Diocesan ministry bringing aboard partners to offer a full complement of health services for East Tennesseans By Emily Booker It’s often said, “It takes a village to raise a child.” But the need for a village doesn’t stop after childhood. Most everyone needs a village. And St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic …
Volunteers honored as SMLC marks 10th anniversary
St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic’s past, present, and future are part of celebration By Jim Wogan The St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic has logged thousands of miles and served hundreds of patients during its 10 years of healing the sick and uninsured in the Diocese of Knoxville. On Nov. 8, the clinic’s …
Driving the mission
Volunteer drivers answer call to get St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic where it needs to go By Bill Brewer There are a variety of ministries in which lay Catholics serve the Church. But when Mary Serbin and Randy Perrault answered the call, God had a slightly different path in mind for …
The Light of Christ
Catholic Extension considering St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic director for award The East Tennessee Catholic Sister Mary Lisa Renfer, RSM, DO, has been nominated for Catholic Extension’s Lumen Christi Award for her work extending the healing ministry of Jesus to the poor as medical director of the St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic. …
Catholic Medical Association guild taking shape
Diocesan group is growing in size, elects officers, chooses patron saint By Dan McWilliams The new guild of the Catholic Medical Association in the Diocese of Knoxville took a step forward with an April 13 meeting at the Chancery office in Knoxville in which new officers were elected and a …
St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic celebrates 10th year
Mobile medical van reaches milestone as it provides free health care in East Tennessee By Gabrielle Nolan A celebration took place in Crab Orchard on Feb. 28 as St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic celebrated a milestone in its history, 10 years in the making. For a decade, the clinic has extended …
St. Joseph JV boys hoops team raises funds for Legacy Clinic
By Allison Di Gennaro In December, while many children were dreaming of what they might receive for Christmas, the junior varsity basketball team at St. Joseph School in Knoxville was only dreaming about how they could give back. The JV team, composed of St. Joseph fifth-, sixth-, and seventh-grade students, …
East Tennessee volunteers
Bishop Stika, diocese recognize those who make the mobile medical clinic go By Bill Brewer By all accounts, volunteers are the lifeblood of the Diocese of Knoxville’s mobile medical ministry. They get the clinic to where it needs to be each day. They set up and take down the doctor’s …
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Guild hosts first gathering for health professionals in diocese
Catholic Medical Association presents retreat on the Eucharist at diocesan Chancery By Gabrielle Nolan Sister Mary Lisa Renfer had been considering starting a local Catholic Medical Association guild for some time. “As I’ve gotten to know different people in the medical community, I’ve been asking them about it,” said the …
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‘A match made in heaven’
Catholic Charities, St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic partner to provide health care in Scott Co. By Bill Brewer Catholic Charities of East Tennessee and St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic are partnering on a unique ministry that provides a shot in the arm to health care in Scott County, which has joined the …
St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic adding 2 locations
Church of Divine Mercy, Helenwood are newest sites for diocesan health-care ministry By Bill Brewer Tan Nguyen of Ho Chi Minh City and Brenda Jones of Cleveland have at least one thing in common despite being a world apart culturally. They both want to be a part of the St. …
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Catholic author includes St. JPII Mission in new book
Daniel Markham has traveled the United States to chronicle unique ministries for ‘52 Masses’ By Gabrielle Nolan Out of all the Catholic churches in the state of Tennessee, writer Daniel Markham chose to visit St. John Paul II Catholic Mission in Rutledge. One element in particular attracted him to the …
