Bishop Richard F. Stika has announced that Mary Ann Deschaine, Ed. S., has accepted the position of superintendent of Catholic schools in the Diocese of Knoxville.
On April 12, students, clergy, and FOCUS missionaries celebrated evening Mass and then participated in a one-mile eucharistic procession on the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga campus.
Bishop Richard F. Stika has called to Holy Orders three transitional deacons to become priests of the Diocese of Knoxville at a Mass of Ordination on June 10 at the Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.