‘A community of light’

Catholic Extension presents Lumen Christi Award; St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic is honored By Emily Booker Catholic Extension Society presented Sister Mary Lisa Renfer, RSM, medical director of the St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic (SMLC), with the Lumen Christi Award on Oct. 30. The award is Catholic Extension’s highest honor, given to …

Sr. Mary Lisa Renfer named Lumen Christi finalist

By The East Tennessee Catholic Sister Mary Lisa Renfer, RSM, DO, medical director of the St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic, is a Lumen Christi finalist for 2024. The Lumen Christi Award by Catholic Extension is given to people who “radiate and reveal the light of Christ present in the communities where …

The Light of Christ

Catholic Extension considering St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic director for award The East Tennessee Catholic Sister Mary Lisa Renfer, RSM, DO, has been nominated for Catholic Extension’s Lumen Christi Award for her work extending the healing ministry of Jesus to the poor as medical director of the St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic. …

Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus are Lumen Christi Award finalists

Sister María Imelda Quechol and Sister Eloísa Torralba Aquino, Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus “Ad Gentes” who serve in Chattanooga, have been selected as finalists for Catholic Extension’s Lumen Christi Award. The Lumen Christi Award is Catholic Extension’s highest honor given to people “who radiate and reveal …

Missionary Sisters nominated for Lumen Christi award

Sister Maria Imelda Quechol and Sister Eloisa Torralba Aquino of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus “Ad Gentes” have been nominated for Catholic Extension’s annual Lumen Christi Award for their service to the Hispanic community around Chattanooga. The Sisters, who serve an area of need that encompasses …

Lourdes Garza is named finalist for Catholic Extension Lumen Christi Award

Voting is now open to select 2013 ‘Light of Christ’ award winner Lourdes Garza, the Diocese of Knoxville’s Hispanic Ministry director, is among nine finalists for the 2013 Lumen Christi Award presented by Catholic Extension. It is the second consecutive year that Ms. Garza has been a finalist for the …