Ten youth teams from around the area play in the daylong lacrosse tournament at Knoxville Catholic By Dan McWilliams Catholic Charities of East Tennessee’s Pregnancy Help Center in Knoxville again benefited from the Knights Cup Lacrosse Tournament. The seventh annual event, held April 26 at Knoxville Catholic High School’s Blaine …
Bishop celebrates ‘profound’ Chrism Mass
More than 60 of the diocesan presbyterate join Bishop Beckman as he presides at the Holy Week liturgy By Dan McWilliams Bishop Mark Beckman participated in many Chrism Masses as a priest of the Diocese of Nashville, hearing his bishops receive the annual renewal of promises made by the presbyterate …
‘Our birth into Christ’
Bishop Beckman celebrates first Easter Vigil at cathedral, welcomes 69 into Church By Gabrielle Nolan and Dan McWilliams The Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus welcomed new catechumens and candidates from ages 8 to 80 at the Easter Vigil Mass on April 19. Bishop Mark Beckman celebrated the …
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St. Dominic hosts fourth men’s conference
This year’s event draws 112 men from around the diocese and beyond for a day of talks, breakouts, and Mass By Dan McWilliams The fourth annual Appalachian Highlands Men’s Conference hosted by St. Dominic Parish in Kingsport on March 8 underwent a name change this year to reflect the wider …
Seventh Knights Cup lacrosse tourney set
This year’s event at Knoxville Catholic High features all youth teams in two days of competition By Dan McWilliams The annual Knights Cup Lacrosse Tournament features all youth teams from around East Tennessee in its seventh rendition this year. The two-day event is set for Friday and Saturday, April 25-26, …
In Mountain City, there’s a silver lining in every cloud
God sent His workers to help in disaster recovery By Dan McWilliams Father Jesús Guerrero, having been in Texas for a family event when Hurricane Helene’s flooding ravaged East Tennessee on Sept. 27, noticed one thing when he flew back in to Tri-Cities Airport in Blountville two days later. The …
Diocesan educators gather for in-service
More than 370 realize it was not ‘you who chose me but I who chose you . . . to bear fruit that will remain’ By Dan McWilliams Virtually every Catholic school teacher, principal, and counselor in East Tennessee attended the annual Diocesan Professional Development Day—aka in-service—on Feb. 18 at …
Chesterton Pearl Gala features ‘huge news’
Headmaster Zach Summers announces that Bishop Beckman has canonically recognized the school By Dan McWilliams The third annual Pearl Gala benefiting the Chesterton Academy of St. Margaret Clitherow on Feb. 15 featured the biggest announcement in the young Knoxville school’s history. Founding headmaster Zach Summers told the 100 supporters attending …
Bishop Beckman celebrates first Scouting Mass
Scouts of all ages attend the liturgy as well as a breakfast afterward that recognized adult leaders By Dan McWilliams When youth and adults in Scouting received awards from the diocese’s shepherd at the annual Bishop’s Mass and breakfast for them, they were being presented by a former Scout himself. …
‘We are growing’
St. Joseph the Worker is making plans for family life center and future By Dan McWilliams St. Joseph the Worker Parish in Madisonville is planning to build a new family life center as the community in Monroe County has outgrown its current spaces for office staff and ministries. The building, …
Catholic Charities rolls out ultrasound van
New mobile ministry offers life-giving prenatal care to mothers in need By Dan McWilliams Catholic Charities of East Tennessee debuted a mobile ultrasound van on Jan. 23 at its Pregnancy Help Center in Helenwood, allowing mothers to see images of their unborn babies—a service that most often leads them to …
SMLC growing in staff, outreach
St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic hints at new headquarters, mobile van in next year By Dan McWilliams The St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic has expanded its staff in recent months as it seeks to fulfill its mission of extending the healing ministry of Jesus Christ to rural East Tennessee. SMLC’s 40-foot mobile …
