Catholic young adult ministry is ready to assist those returning to college campuses By Bill Brewer College students across the Diocese of Knoxville were greeted back to campus in recent days as the new school year also begins for this age group. And Catholic centers at East Tennessee State University, …
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 …
SEEK22 regional event brings youth to diocese
Nearly 1,000 FOCUS students attend conference in downtown Knoxville By Gabrielle Nolan “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.” College students traveled to Knoxville to do just that for SEEK22, the annual winter conference hosted Feb. 4-6 by the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS). FOCUS …
‘What are you waiting for?’
FOCUS missionaries are changing lives by bringing the Catholic faith to university students By Claire Collins My sophomore year of college at the University of Tennessee, I was getting closer and closer to leaving the Catholic Church. While my Dominican Catholic education had convinced me of Jesus’ presence in the …
Chattanooga Serrans make $4,000 gift to FOCUS missionaries working at UTC
The Serra Club of Greater Chattanooga recently made a $4,000 contribution through the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) Catholic Student Center to support the evangelization efforts of FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students) missionaries who work on UTC’s campus. FOCUS is a Catholic collegiate outreach whose mission is to …
Fellowship amid COVID-19
FOCUS missionaries at UT-Chattanooga are working to evangelize in socially distanced ways By Bill Brewer As the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga watches 2020 end just as it began, with the coronavirus pandemic wreaking havoc on students and their course work, a small group of Catholic missionaries is fervently working to keep …
East Tennessee missionaries join FOCUS ministry’s campus outreach
The Fellowship of Catholic University Students, a national organization of Catholic missionaries that evangelizes to students on college campuses across the country, has again reached into the Diocese of Knoxville for assistance. Megan Ferowich, a Knoxville Catholic High School graduate who just completed studies at the University of Notre Dame, …
Being faithful and fruitful in the New Evangelization
Curtis Martin, the dynamic Catholic lay evangelist who founded the FOCUS missionary movement in the United States and abroad, delivered his unique brand of evangelization to the Diocese of Knoxville on April 18 as a featured speaker for the diocese’s Following Jesus Conference. Mr. Martin started the Fellowship of Catholic …
Missionary work is FOCUS of St. Mary Church parishioner
A parishioner at St. Mary Church in Oak Ridge will be converting her interest in a Catholic outreach program for college students into a fulltime stint as a collegiate missionary. Deidre Merrill, a graduate of Maryville College, will begin the new school year as a FOCUS missionary at Georgia Tech …
