Diocese of Knoxville controller Shannon Hepp has been named chief financial officer, succeeding Deacon David Lucheon, who is retiring effective July 1. Mrs. Hepp was appointed by Bishop Richard F. Stika following an extensive search for Deacon Lucheon’s successor. Deacon Lucheon, who has served as diocesan CFO since July 1, …
Seeking God in abundant ways
UT-Chattanooga student joins others at event ‘yearning for what God was calling all of us to do’ By Maggie Parsons I joined 16,000 other Catholics in Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 1-5 for the annual SEEK26 conference to kick off the new year seeking what God had in store for me. The SEEK conference is put on by FOCUS, the Fellowship of Catholic University Students, whose goal is to keep college students alive for their faith while still balancing college life. I was invited to SEEK by the FOCUS missionaries at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where I currently attend. It was there that I was given the invitation to participate in the SEEK conference, and I became instantly interested. I traveled to Columbus with 20 other students from my school and our four missionaries. As I sat on the bus, I felt a sense of gratitude as I was surrounded... Read more →