Signs – and side effects – of dwindling participation by high school students in the sacrament of confirmation have become all too real. More Catholic teens are opting out of confirmation instruction, swayed by considerable distractions facing all youth in today’s culture. As a result, the high numbers of young …
United as the hands and feet of Christ
Catholic Heart Workcamp returns to diocese to celebrate community and service By Maggie Parsons More than 250 campers attended the 15th annual Catholic Heart Workcamp hosted by the Diocese of Knoxville, welcoming people traveling from all over the country to say yes to serve the people of God in community with each other. The campers convened in Knoxville June 22-26. “I think you need to step outside your own backyard to experience it, to know how you can pour back into your own community,” said Annie Nassis, director for the Knoxville location of the Catholic Heart Workcamp and youth minister at All Saints Parish in Knoxville. Ms. Nassis described how participants in the camp must leave their home community to see how they can give back to their own community to the best of their ability. Catholic Heart Workcamp has celebrated 33 years of serving communities and growing in faith,... Read more →