Patrick Alexander McCabe passed away peacefully on Nov. 1 at the age of 65. A native Knoxvillian, Pat , who was the fifth of 10 children, grew up in the Bearden area and attended Knoxville Catholic High School before graduating from Bearden High School. His passion for gardening, starting at …
Victor Williams invested into the Order of the Fleur de Lis in Chattanooga
On Sept. 19, Victor Williams of Chattanooga was invested into the Order of the Fleur de Lis in Chattanooga. Commander Williams and his wife, Lady Elaine, are active members of St. Stephen Parish. Commander Williams is employed by Pomeroy, an information technology infrastructure company. Additionally, Commander Williams was the 2020 …
Jesus looks a lot like you and me
Wherever we go, we bring Jesus with us . . . so that, when others see us, they see Him By Bob Hunt Years ago, I attended an evangelization conference in New Orleans where the great Paulist priest and evangelizer Father Alvin Illig, CSP, spoke. Father Illig told us that …
This Advent, focus on presence, not presents
Rushing and readying stuff to look at and cling to does nothing to help us let Christ into our lives By Katie Prejean McGrady I ordered our matching Christmas pajamas in early October. Worried about supply-chain issues and shipping delays, I picked the Nordic blue print we liked best and …
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Holidays: it’s funny the things you remember
From Christmas at Grandma’s to midnight Mass viewed from the sacristy, memories abound By George Valadie I can recall it as clearly and vividly as just about any memory I have of Christmases past. It’s not particularly holy, nor would it ever make a good Hallmark movie. But it’s stuck …
Taylor Breeden, Mary Donahue earn the highest award in American Heritage Girls
Taylor Breeden and Mary Donahue, members of American Heritage Girls Troop TN0413 at St. John Neumann Parish in Farragut, received the Stars & Stripes Award on Nov. 7 during a ceremony at St. John Neumann School. The Stars & Stripes Award is the highest recognition available to an American Heritage …
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Catholic Charities relocates offices following fire
A fire inside the administrative building of Catholic Charities of East Tennessee at 119 Dameron Ave. in Knoxville will require the social services agency for the Diocese of Knoxville to temporarily relocate its office operations to 3227 Division St. According to news reports, the Knoxville Police Department responded to a …
Roof work begins atop Sacred Heart Cathedral
Work has begun to replace the roof on the Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. Cathedral rector Father David Boettner explained that the cathedral roof was designed and built with intentionally selected materials and construction methods that would last for many years; however, the roofing subcontractor did not …
2022 diocesan winter RCIA conference set
Fr. David Carter, Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul rector and a canon lawyer, to discuss marriage, annulments The Diocese of Knoxville Office of Christian Formation is holding a winter RCIA conference on Jan. 22 that will feature Father David Carter, rector of the Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul …
Two turtledoves
St. Gregory the Great: ‘The Mass will be a sacrifice for us to God, when we have made an offering of ourselves’ By Bishop Richard F. Stika This is a reprint of the October 2021 column He Dwells Among Us by Bishop Stika. Delivery issues at the U.S. Postal …
Our Lady of Fatima poet offers healing via prose to parents
By Claire Collins Megan Ulrich, a parishioner of Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Alcoa, is using her God-given gift of writing to shed light on and start more conversations about the realities of motherhood and parenthood — the things that are the most beautiful and the most challenging to …
Chattanooga hosts U.S. Catholic youth ministry convocation
Thriveanooga! event rejuvenates parish youth ministers, looks at ways to re-emphasize student outreach amid pandemic, cultural distractions By Janice Fritz Ryken “If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a parish to do youth ministry.” These words, uttered by Sister Thea Bowman more than 40 years ago, …