• Bishop Stika offers prayers for Ukraine
    Bishop Stika offers prayers for Ukraine
    February 24, 2022
    Please pray for the citizens of Ukraine who are living in difficult and dangerous times right now.  I offer my prayers that peace and freedom, which is rightfully theirs, return to them soon.
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  • Diocese of Knoxville responds to recent lawsuit
    Diocese of Knoxville responds to recent lawsuit
    February 23, 2022
    On Tuesday, Feb. 22, the Diocese of Knoxville, and Bishop Stika were named as defendants in a lawsuit filed in Knox County Circuit Court.
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  • KCHS’s Dunn, Smith named Gatorade Players of the Year
    KCHS’s Dunn, Smith named Gatorade Players of the Year
    February 22, 2022
    In its 37th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, Gatorade on Jan. 11 announced Devyn Dunn of Knoxville Catholic High School as its 2021-22 Gatorade Tennessee Volleyball Player of the Year and on Jan. 31 announced Keegan Smith of KCHS as its 2021-22 Gatorade Tennessee Boys Cross Country Player of the Year.
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  • St. John XXIII Parish volunteers assist refugees relocating to East TN
    St. John XXIII Parish volunteers assist refugees relocating to East TN
    February 18, 2022
    by Gabrielle Nolan
    Dozens of refugees come to East Tennessee each year through Bridge Refugee Services, the only resettlement agency for the area, with offices in Knoxville and Chattanooga.
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  • Essay contest entrants love their Catholic schools
    Essay contest entrants love their Catholic schools
    February 16, 2022
    During Catholic Schools Week, students from kindergarten through 12th grade in Diocese of Knoxville schools participated in an essay contest, writing on what Catholic school means to them and the impact of Catholic education in their lives.
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  • Bishop Stika on retirement of Archbishop Kurtz, appointment of Bishop Fabre
    Bishop Stika on retirement of Archbishop Kurtz, appointment of Bishop Fabre
    February 8, 2022
    Bishop Stika has issued the following statement on the appointment of Bishop Shelton Fabre to the Archdiocese of Louisville following Pope Francis' acceptance of Archbishop Joseph Kurtz's retirement.
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  • 2022 Bishop's Appeal for Ministries: Building Up the Church in East Tennessee
    2022 Bishop's Appeal for Ministries: Building Up the Church in East Tennessee
    January 28, 2022
    Your support helps train priests, deacons, and parish leaders, reveals Jesus Christ to others through religious education and the sacraments, and changes countless lives through the work of Catholic Charities. More than 7,000 generous donors support the Bishop’s Appeal for Ministries each year.
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  • Bishop's Appeal for Ministries: new name, same important mission
    Bishop's Appeal for Ministries: new name, same important mission
    January 18, 2022
    by Jim Wogan
    2022 Bishop’s Appeal, which assists vital ministries, begins with faith in the continued generosity of parishioners
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  • Sister shares love of woodworking with students
    Sister shares love of woodworking with students
    January 12, 2022
    Dominican Sister Maria Kolbe leads after-school woodworking club at St. Mary School in Oak Ridge.
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  • For a Synodal Church: communion, participation, and mission
    For a Synodal Church: communion, participation, and mission
    January 4, 2022
    Pope Francis' aim in the Synod is to involve the whole Church at the diocesan, national, and continental levels through a process of “listening and discernment” on the important theme of synodality: “For a synodal Church: communion, participation, and mission.”
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  • Catholic Charities plans to rebuild after arson fire
    Catholic Charities plans to rebuild after arson fire
    January 4, 2022
    by Bill Brewer
    The Diocese of Knoxville and its Catholic Charities of East Tennessee are determined to rebuild after an arsonist burglarized Catholic Charities’ administrative offices in North Knoxville on Nov. 28 and set the building on fire, doing severe damage to the one-level structure.
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  • St. Alphonsus breaks ground on new church
    St. Alphonsus breaks ground on new church
    January 3, 2022
    by Dan McWilliams
    St. Alphonsus Parish in Crossville took a major step toward its dream of a new church building on Dec. 3 as Bishop Richard F. Stika and parochial administrator Father Mark Schuster officiated at a groundbreaking ceremony.
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  • Watch: Christmas Midnight Mass at the Cathedral. Live Stream begins at 11:30 p.m.
    Watch: Christmas Midnight Mass at the Cathedral. Live Stream begins at 11:30 p.m.
    December 24, 2021
    Watch livestream of Christmas Midnight Mass at the Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus in Knoxville, Tenn. beginning at 11:30 p.m. on Dec. 24.
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  • St. Albert the Great Parish ministry serves Appalachian neighbors
    St. Albert the Great Parish ministry serves Appalachian neighbors
    December 22, 2021
    by Gabrielle Nolan
    For some children living in East Tennessee, the only Christmas presents they’ll receive each year are the ones gifted to them by charities and churches. And for St. Albert the Great Parish in North Knoxville, this reality is something that fuels its Corporal Works of Mercy (CWOM) ministry to give year after year.
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  • Father Joe Brando, beloved priest and military chaplain, dies at 79
    Father Joe Brando, beloved priest and military chaplain, dies at 79
    December 10, 2021
    Father Joseph Brando, a beloved priest of the Dioceses of Nashville and Knoxville, and a military chaplain who served in combat zones around the world, has died after a lengthy illness.
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  • Catholic Schools Raffle tickets on sale
    Catholic Schools Raffle tickets on sale
    December 5, 2021
    The Catholic Schools Raffle supports the ten Diocese of Knoxville Catholic schools and the Tuition Assistance Fund.
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  • Bishop Stika meets with CCETN staff, tours fire-damaged headquarters
    Bishop Stika meets with CCETN staff, tours fire-damaged headquarters
    December 1, 2021
    Bishop Richard F. Stika got his first look inside the heavily damaged Catholic Charities of East Tennessee headquarters in Knoxville and spent time before that visiting with CCETN staff and volunteers who are still coping in the aftermath of a fire there Sunday night.
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  • Investigators: Sunday night fire at Catholic Charities was intentionally set
    Investigators: Sunday night fire at Catholic Charities was intentionally set
    November 30, 2021
    Catholic Charities of East Tennessee has temporarily relocated its administrative offices and at least one of its ministries following a Sunday fire that has now been ruled as arson.
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  • Waiting for the Lord: Resources for the Advent Season
    Waiting for the Lord: Resources for the Advent Season
    November 28, 2021
    Advent is a season of preparation and penance, the beginning of the Church's liturgical year, and the season leading up to the celebration of Christmas.
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  • Local Knights carry on food-delivery ministry
    Local Knights carry on food-delivery ministry
    November 23, 2021
    by Gabrielle Nolan
    One man making a donation of household items has turned into a 20-year ministry with dozens of volunteers regularly delivering food to multiple ministries. The food delivery ministry at St. John Neumann Church in Farragut carries on the tradition of Ted Denning and brings food to the needy in East Tennessee.
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