Faith-based book club grows in popularity, builds community by sharing God By Claire Collins Women of faith across East Tennessee are sharing in their love of reading and fellowship through Well-Read Mom, a national Catholic book club seeking to help women read good literature and ponder life’s most difficult and …
Diocesan educators gather for in-service
More than 370 realize it was not ‘you who chose me but I who chose you . . . to bear fruit that will remain’ By Dan McWilliams Virtually every Catholic school teacher, principal, and counselor in East Tennessee attended the annual Diocesan Professional Development Day—aka in-service—on Feb. 18 at …
Arline Bleier
Arline Stephanyne Bleier died on Feb. 2. She was 88. Ms. Bleier was born in Trenton, N.J., on Sept. 15, 1936, and was the only child of Stephen J. and Dorothy McElroy Bleier. Her family moved to Knoxville when her father went to work for Rohm and Haas Co. She …
Clareice D. Jenkins
With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Clareice D. Jenkins, affectionately known as “Mama Jenkins.” Mrs. Jenkins passed away on Oct. 8 in a Nashville hospital surrounded by her daughters, family, and friends. Mrs. Jenkins was born in Escatawpa, Miss., on June 17, 1934, and graduated from Magnolia High …
Chesterton Pearl Gala features ‘huge news’
Headmaster Zach Summers announces that Bishop Beckman has canonically recognized the school By Dan McWilliams The third annual Pearl Gala benefiting the Chesterton Academy of St. Margaret Clitherow on Feb. 15 featured the biggest announcement in the young Knoxville school’s history. Founding headmaster Zach Summers told the 100 supporters attending …
Catholic Day on the Hill
Tennessee bishops, students attend annual faith-based event at state Capitol By Katie Peterson / Tennessee Register The values of the Catholic Church were topics of discussion with several state legislators during Catholic Day on the Hill at the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville on Feb. 26. The three bishops of …
Louis H. Huber Jr.
Louis Henry “Louie” Huber Jr. of Knoxville passed away on Jan. 31 at the age of 84. Mr. Huber was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Agnes, brothers, Robert and Gene, and sisters, Mary Jane, Carolyn, and Rosalyn. He is survived by his brother, Jim, and sisters, Peggy, Dorothy, …
David and Rita Patterson
David Anthony Patterson departed the world he loved on Feb. 23, one day shy of his 95th birthday. Rita Ann Holtzapfel Patterson, his beloved wife of 72 years, left to join him the very next day, on Feb. 24, possibly because she didn’t trust the angels to bake him a …
Bishops’ letter on Appalachia marks 50 years
Pastoral addresses region’s social, economic, environmental needs By Emily Booker From St. Francis of Assisi’s Canticle of Creation, which celebrates 800 years this year, to Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’, which marks 10 years in 2025, the Church has a long tradition of promoting the dignity of the human person, …
‘Bringing the Gospel of life’
St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic, Catholic Charities form partnership By Gabrielle Nolan Two local Catholic powerhouses have joined forces to begin a life-affirming partnership that will positively impact the rural communities of East Tennessee. St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic (SMLC), a mobile medical clinic that provides health services to the medically uninsured, …
Saying yes, every day
More than 100 couples renew wedding vows during marriage Mass By Maggie Parsons More than 100 couples from across the Diocese of Knoxville gathered at the Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus on Feb. 23 to celebrate the sacrament of marriage and renew their wedding vows. The joyous …
Lent: A spiritual springtime
Practical thoughts on celebrating the Lenten season that is upon us By Bishop Mark Beckman Lent is the time each year when we are immersed more deeply in the mystery of Jesus Christ. During the course of the year, it is easy to lose track of what being a Christian …
