Parish notes: Chattanooga Deanery

St. Jude, Chattanooga The St. Jude Star Tree program raised $7,950 in gift cards for clients of the Ladies of Charity of Chattanooga during December. The director of the Ladies of Charity, Jan Clark, reported that all of the requests made for gifts by their clients were granted. St. Jude …

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Memorial Health Care System Foundation will host the eighth annual Pink! Gala, an annual fundraiser for breast cancer research, on Saturday, Feb. 2, at the Chattanooga Convention Center. The $200 standard tickets include cocktails, dinner, and entertainment. Patron tickets are available for $250 and include a pre-party invitation, valet parking, …

Parish notes: Cumberland Mountain Deanery

St. Alphonsus, Crossville The Hats and Scarves group knitted or crocheted items for more than 700 people in the Crossville area during 2012. Donations of yarn and cash to buy more supplies are welcome. Cash donations can be placed in an envelope and put in the weekly parish collection basket. …

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Join the families and friends of the seminarians of the diocese in prayer at a holy hour for priestly vocations at St. John Neumann Church in Farragut at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1. Father Doug Owens will lead the Vespers service, eucharistic adoration, and benediction. Light refreshments will be served …

Parish notes: Five Rivers Deanery

Good Shepherd, Newport Good Shepherd Church will hold a parish retreat Saturday, Feb. 23. David Russell, a magician and author of Magi Theology and Bigger and Better and the producer of a series of CD’s, will conduct the day. He plans to show that just as the illusions of magic …

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There will be two Search for Christian Maturity retreats in the Five Rivers Deanery in February and March 2013. Search 43 will be held at St. Patrick Church in Morristown Feb. 15-17, and Search 44 will be at Notre Dame Church in Greeneville March 15-17. Availability is on a first-come, …

Parish notes: Smoky Mountain Deanery

Blessed John XXIII, Knoxville Blessed John XXIII Parish is participating in the Knox County Jail Ministry for Women, which was recently started in the area. Beginning on Wednesdays during Lent, there will be a lectionary-based service from 5:30-7 p.m. for female inmates at the Knox County Jail located at 400 …

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The Pope Benedict XVI Schola will present “A Candlemas Concert” to benefit the Ladies of Charity of Knoxville at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, at Holy Ghost Church in Knoxville. The concert will include Gregorian chant and choral works in Latiln and English by Palestrina, Purcell, Victoria, Byrd, Sheppard, Tye, …