USCCB official Yohan Garcia is featured speaker during December retreat By Casey Keeley The Glenmary Home Missioners are a religious Catholic community of priests and brothers who establish Catholic mission parishes across Appalachia and the rural South. St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Erwin hosted the missioners during its annual …
The Eucharist impels us to mission
St. Michael the Archangel Parish hosts advent retreat led by USCCB’s Yohan Garcia By Theresa Nguyen-Gillen The Glenmary Home Missioners are hosting an advent retreat day on Saturday, Dec. 2, that is open to everyone in the Diocese of Knoxville, either in person or via livestream. The retreat, titled “The …
The Bread of Life
Eucharistic Revival events focus on Church teachings, increasing love of Christ By Emily Booker “This saying is hard; who can accept it?” (John 6:60) This was the response of many of Jesus’ disciples when He said He was the Bread of Life and that “whoever eats my flesh and drinks …
Eucharistic Revival gains momentum in diocese
UT-Chattanooga students participate in eucharistic procession on campus By Jim Wogan The Diocese of Knoxville is proving that there is more than one way to participate in the National Eucharistic Revival, a multi-year effort by U.S. bishops, who are inviting the faithful to a closer encounter and fuller understanding of …
Understanding the fullness of the Eucharist
Hundreds of faithful gather for Eucharistic Revival weekend at cathedral By Jim Wogan Bishop Ron Hicks laid out his motivation for last month’s visit to Knoxville in simple terms. “There are recent studies that are pretty devastating about what Catholics actually know about the Eucharist,” Bishop Hicks said. “Catholics don’t …
Fostering eucharistic renewal
Author, theologian Dr. Timothy O’Malley discusses Becoming Eucharistic People By Gabrielle Nolan The Diocese of Knoxville has begun its efforts to support the National Eucharistic Revival, which formally launched on June 19 on the feast of Corpus Christi. Two years of diocesan and parish renewal will culminate with a National …
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The Eucharistic Revival is underway — and you’re invited
Each parish and Catholic community is being asked to take part in celebrating love of the Eucharist By Deacon Jim Bello and Emily Booker Catholics across East Tennessee are invited to reflect and deepen their connection to Jesus in the Eucharist during the National Eucharistic Revival, now underway. The revival …
There will be no Eucharistic Revival without vocations
By Father Roger Landry National Catholic Register The center of the Eucharistic Revival, the three-year initiative of the Church in the United States, is obviously and appropriately the eucharistic Jesus — the root, center, source, and summit of the Christian life. But as the Church celebrated the patron saint of …
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Guild hosts first gathering for health professionals in diocese
Catholic Medical Association presents retreat on the Eucharist at diocesan Chancery By Gabrielle Nolan Sister Mary Lisa Renfer had been considering starting a local Catholic Medical Association guild for some time. “As I’ve gotten to know different people in the medical community, I’ve been asking them about it,” said the …
