By Dan McWilliams The St. Joseph School varsity girls basketball team recently completed a perfect season, going 26-0 and winning the Knoxville Independent School League regular-season and tournament championships, each for the second straight year. The Lady Bulldogs defeated The King’s Academy Lady Lions 23-17 in the tourney championship game. …
KCHS hosting first Knights Cup Lacrosse Tournament
The event, taking the place of the baseball classic this year, will benefit child and family services provided through Catholic Charities By Dan McWilliams The first Knights Cup Lacrosse Tournament will be held Saturday, April 30, at Knoxville Catholic High School’s Blaine Stadium. The all-day event features a high school …
Houses are the rule at Sacred Heart Cathedral School
New student activity emerges from successful mentor program that connects upper and lower grades By Bill Brewer Sacred Heart Cathedral School’s sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-graders are setting up residence in four new houses thanks to a strategic plan being implemented by Principal Daniel Breen and the SHCS faculty. Dubbed “Matthew,” …
Memory of Sister Jolita at the heart of St. Joseph fundraiser to benefit students
By Bill Brewer In the 15 years since Sister Mary Jolita Hughes passed away, family and friends of the Religious Sister of Mercy, as well as supporters of St. Joseph School, have been keeping her memory alive through the Sister Jolita Supper and Sing-Along fundraiser. Now, as the fundraiser for …
St. Mary, Our Lady of Fatima projects have future in mind
Parishes taking part in Wave 3 of Home Campaign are thinking ahead as fundraising efforts take place By Emily Booker Being a lasting, engaged, and vital component of the community is a lot like farming: it all starts by cultivating the soil and planting seeds. As part of Wave …
The gift of sight
Bishop, cardinal, St. Thomas the Apostle parishioners form bonds with visiting children from Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos By Ashley Siferd Leave it to an endearing group of young people from El Salvador and their East Tennessee hosts to bring to life a key teaching of Jesus Christ. In early March, a …
Ladies of Charity grant from SMLF leads to freezer for critical food storage
By Bill Brewer If they come, you will build it. Susan Unbehaun and the team of employees and volunteers at the Ladies of Charity in Knoxville have put their own twist on the movie Field of Dreams and its memorable line, “If you build it, they will come.” Mrs. Unbehaun, …
NCYC gets rave reviews from DOK youth at conference
By Noah Goodson More than 23,000 youth from around the country, including the Diocese of Knoxville, journeyed to Indianapolis to experience the National Catholic Youth Conference. Held at Lucas Oil Stadium, NCYC is a biennial event intended to help Catholic youth develop a more powerful faith. It was held Nov. …
KDCCW convention to feature Fr. Leo Patalinghug, ‘The Cooking Priest’
NCCW official is keynote speaker for April 14-16 event at Holy Trinity Church in Jefferson City By Emily Booker Women in the Diocese of Knoxville attending the 27th annual KDCCW convention will have a full plate of topics to discuss, from prayer and cooking to international aid and combating violence …
After papal mandate, missionaries of mercy are sent out
Monsignor Humbrecht, Father Reed among those chosen by Pope Francis to preach, teach about God’s mercy By Catholic News Service More than 1,000 “missionaries of mercy” from all over the world have received a special mandate from Pope Francis to preach and teach about God’s mercy. About 700 of the …
Mercy & Mary Lenten Retreat: ‘God is giving us this time of mercy’
Bishop Stika, Father Michael Gaitley lead two-day event for hundreds from the diocese and beyond By Bill Brewer God spoke to Susan Akers, Laura Jones and Jenni Preuett on the feast of St. Joseph. They hoped He could, but they weren’t sure He would. The message they heard, however, …
He dwells among us: Walls of illusion
In this Year of Mercy, let’s tear down the walls of fear dividing us from God and neighbor By Bishop Richard F. Stika With the Easter season we again rejoice in the words, “Christ is Risen!” For by His death and resurrection, the walls of sin that separated us have …