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Love offering: St. John Neumann students donate hair to aid cancer patients

February 26, 2014

“I want to donate my hair because I want to make a tribute to my grandma and my neighbor and all others who were diagnosed with cancer.” “I’m in fourth grade and I am donating my hair because I want to give it to people who don’t have any from …

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‘Drawn to it’

June 21, 2026 3:57 pm | By Bill Brewer

East Tennessean illustrates book on life, martyrdom of Servant of God Shahbaz Bhatti By Bill Brewer Jordan Holt is accustomed to his artistic creations being embraced by youth and young adults. His artwork has been appreciated at comic conventions around the country. It never occurred to him at first that his most important work to date would have a dangerous undertone and be unwelcome in the country in which it is set. But that’s the reality of Blood & Water: The Life and Martyrdom of Shahbaz Bhatti, a book that Professor Holt has illustrated detailing the life and assassination of one of Pakistan’s most widely respected and popular figures. Professor Holt was unfamiliar with Shahbaz Bhatti until a chance encounter introduced the Lee University fine arts instructor to the martyr whose cause for sainthood is in the hands of the Vatican. His name is now on a new book about... Read more →

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