Bishop rededicates Notre Dame High chapel

Bishop Richard F. Stika rededicated the newly renovated chapel at Notre Dame High School on Oct. 4. The renovation of the chapel was a project envisioned by Father Augustine Idra, AJ, spiritual director at Notre Dame High School from July 2009 to January 2012. Funding for the project was realized …

Parishes, members join Catholic Foundation

Organization funds seminarian education, church land purchases By Dan McWilliams The Catholic Foundation of East Tennessee’s aims are to provide money for seminarian education and for property purchases in the diocese, and a beneficiary of each goal spoke to CFET members at the group’s annual dinner Oct. 14. A larger-than-expected …

Diocese’s Year of Faith begins with speaker series on Vatican II

The Year of Faith has started in earnest in parishes across the diocese as the faithful seek a closer relationship with God. Sacred Heart Cathedral launched its Year of Faith celebration Oct. 17 with the first in a series of discussions on the Second Vatican Council and its important documents …