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Sacred and southern

‘A High Lonesome Mass’ combines Mass settings and bluegrass style in joyful performance      By Emily Booker By the sound of it, you may not have been sure if it was a Catholic Mass, an old-time Protestant revival, or a Rhythm and Roots stage, but it was certainly a sound glorifying …

‘Heroic. Holy. Humble.’

Life of Fr. Patrick Ryan celebrated at Closing Session of Tribunal in sainthood cause By Gabrielle Nolan The Diocese of Knoxville is one step closer in the cause for beatification and canonization of Servant of God Father Patrick Ryan. The Closing Session of the Tribunal of the Diocese of Knoxville …

Elizabethton celebrates 100 years of Catholicism

St. Elizabeth parishioners unite for a church-wide feast and widespread reminiscing on the centennial   By Bill Brewer You’ve come a long way, St. Elizabeth. The patroness of Carter County’s only Catholic community surely is smiling as St. Elizabeth Parish in Elizabethton celebrates 100 years of Catholicism in the upper East …

Sister Mary Georgeanna Mankel, RSM

Sister Mary Georgeanna Mankel, RSM, died peacefully on Sept. 7 at the age 86. Sister Mary Georgeanna, who served as a Sister of Mercy for 69 years, was born on Nov. 2, 1936, in Knoxville. She was preceded in death by her parents, George Mankel Sr. and Willia Mankel, her …

Entering the gates of the Lord

St. Alphonsus Parish moves into its new church with thanksgiving By Dan McWilliams Archbishop Shelton J. Fabre extended his hand and said only five words to start his homily in the dedication Mass for the new St. Alphonsus Church in Crossville on Sept. 12, and the assembly erupted in applause. …