Deacon DeGaetano pens book on Servant of God; cause takes important step By Maggie Parsons The cause for sainthood of Servant of God Father Patrick Ryan, whose ministry in the 1800s centered on Sts. Peter and Paul Parish in Chattanooga, is advancing as it takes its canonical journey to the …
Kay Antunes
Kay Dickey Antunes, age 73, of Knoxville, passed away peacefully on Nov. 4 at Sacred Ground Hospice House surrounded by her family. Mrs. Antunes was born on July 2, 1952, in Harriman to the late Paul and Josephine (James) Dickey. She graduated from Harriman High School, Fort Sanders Nursing School, …
Jeffrey Kerschner
Jeffrey “Jeff” Kerschner, 69, passed away peacefully at home on Oct. 30 in Lenoir City following a battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Kerschner was born on April 6, 1956, in Dayton, Ohio, to Robert and Marilyn Kerschner. He graduated from Ohio State University in …
‘Sharing joyfully at the Lord’s table’
Bishop Beckman consecrates the new altar at Our Lady of Perpetual Help The East Tennessee Catholic As the universal Church prepared to celebrate the feast of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception (Dec. 8) and marked the memorial of St. Ambrose on Dec. 7, the second Sunday of Advent, Bishop …
Humbly seeking the truth
Synodal participants invited to contemplate and rediscover mystery of Church By Jim Wogan for The East Tennessee Catholic If it wasn’t plainly evident that this “Synod thing” was facing headwinds in the United States before I arrived at the Vatican in late October, it became more so on my first …
Patricia Golden
Patricia (Norton) Golden of Knoxville passed away on Oct. 13 at home surrounded by her loving family. The youngest of 10 children, Mrs. Golden will be remembered as a wife, mother, aunt, and grandmother with an incredible zest for life. She was always the life of the party and was …
John Reiner
John Reiner, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, entered eternal rest on Oct. 12 at the age of 77. Mr. Reiner, who was born in Manhattan, N.Y., on March 6, 1948, grew up in Rahway, N.J. He is predeceased by his parents, Norman Place Reiner and Marion Karanicola Reiner. When …
Joseph B. Kirk Sr.
Joseph Billington Kirk Sr., better known as Pop Pop, lived from March 7, 1940, to Nov. 16, when he died on a Sunday morning at the same time he normally would have been celebrating the Holy Eucharist at the Lord’s table. Mr. Kirk is preceded in death by his parents, …
Holding on to, letting go of holiday visions
We all crave our Christmas traditions, even when they have to evolve By George Valadie “… while visions of sugarplums danced in their heads …” I’m 72 years old and still don’t have a clue about sugarplums. Wouldn’t know one if I saw one. Never ate one either, at least …
Diocesan youth take part in NCYC
Contingent from East Tennessee participates in national conference By Amanda Henderson Youth from across the Diocese of Knoxville joined some 16,000 Catholic teenagers and ministry leaders from around the country for the National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) Nov. 20-22. The three-day gathering invites high-school youth to encounter Christ through prayer, …
Carolyn King Susano
Carolyn King Susano, 88, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Nov. 1. Mrs. Susano was born in 1937 in Williamsburg, Ky., to Thomas and Edna (Siler) King, both of whom preceded her in death. Her family moved to Knoxville in 1946, …
Walter A. Clancy II
Longtime Knoxville businessman Walter Augustine Clancy II, who was a member of one of the Knoxville area’s oldest Catholic families, died in his sleep on Nov. 16. Mr. Clancy, of Clancy’s Service Stamp Co. in Knoxville, was born to John A. and Ellen Joy Clancy on Feb. 6, 1934, the …