Knoxville Carmelite Secular Community marks renowned saint’s 500th birthday with cathedral Mass celebrated by Bishop Stika The Knoxville Carmelite Secular Community of the Transfiguration hosted a birthday party for St. Teresa on Oct. 3, beginning with Mass at Sacred Heart Cathedral celebrated by Bishop Richard F. Stika. Father John Dowling, …
‘A joyful celebration’ at Our Lady of Fatima
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Dan McWilliams
The Alcoa parish holds a 75th-anniversary Mass and dinner to cap a yearlong series of events By Dan McWilliams Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Alcoa completed a Jubilee Year of celebration on Nov. 22 as it marked 75 years from its humble beginnings in 1950 to its thriving community of more than 1,500 families today. Bishop Mark Beckman joined host pastor Father Peter Iorio and a church filled with parishioners, visitors, and Our Lady of Fatima’s fellow Blount County church and community partners for a bilingual anniversary Mass and a dinner and program that followed at the Airport Hilton. The Mass was held on the vigil of the feast of Christ, King of the Universe. “Brothers and sisters, what a beautiful evening to gather to celebrate 75 years in which this community has lifted high the cross of Christ,” Bishop Beckman said in his greeting at the start of... Read more →