The seventh-graders at St. Mary School in Oak Ridge received two guest speakers for a unique religion class Nov. 18. Promoted as a day to discover different faiths during the National Catholic Educational Association’s Discovering Catholic Schools Week, students had questions ready to go for two local clergy: Father Brent …
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Leading, learning, proclaiming leads to national award
St. Mary-Oak Ridge pastor Fr. Brent Shelton receives National Catholic Educational Association leadership honor By Bill Brewer Father Brent Shelton is both a student and a teacher, which explains his love for education. Catholic education in particular. Anyone who attends his Masses can attest to how the pastor of St. …
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Fr. Shelton named dean of Cumberland Mountain Deanery
Father Brent Shelton, pastor of St. Mary Parish in Oak Ridge, has been appointed by Bishop Richard F. Stika as dean of the Cumberland Mountain Deanery. Father Shelton succeeds Father Doug Owens, who serves as pastor of St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in Lenoir City and also as a vicar …
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Father Brent Shelton receives NAACP Community Service Award
Father Brent Shelton, pastor of St. Mary Church in Oak Ridge, has received the 2016 Community Service Award from the NAACP for his work with two other Oak Ridge pastors in promoting a “Community Matters” public forum. Father Shelton received the award from the Anderson County/Oak Ridge chapter of the …
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 …
St. Mary Parish in Oak Ridge leads Community Matters public forums
Father Brent Shelton joins pastors at neighboring churches in hosting town hall meetings aimed at bringing city together By Bill Brewer Black lives matter. Young lives matter. Police lives matter. All lives matter. As those mantras reached a crescendo around the country in recent months, the city of Oak Ridge …
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When should I be confirmed? Diocese considers changing the age to receive the sacrament
Signs – and side effects – of dwindling participation by high school students in the sacrament of confirmation have become all too real. More Catholic teens are opting out of confirmation instruction, swayed by considerable distractions facing all youth in today’s culture. As a result, the high numbers of young …
