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Among those who served with and eventually under Pope Benedict XVI were Bishop Richard F. Stika and Cardinal Justin Rigali. They recall their time with the former pontiff.

La Diócesis de Knoxville ha anunciado que el Centro McNabb, el principal proveedor sin fines de lucro de la región que brinda servicios de salud mental, uso de sustancias, servicios sociales y para víctimas, servirá como el nuevo proveedor para informes de víctimas de agresión sexual de la diócesis, esto es, será el primer punto de contacto para cualquier persona que desee reportar una posible denuncia de abuso sexual contra la diócesis.

The Diocese of Knoxville has announced that the McNabb Center, the region’s leading nonprofit provider of mental health, substance use, and social and victim services, will serve as the diocese’s new sexual assault victim’s reporting provider, the first point of contact for anyone wishing to report a possible sexual abuse claim against the diocese. 

Ordained in 2007 with the Diocese of Knoxville’s first deacon class, Deacon Patrick Murphy-Racey is assigned to St. John XXIII Catholic Center and Immaculate Conception Parish, which are both staffed by the Paulist Fathers within the diocese. And, more recently, the deacon has been trained to become a deacon affiliate with the Paulist Fathers.

When we receive Holy Communion, we receive the body of Christ offered on the cross, and we become the body of Christ that is His holy Church. St. Augustine of Hippo preached about receiving the Blessed Sacrament: “Believe what you see, see what you believe, and become what you are: the body of Christ.”

Declared “the most successful Catholic crowdfunding event to date” by the National Catholic Register, the goal of the #iGiveCatholic Giving Day is to rally our Catholic community in support of the organizations that shape our souls: Our parishes, schools, and nonprofit ministries.

New Lady Vol basketball play-by-play announcer Brian Rice is one of the busiest people in Knoxville media, and his days as a student at Knoxville Catholic High School helped launch his broadcasting career.

A retreat for Catholic health-care professionals in Knoxville focused on “approaching the holy Eucharist as a sacrament of healing.”

A special guest appeared at the Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus for the annual Green Mass for members of the military and veterans on Nov. 13. Bishop Aleksander Jazlowiecki, auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine, was the principal celebrant of the Mass.

Diocese of Knoxville Catholic Schools Raffle tickets are now on sale. Each $10 ticket enters you into the raffle to win 16 cash prizes. Proceeds support the regional Catholic Schools Tuition Funds to help qualifying families with tuition assistance.