By Bill Brewer Although the event is still more than a year away, Catholics around the globe are preparing for World Youth Day 2023. And the Diocese of Knoxville is part of that contingent. The world’s largest gathering of Catholic young people will take place Aug. 1-6, 2023, in Lisbon, …
World Youth Day ‘life-changing’ for diocesan pilgrims
Youth from East Tennessee among 3 million people who traveled to Poland to see Pope Francis By Bill Brewer As some 3 million pilgrims from around the globe descended on Poland July 26-31 for World Youth Day 2016, including a half-dozen from the Diocese of Knoxville, there was not a …
St. Joseph trio planning World Youth Day trip
While many teens are busy planning the next road trip with their friends to Panama City Beach or Daytona for the summer, three young ladies from St. Joseph Parish in Norris are planning for a pilgrimage to Krakow, Poland, in July. Rebecca McDonald-Harber, 19, Paley Perry, 17, and Sloan Perry, …