Emily Booker

Purple Hearts Reunited

November 1, 2015

Chattanooga veterans finally recognized for meritious service in World War II with OLPH ceremony By Emily Booker Veterans Day had a different feel this year for Jim Dorris and Bo Cline. After 70 years, the parishioners of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Chattanooga officially received the Purple Heart medals …

WMOF a spiritual experience for all who were there

October 4, 2015

From papal Mass to Catholic masses, Philadelphia turns into the city of peace, humility and love By Emily Booker Whether priest or parishioner, Catholics traveling to Philadelphia for the World Meeting of Families – as well as those at home in the Diocese of Knoxville – were touched by witnessing …

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Lending a helping hand

October 17, 2025 10:41 am | By Emily Booker

St. Alphonsus Community Services provides assistance to those in need By St. Alphonsus Community Service Volunteers “Of all devotions, that of adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the greatest after the sacraments, the one dearest to God, and the one most helpful to us.”— St. Alphonsus Liguori In 1986, six ladies, led by Laura Brenn and Jane Aitken, established a food pantry in the basement of the old St. Alphonsus Church in Crossville. In the ensuing decades, the scope of St. Alphonsus Community Services (SACS) has broadened to encompass residents across Cumberland County. SACS’ community- service beginnings were small, and its facilities inadequate. In those early years, the volunteer staff quickly found itself running out of space. In the 1990s, the people of St. Alphonsus Parish undertook a fundraising campaign to build a new worship space. A suitable 37-acre parcel was purchased, on which stood a circa-1880 farmhouse commonly... Read more →