A St. Louis monsignor elevated to lead the Church in East Tennessee The East Tennessee Catholic His episcopal timeline is measured in pages, not columns. As the longest-serving bishop of the Diocese of Knoxville, Bishop Richard F. Stika repeatedly said that he hoped to bring the Catholic Church of East …
Bishop Stika resigns
Diocese’s 3rd shepherd taking emeritus status into early retirement The East Tennessee Catholic Bishop Richard F. Stika, the Diocese of Knoxville’s third and longest-serving shepherd, has resigned. An announcement from the Vatican that Pope Francis granted Bishop Stika’s request to step down was made June 27 and then released by …
Bishop Stika announces retirement
Bishop Richard F. Stika, the longest-serving bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Knoxville, has announced he is retiring from the post he has held since 2009. “I recently sent a letter to the Holy Father, Pope Francis, asking him to grant my petition to retire as the bishop of …
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, KCHS alum, Cormac McCarthy dies
By The East Tennessee Catholic Cormac McCarthy, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and Knoxville native who graduated from Knoxville Catholic High School in 1951, died June 13. He was 89. Mr. McCarthy passed away of natural causes at his residence in Santa Fe, N.M., where he has called home for decades, …
Roseanne Patricia Wolf
A funeral Mass for Roseanne Patricia Wolf was held May 30 at Holy Ghost Church. Mrs. Wolf passed away May 20 surrounded by her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She was 86. Mrs. Wolf was born on Oct. 31, 1936, in Philadelphia. Not only was Mrs. Wolf a dedicated wife to …
Joseph Anthony Thie
Joseph (Joe) Anthony Thie, Ph.D., peacefully passed away May 23 at Parkwest Medical Center in Knoxville. Dr. Thie, age 95, lived a successful life in his career as an internationally known nuclear physicist and in his positive example of character, humility, faith, and humanity. Preceding Dr. Thie in death were …
So it begins: searching for a new used car
Driving disasters aside, a couple must learn to compromise and see other viewpoints By George Valadie WANTED – Retired husband in search of pretty cool used car. Seeking relatively low miles, a radio that can pick up the Braves at night, one of those adaptor things so I can listen …
Summarizing Christ’s eucharistic presence
There are four key aspects of it; ultimately, His presence in the Eucharist can only be discerned by faith By Father Randy Stice The transformation of the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ is both miracle and mystery, something that we can never fully comprehend. But …
‘The new covenant in my blood’
What did Christ mean by those words, and why does the covenant require His blood? By Father Randy Stice When Jesus gave the chalice to his disciples at the Last Supper, he told them, “This chalice is the new covenant in my blood” (1 Corinthians 11:25). This raises several questions. …
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The Church cannot accommodate the culture
The Catholic Church must challenge the culture with the truth of God’s revelation in Christ By Deacon Bob Hunt Whether it is justified or not, there is no question that Catholics who desire to reconsider or who even demand changes in some of the Church’s centuries-old teachings, particularly on moral …
Luke Smith leaves KCHS boys basketball program after one year
Knoxville Catholic head basketball coach Luke Smith is resigning his position as coach and personal finance teacher effective at the end of the 2022-23 school year. In his one season at the helm of the basketball program, Mr. Smith’s Fighting Irish team went 20-8 and was defeated in the state …
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A mother who raised problem-solving kids
Sometimes the children would take turns in being the ‘least happy child’ in the family By George Valadie I’ve never met the woman, though I’d like to. Her name is Sarah Joyce Stuart. And according to Google, my go-to source for most stuff I don’t know, she’s the one writer …