Knights award two scholarships to OLPH students

News from Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Chattanooga: Knights of Columbus Council 6099 awarded two Notre Dame High School scholarships to OLPH School students this year. Margaret Coles and James West were each awarded $4,000 in recognition of their academic achievements. The winners of the BVM Awards at …

Justin Brown triumphs at TRL’s oratory contest

Justin Brown, winner of the Knox County Tennessee Right to Life Oratory Contest, recently won the state competition and won the right to compete in the National Right to Life Convention in Dallas. Justin is a rising senior in the independent study program at Berean Christian School in Knoxville.

Catholic HEART Workcamp draws students to Knox

Nearly 300 high school and college students will be descending upon Knoxville to participate in a Catholic HEART (Helping Everyone Attain Relief Today) Workcamp on June 30–July 6. Teens will be performing community-service projects in the East Tennessee region by day. At night, they will be laughing, sharing, praying, singing, …

KCHS student receives West Point appointment

Reese Staley, son of Jim and Patrice Staley, has received an appointment for the class of 2017 at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. Reese on May 18 graduated from Knoxville Catholic High School, where he was a senior captain and a member of the Fighting Irish football …

Simpson of NDHS signs rowing scholarship

Lauren Simpson recently signed a national letter of intent in the John Varallo Athletic Center on the campus of Notre Dame High School in Chattanooga to become a new member of the University of Tulsa Golden Hurricanes rowing team. Because of her hard work both in the classroom and on …

Alcoa youth, KCHS student receives Eagle Scouting award

Thomas G. Norville, 15, recently received Scouting’s highest honor, the Eagle award, from the Boy Scouts of America. Thomas is currently a member of BSA Troop 20, which meets at First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Knoxville. His Eagle project benefits the students and staff of Eagleton Middle School in Maryville. …

Living the readings: A month of virtue

Great things are happening to us as power of God goes to work Some may be led to think that holiness is boring. They may claim that it is monotonous in that holy people do nothing but good. They define being good as avoiding evil. To reduce goodness to doing …

Second Fortnight for Freedom held June 21-July 4

WASHINGTON—The second annual Fortnight for Freedom will take place from June 21 to July 4, and will consist of national and local efforts to educate Americans on challenges to religious liberty both at home and abroad. As with last year’s Fortnight, the event will begin and end with a special …

Marriage enrichment: Advice on natural family planning

NFP Awareness Week occurs in July to raise awareness, help couples be pro-woman, pro-man, pro-child Each year I dedicate my July column to Natural Family Planning Awareness Week. NFP Awareness Week is sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and this year the educational campaign that goes along with …

Understanding the sacraments: Christ is always present

The Second Vatican Council and the liturgy The Year of Faith, which began on Oct. 11, 2011, and concludes on Nov. 24, celebrates the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council as well as the 20th anniversary of the publication of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. …

Notre Dame High School job posting

Notre Dame High School in Chattanooga is seeking a full-time library media specialist for the 2013-14 school year. The library media specialist will oversee the day-to-day operations of the Erickson Library Media Center as well as other activities that support the technical needs of the school. Candidates must be state …

Once upon a time: Following the Catholic Church in real time

Faithful now have almost instant access to developments as information dirt trail turns into a superhighway My, how times have changed!” Grandmothers say this to granddaughters as a preface to negative remarks about ladies’ fashion that follow. Fathers may preface some remarks about wonderful improvements in the whole arena of …