Behind the altar

Many people, a lot of hours go into planning an ordination Mass By Emily Booker It takes a diocese to elevate a bishop. When guests stepped into the Knoxville Convention Center on July 26 for the ordination and installation of Mark Beckman as the fourth bishop of the Diocese of …

Gracing Bishop Beckman’s ordination Mass

Many special guests attend Diocese of Knoxville’s historical liturgical celebration By Dan McWilliams The consecrating bishops were among a number of people taking part in the ordination Mass of Bishop Mark Beckman on July 26 at the Knoxville Convention Center. Archbishop Shelton J. Fabre served as principal consecrator of the …

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Bishop Beckman’s spiritual journey takes many trails

Diocese of Knoxville shepherd adopts new moniker: ‘Bishop of the Mountains’ By Jim Wogan Shortly after he was appointed as the fourth bishop of Knoxville, Bishop Mark Beckman adopted a new nickname. The “Bishop of the Mountains” wasn’t his idea, but he liked the sound of it, and he has …

‘The splendor of holiness’

Pontificals symbolize the key elements of a bishop’s office By Dan McWilliams With his ordination as the Diocese of Knoxville’s fourth shepherd come several important symbols of his new office for Bishop Mark Beckman. Bishop Beckman chose an episcopal motto, “Jesus Christ Yesterday Today and Forever,” in the weeks leading …

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‘Jesus is the reason for everything’

Bishop Mark Beckman shares stories of his youth, family, and vocation By Gabrielle Nolan In the 1800s, German immigrants fashioned oak high altars and made the clay bricks that stacked to form the neo-Gothic-style Sacred Heart Church in Lawrenceburg, Tenn. It was in this parish, more than 100 years later, …

St. Henry bids Fr. Beckman an emotional farewell

Diocese of Knoxville’s 4th shepherd receives many heartfelt well-wishes By Jim Wogan The parish community of St. Henry in Nashville gave its soon-to-be-a-bishop pastor an emotional and heartfelt farewell on June 30 at two Masses and receptions to honor his nine years of dutiful leadership there. “As I was walking …

Bishop Beckman ordained

Nashville priest becomes the Diocese of Knoxville’s new shepherd By Dan McWilliams The smile of a youngster assured Bishop Mark Beckman that everything would be all right as he processed into the historic ordination Mass that would make him the fourth shepherd of the Diocese of Knoxville. A gathering of …

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Thank you, Lord. Can we keep him?

A seminarian’s skill with the tetherball crowd hinted at greater things to come By George Valadie I first met the young man on the playground where I was principal. He and the other students were doing battle in a wild and woolly game of tetherball. He was older, though. Bigger. …

In thanksgiving to God

Diocese’s newest priests celebrate Mass where the seeds of vocation were sown Following their ordination to the priesthood on June 8, Fathers Bo Beaty, Danny Herman, and Michael Willey celebrated their first Masses at their home parishes, spanning the width of the diocese, from Jamestown, to Mountain City to Cleveland. …

Holy Spirit memorial Mass celebrated for Fr. Glennon

By Bill Brewer Fellow priests and deacons, friends, and loved ones gathered on June 20 at Holy Spirit Church in Soddy-Daisy to remember Father Bertin Glennon, ST, during a memorial Mass celebrated by Monsignor Al Humbrecht, pastor of Holy Spirit. Father Glennon, a longtime priest in the Diocese of Knoxville …

DOK submits results from latest Synod sessions

The diocese holds a second round of listening sessions in March to collect more input for the final phase The East Tennessee Catholic The Diocese of Knoxville on April 5 submitted results from a second round of listening sessions in the diocese for the Synod on Synodality, which is being …