St. Mary-Oak Ridge ends 75th-anniversary year with a historical nod to parish’s next generation By Dan McWilliams Parishioners of St. Mary in Oak Ridge in 2043 will learn what life was like in 2018 when they open up a time capsule left by students and members of the parish …
St. Mary in Athens celebrates golden anniversary
Bishop Stika calls the active parish in McMinn County ‘a bright star in the history of our diocese’ By Dan McWilliams St. Mary Parish in Athens, which originally celebrated Mass in a funeral-home chapel, marked its 50th anniversary last fall in its modern building on Madison Avenue. Bishop Richard F. …
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Hospital community recognizes Mercy Sisters
Before St. Mary’s closes for good, staffers say goodbye to the community that founded the medical center By Dan McWilliams The St. Mary’s Hospital community bid a formal farewell to the Sisters of Mercy at an appreciation reception for them Dec. 16, only 12 days before the 88-year-old North …
A Chaplain’s Last Wish
Father Frank Brett, whose bequest will help Diocese of Knoxville students, will be buried with fallen chaplain brother By Dan McWilliams The legacy of Father Frank Brett lives on in East Tennessee after two of his nephews presented a check for $265,000 from the late priest’s estate to go toward …
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Sr. Mary Timothea Elliott marks 60 years of consecrated service
Co-foundress of the Religious Sisters of Mercy of Alma, Mich., is renowned as a Scripture scholar By Dan McWilliams Sister Mary Timothea Elliott, RSM, has been a professor in Rome, a retreat leader around the United States, and much more in her six decades of religious life. “In 60 years …
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Tennova closing former St. Mary’s Hospital
East Tennessee’s first Catholic medical center to be shuttered Dec. 28, longtime Sisters of Mercy to relocate By Dan McWilliams An 88-year-old tradition will end Dec. 28 when Physicians Regional Medical Center in North Knoxville, formerly long known as St. Mary’s Medical Center, will close its doors. The hospital’s owners, …
St. Bridget Church celebrates 50th anniversary
The parish’s church building turns a half-century old as nearly 400 join Bishop Stika at Mass By Dan McWilliams St. Bridget Parish in Dayton on Oct. 14 celebrated the 50th anniversary of its church building, a structure close to the heart of late Nashville Bishop and Dayton native Joseph A. …
Sr. Mary Martha Naber celebrates 6th decade of healing ministry
Knox native has devoted her consecrated life to extending Jesus’ compassion and caring to people in East Tennessee By Dan McWilliams Sister Mary Martha Naber, RSM, mission representative at Physicians Regional Medical Center (the former St. Mary’s Medical Center), couldn’t help but be influenced by the Sisters of Mercy as …
St. Mary-Oak Ridge marks 75th anniversary
The parish that was born in the Secret City in the ‘dark, dark hour’ of 1943 celebrates its milestone in style By Dan McWilliams In 1943, at the dawn of Oak Ridge, the Secret City of the Manhattan Project in World War II, a parish was born. Today that parish …
Seventh diocesan Ministries Day attended by 239
By Dan McWilliams The diocesan Ministries Day on Aug. 18 drew 239 people who share the Catholic faith to All Saints Church and Knoxville Catholic High School. The seventh annual event was open to parents and student youth leaders, coordinators of youth ministry, liturgy and ministry teams, RCIA teams, directors …
Holy Family Parish: ‘We burn this mortgage’ on center
Seymour faithful celebrate the end of their debt on their family life center, with Bishop Stika joining them for the occasion By Dan McWilliams Holy Family Parish in Seymour celebrated a doubly special accomplishment Sept. 16: the paying-off of the debt on its family life center and the burning of …
Climb for the cure
Stiles brothers climbing part of Mount Everest to promote awareness for a multiple myeloma cure By Dan McWilliams Two brothers who graduated from Knoxville Catholic High School and now work together for the Knoxville Police Department (KPD) are climbing to Mount Everest’s base camp in October to raise funds for …