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 …
St. John Neumann School students show love by lopping off locks
With a drum roll from music teacher Jonathan Leichman, 21 girls at St. John Neumann School in Farragut on Jan. 29 continued a four-year tradition of donating their ponytails to benefit cancer patients. As the student body looked on in the gymnasium, parents and friends began snipping the locks, some …
Second annual Irish Bowl kicks off high school football
East Tennessee’s two Catholic football teams kick off their seasons tonight in Chattanooga when Notre Dame hosts Knoxville Catholic in the second annual Irish Bowl. The game kicks off at 7:30 p.m. Bishop Richard F. Stika and Sister Mary Marta Abbott, RSM, superintendent of Catholic Schools, will be at the …
Diocesan schools In-Service Day marks beginning of school year
By Dan McWilliams and Sedonna Prater Nearly 300 teachers and administrators from East Tennessee Catholic schools took part in the annual Diocesan In-Service on Aug. 8 at Knoxville Catholic High School. Bishop Richard F. Stika began the program with a keynote address in the KCHS gym. The day fell on …
Schools off to good start; Aug. 24-25 second collections for tuition assistance programs
The Diocese of Knoxville’s 10 schools are off to a successful start as the 2013-14 school year begins, and school leaders are hoping for a successful response to the church’s second collection for tuition support during Masses Aug. 24-25. Bishop Richard F. Stika celebrated the opening Mass on Thursday at …
Sacred Heart principal named to diocesan schools post
Sedonna Prater, who has served as principal of Sacred Heart Cathedral School in Knoxville since 2004, has been named director of curriculum and instruction for the Diocese of Knoxville’s 10 schools. The appointment was announced Jan. 7 by Bishop Richard F. Stika and diocesan schools Superintendent Sister Mary Marta Abbott, …
