Charles Dickens classic at the Bearden High School auditorium. Sacred Heart Cathedral School’s Heart to Heart Players presented the holiday …
Bishops, priests gather in Knoxville for Louisville Province meeting
Bishops and priests from Tennessee and Kentucky convened in Knoxville Dec. 3-4 for a province meeting of the Archdiocese of Louisville. The province meeting was hosted by Bishop Richard F. Stika, who was joined by Bishops David R. Choby of the Diocese of Nashville, J. Terry Steib of the Diocese …
Blessed John XXIII Parish to offer Blue Christmas Mass
Special service open to all diocesan parishioners who are grieving or experiencing loneliness during holidays The Diocese of Knoxville will celebrate a special Christmas Mass on Dec. 24 for those who are alone, sad, or grieving during the holidays. The 8 p.m. Blue Christmas Mass will be celebrated at Blessed …
Bioethics at the center of diocesan seminar on health care issues
Advancements in medicine that have leapfrogged existing standard care practices, especially in reproductive science, are putting a premium on the view that “just because we could, doesn’t mean we should.” That was the assessment of Dr. Marie T. Hilliard, director of bioethics and public policy at the National Catholic Bioethics …
Diocesan Masses to have special collection for typhoon victims
East Tennessee Catholics are being asked to take part in a special collection for victims of Typhoon Haiyan, which struck the Philippines on Friday and left thousands dead and hundreds of thousands displaced. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, meeting in Baltimore, agreed on Nov. 11 to the special collection …