Sister Mary Georgeanna Mankel, RSM

Sister Mary Georgeanna Mankel, RSM, died peacefully on Sept. 7 at the age 86. Sister Mary Georgeanna, who served as a Sister of Mercy for 69 years, was born on Nov. 2, 1936, in Knoxville. She was preceded in death by her parents, George Mankel Sr. and Willia Mankel, her …

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Funeral Mass celebrated for Sr. Albertine Paulus, RSM

By Dan McWilliams The diocese said goodbye to the multifaceted, multitalented, indomitable Mercy Sister Mary Albertine Paulus on Oct. 31 as hundreds gathered at the Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus for her funeral Mass. Sister Albertine, founding director of the Office of Evangelization in the earliest days …

Sr. Albertine Paulus, long-serving diocesan religious, dies

Sister Mary Albertine Paulus, RSM, died peacefully on Oct. 23 at Mercy Convent in Nashville. She was 93 and had served as a Sister of Mercy for 73 years. Sister Albertine was preceded in death by her parents, Dr. Albert and Ella Paulus, and her brother, Jim Paulus. She is …

Funeral Mass held for Sr. Margaret Mary Turk, RSM

Sister Margaret Mary Turk, RSM, died May 9 at Mercy Convent in Nashville following a long illness. Sister Margaret, who was 86, served as a Sister of Mercy for 69 years. She was preceded in death by her parents, Matthew and Margaret Coleman Turk, and her siblings, Father Matthew Turk, …

Funeral Mass held for Sr. Maris Stella Mogan

Sister of Mercy served at St. Mary’s Medical Center, appeared with Peyton Manning in TV ads Sister Maris Stella Mogan, RSM, who served for nearly two decades at St. Mary’s Medical Center and helped launch Peyton Manning’s successful second career in advertising, died April 18 after an extended illness. She …

Mercy jubilarians celebrate a life of extending Christ’s compassion

Sisters of Mercy who served in East Tennessee among those marking 60-, 70-year anniversaries of entering the convent By Andy Telli The Tennessee Register They taught young children, cared for patients in hospitals, provided spiritual support for the sick and their families, conducted retreats, shepherded people into the Church, provided …

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Last two of original Sisters of Mercy retire

The Sisters of Mercy of the Americas have served in East Tennessee since coming to Knoxville in 1896  By Dan McWilliams The retirement of the last two Sisters of Mercy of the Americas in the Diocese of Knoxville ends a tradition of more than 120 years of the community’s service …

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Tennova closing former St. Mary’s Hospital

East Tennessee’s first Catholic medical center to be shuttered Dec. 28, longtime Sisters of Mercy to relocate By Dan McWilliams An 88-year-old tradition will end Dec. 28 when Physicians Regional Medical Center in North Knoxville, formerly long known as St. Mary’s Medical Center, will close its doors. The hospital’s owners, …

Sr. Mary Martha Naber celebrates 6th decade of healing ministry

Knox native has devoted her consecrated life to extending Jesus’ compassion and caring to people in East Tennessee By Dan McWilliams Sister Mary Martha Naber, RSM, mission representative at Physicians Regional Medical Center (the former St. Mary’s Medical Center), couldn’t help but be influenced by the Sisters of Mercy as …

Diocese of Knoxville dedicates St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic

After more than a year of planning and anticipation, the Diocese of Knoxville dedicated the region’s newest mobile medical clinic Sept. 11 during a ceremony attended by diocesan partners and community supporters. Bishop Richard F. Stika blessed the St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic, a 40-foot-long family doctor’s office on wheels, which …

Sister Mary Gretchen completing UT medical residency

by Heidi Wigdahl, WBIR Channel 10 A nun’s devotion to God has led her to Knoxville. Sister Mary Gretchen Hoffman is with the Religious Sisters of Mercy (R.S.M.). “Really the intensity of His love was such that I knew I had to respond and it couldn’t just be a little. …