Francesca Follone-Montgomery lives a life of creative improvisation that has seen her write four books By Gabrielle Nolan Francesca Follone-Montgomery, OFS, likes to adapt the expression, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” “I say, make a lot of things: lemon cream pie, lemon cookies,” she laughed. “Whatever inspiration, be …
Parish ministries live out call of Laudato Si’
Pope Francis’ encyclical inspires East Tennessee Catholics ‘to achieve climate and ecological justice’ By Gabrielle Nolan “Care for our common home.” This phrase was made popular by Pope Francis in his 2015 encyclical Laudato Si’, in which the pope both encourages the faithful to practice good stewardship toward the …
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Seven Sisters Apostolate is praying for priests
Lay ministry dedicated to vocations is looking to expand its prayer group By Claire Collins Yvonne Kidder, a parishioner of St. John Neumann in Farragut, hopes to encourage other women to join her in praying for the priests of the Diocese of Knoxville through a national organization called the Seven …
‘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. …
KCHS students have medicine on their minds in new club
By Dan McWilliams Knoxville Catholic High School junior Andrew Dreiser has a strong interest in a medical career, and he has shared his zeal for that field with many of his fellow students by starting what has become the extremely popular Irish Medicine club. Begun in the fall, Irish Medicine …
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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 …
Walking with Purpose speaker leads evening of reflection
Catholic blogger helps celebrate women’s ministry at St. John Neumann Parish By Gabrielle Nolan Laura Phelps, a blogger and speaker with the women’s ministry Walking with Purpose, recently visited the Diocese of Knoxville for a Lenten evening of reflection at St. John Neumann Parish. Hosted by Regnum Christi, the evening …
Catholic Medical Association guild taking shape
Diocesan group is growing in size, elects officers, chooses patron saint By Dan McWilliams The new guild of the Catholic Medical Association in the Diocese of Knoxville took a step forward with an April 13 meeting at the Chancery office in Knoxville in which new officers were elected and a …
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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 …
Building the kingdom of Christ
Regnum Christi movement strives to grow its presence in the Diocese of Knoxville By Gabrielle Nolan Margaret Merrill believes that the Knoxville chapter of Regnum Christi came into being because of the Holy Spirit. When she moved to Knoxville, there was only one other woman in the area who was …
Fr. Patrick Ryan comes to life in new documentary
Movie focusing on the candidate for sainthood debuts at Notre Dame High School By Gabrielle Nolan The universal Church is about to become more acquainted with Servant of God Father Patrick Ryan now that a film exists depicting his life story. “Father Ryan: A Higher Call” shares the tale of …
