Diocesan Home Campaign is building support for priests reaching retirement age By Jim Wogan Long before he was a priest in the Diocese of Knoxville, Monsignor Bill Gahagan thought he had made a deal with the Lord. It was 1959, and Monsignor Gahagan was a young man serving in the …
Pope Francis Charitable Trust Fund now assisting diocesan parishes
Home Campaign program makes first distribution of funds to 12 Church ministries that help communities By Jim Wogan It has been five years since the most ambitious capital campaign in the history of the Diocese of Knoxville began as a mission to strengthen and grow the Catholic Church in …
Basilica restoration is completed
Sts. Peter and Paul lifts the curtain on six-month construction project that ushers in the 1890s By Bill Brewer Four years of praying, planning, working, and paying for much-needed improvements to the Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul yielded dramatic results Dec. 23 when Bishop Richard F. Stika and Father …
Home Campaign recognized nationally
By Jim Wogan The Home Campaign, a diocesan effort to build and strengthen the Catholic Church in East Tennessee, has been recognized nationally for its success. The International Catholic Stewardship Conference presented the Diocese of Knoxville its 2016 Award for Excellence in a Capital Campaign at its annual conference in New …
Completing their mission: St. Michael the Archangel community working to fulfill dream of becoming parish
By Dan McWilliams God has performed many marvelous deeds for St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Mission in Erwin, and the story is not finished yet. The Unicoi County mission has now outgrown a second location, as it looks forward to the construction of a multipurpose building on its 12½-acre plot …
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 …
Home Campaign enters home stretch as Wave 3 gets underway
By Jim Wogan Diocesan parishioners have heard a lot about the 2016 Bishop’s Appeal in recent weeks. But for many parishes around the diocese the Home Campaign is getting equal attention. While the annual Bishop’s Appeal supports the lives of thousands of people each day through essential ministries, the Home …
St. Dominic approaches Home Campaign in a ‘very good spot’
By Jim Wogan The Home Campaign is well under way in the Diocese of Knoxville — with 34 parishes and mission churches now at various stages of participation. Early this year, 17 more parishes will join the campaign as Wave 3 participants. While the Home Campaign operates nearly the same …
‘We stand on the shoulders of many’
St. Thérèse of Lisieux Parish celebrates a century of Catholicism in Cleveland, looks forward to the future By Jim Wogan Long before the Diocese of Knoxville existed, back when the seeds of Catholicism were starting to sprout roots in the spiritual soil of East Tennessee, Father Paul Hostettler was helping …
Old Holy Ghost Church to get new life through Home Campaign
Past remains vital to parish’s future as proceeds from fundraising effort go to restore original building By Jim Wogan Holy Ghost Church is one of East Tennessee’s most identifiable Catholic landmarks and is a vital place for worship and fellowship. For nearly 90 years, the massive limestone structure and its …
Spotlight on the Home Campaign: a visitor’s generous gift
In each issue of The East Tennessee Catholic, important topics relating to the Home campaign will be covered. Since the launch of the campaign in September that will raise needed funds for parishes, priest retirement, charitable programs, Catholic education, and cathedral development, parishioners throughout the Diocese of Knoxville — and …
Cathedral kickoff event introduces historic plan to parishioners
Hundreds turn out for celebration marking the beginning of two-year construction project By Jim Wogan The first shovel of dirt hasn’t been turned yet, but parishioners at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus finally have a good idea of what their new home will look like when construction …
