What a month! April began with the holiest of weeks leading to Easter Sunday, but the celebration is just beginning. This month will go down in the annals of the Diocese of Knoxville as one of the most memorable since the diocese was founded when ground is broken on the …
The return of Thriveanooga
|
By
Bee Goodman
Chattanooga again hosts national conference for youth-ministry leaders By Bee Goodman Think about a conference. Some you remember may have been inspirational, but others may have been, well, boring. Now think about summer camp. Pretty great, right? What if you could attend summer camp as an adult but still get all the important resources from a conference? Now we’re talking. Finally, pack a bag for four days of a fun “conference” at Thriveanooga. Hosted at Hotel Clemons in downtown Chattanooga Sept. 22-25, ProjectYM invited Catholic youth-ministry leaders from across more than 60 U.S. dioceses to a fun-packed and educational event for those leading ministry for children of middle- and high-school age. Thriveanooga strives to create a fun environment but still allows the youth ministers attending to bring back things they learn to integrate into their home parishes. To begin the event, Bishop Mark Beckman celebrated Mass with the colorfully “tribed”... Read more →