Describing the Church’s new leader as a man of peace and prayer, Bishop Richard F. Stika spoke March 13 to the Knoxville media soon after Pope Francis was introduced to the world. Just as Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation was surprising, so was the relatively quick election of Cardinal Jorge Mario …
‘Building up a communion of love’
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Dan McWilliams
St. Patrick Parish Knights of Columbus mark 50 years By Dan McWilliams The Knights of Columbus from St. Patrick in Morristown celebrated their 50th anniversary this fall, and Richard Hidalgo has been there for the entire half-century of a council that has taken part in virtually every aspect of parish life and in the community at large. Mr. Hidalgo, 85, is the only surviving charter member among the 32 men who founded Joseph P. Doherty Council 6730 in 1975. Then-pastor Father Sterling McGuire asked Mr. Doherty, one of a few parishioners who had been driving to Knoxville to attend meetings of Knights Council 645, to address St. Patrick men about forming a council there. Mr. Doherty’s presentations over two weekends were so good that it motivated the 32 men to form Council 6730, Mr. Hidalgo said. “I was one of them. I was 12,” the charter member quipped. Bishop Mark... Read more →