The mobile medical clinic now serves the Pigeon Forge community at a ‘new oasis’: Holy Cross Church By Gabrielle Nolan Since its opening 10 years ago, the St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic continues to grow and expand its reach to the medically uninsured in East Tennessee. On Sept. 11, the clinic …
Evangelization new and old
Holy Cross Parish’s faithful outreach is attracting Catholics and non-Catholics By Bill Brewer The Church in East Tennessee is larger by a dozen new Catholics who officially became members of Holy Cross Parish in Pigeon Forge on Aug. 25. Father David Mary Engo celebrated the Mass that featured the sacraments …
Funeral Mass for Fred Eckstein
A funeral Mass for Fred Eckstein was held on Oct. 15 at Holy Cross Church in Pigeon Forge, with Father Ron Stone serving as the celebrant. Mr. Eckstein, who died on Oct. 9 at the age of 66, was the seventh child of the late Charles and Edna Eckstein. He …
Reaching out from ground zero
St. Mary Parish escaped the firestorm, and reaches out to help those who did not By Bill Brewer Photography by Stephanie Richer St. Mary Parish was ground zero in the wildfires that devastated parts of Sevier County on Nov. 28, 2016. And while flames reached to within yards of the …
Parishioner celebrates jubilee as Mardi Gras queen
Junie Baudin Bordelon, a parishioner at Holy Cross Church in Pigeon Forge, has celebrated the diamond jubilee of her selection as Mardi Gras Romany Queen in New Orleans. A native of Louisiana, Mrs. Bordelon attended St. Joseph’s Academy in Baton Rouge and LSU, where she was selected as the 1954 …
