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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.

Pope Francis’ encyclical inspires East Tennessee Catholics ‘to achieve climate and ecological justice’

The universal Church is about to become more acquainted with Servant of God Father Patrick Ryan now that a film exists depicting his life story. “Father Ryan: A Higher Call” premiered on April 15 at Notre Dame High School in Chattanooga.

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.

On Sunday, May 7, Bishop Richard F. Stika announced the new priest assignments.

Father Valentin Iurochkin led a procession of students from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, FOCUS Missionaries, and other clergy on April 12. 2023.

Jesus Christ invites us to return to the source and summit of our faith: his Real Presence in the Eucharist. This is the beginning of a sustained movement to bring hope to the hopeless and peace to our broken world through deep, personal, and shared experiences with our Lord, Jesus in the Eucharist. And you're invited!

The three bishops of Tennessee – Bishop J. Mark Spalding of Nashville, Bishop David P. Talley of Memphis, and Bishop Richard F. Stika of Knoxville – and the Tennessee Catholic Conference have included their names on a letter to Gov. Bill Lee and the Tennessee General Assembly urging passage of gun safety measures.

“We need to have an encounter with the true living God, Jesus,” Bishop Hicks said to more than 300 people at the Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. “He is real. He rose from the dead. He exists. He wants to know you.”

The Diocese of Knoxville's statement on a report issued by the Maryland attorney general's office on April 5, 2023.

Bishop Richard F. Stika welcomed more than 200 catechumens and candidates into the Catholic Church during Rite of Election services Feb. 25-26 at the Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.

The Chrism Mass will be celebrated Tuesday, April 4, at 6:30 p.m. at the Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus and live-streamed on the cathedral's YouTube page. 

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.

Hollywood filmmakers Veronica DiPippo and Marc Aramian will premiere their new award-nominated docudrama “Father Ryan: A Higher Call” during a special gala at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, April 15, at Notre Dame High School, 2701 Vermont Ave., Chattanooga.

The Chrism Mass will be celebrated Tuesday, April 4, at 6:30 p.m. at the Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus in Knoxville.

Celebrations occurred across several countries as the Diocese of Knoxville gained a new transitional deacon. On Jan. 22, Deacon Renzo Alvarado Suarez was ordained by Bishop Richard F. Stika at Seminario Hispano de Santa Maria de Guadalupe in Mexico City.

The circle is now complete. May the circle be unbroken. Knoxville Catholic High School senior Gigi Sompayrac put the finishing touches on that 360-degree journey on Feb. 1 when she signed scholarship papers to play tennis for Anderson University.

More than 350 Catholic school educators from the Diocese of Knoxville’s 10 schools gathered Feb. 21 at Knoxville Catholic High School to do something they haven’t been able to do in nearly four years — meet in person for an in-service session.

Dr. Timothy O’Malley returned to his home diocese to discuss his latest book, Becoming Eucharistic People: The Hope and Promise of Parish Life, at All Saints Church in Knoxville.

Rebecca McCartney, a FOCUS missionary at the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga, reflects how the Christ who gave everything continues to give Himself to us in the Eucharist.