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Home Blog Gatlinburg wildfires

Fleeing the flames on foot: At age 82, the Hullanders outran the Great Smoky Mountains firestorm

January 1, 2017

By Bill Brewer Rains have finally fallen on the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, offering much-needed relief to an area parched from months of drought and now scarred from the perfect firestorm. But the rainfall was a day late and several inches short for scores of victims of the fires, …

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‘It looked like Armageddon’: David and Debbie’s prayer-filled escape from the raging fires

January 1, 2017

By Bill Brewer Photography by Stephanie Richer David and Debbie Reed’s home in the Norton Creek area of Sevier County is hallowed ground. You don’t have to look much farther than the name the couple gave their property in 2003, “Bella Lisieux.” But just how sacred “Beautiful (St. Thérèse of) …

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Fr. Dustin Collins installed as pastor of St. Mary-Johnson City

February 11, 2021 8:22 am | By Emily Booker

Bishop Stika presides as diocesan priest becomes 24th pastor to lead Tri-Cities parish and school By Bill Brewer St. Mary Parish in Johnson City has a new pastor. And it’s the same priest who has been leading the parish since July 1, 2019. Bishop Richard F. Stika installed Father Dustin Collins as St. Mary’s newest pastor on Jan. 17 during a Sunday Mass. Father Collins becomes the 24th pastor of St. Mary since the parish’s founding in 1906. Father Collins was the 40th priest ordained for the Diocese of Knoxville in June 2012, and since then he has served as an associate pastor at Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Alcoa and St. Mary Parish in Oak Ridge. In 2019, Bishop Stika named him parochial administrator for St. Mary-Johnson City for an introductory period. “Today is very historic as I formally install Father Dustin Collins as pastor. Even though he... Read more →

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