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This new year of 2025 is an extraordinary one in the life of the Church, a Year of Jubilee when Pope Francis has invited us to look forward to the great hope that sustains us as people of faith.
All eight elementary and both high schools in the Diocese of Knoxville will be celebrating the 51st annual Catholic Schools week, which runs from Jan. 26 to Feb. 1.
On Jan. 4, the vigil of the feast of the Epiphany, the Diocese of Knoxville opened its participation of the Jubilee Year with a Mass celebrated by Bishop Mark Beckman at the Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.
The bishops of Tennessee have come out in support of Gov. Lee’s new legislation as similar versions have been drafted in the state House and Senate, creating a new education savings program for elementary and high school students that covers the entire state.