Nashville diocese’s youth office hosting ‘48 Hours for Life: Nashville’ Jan. 29-31
The local pro-life weekend of activities will complement the national March for Life, which is going virtual for 2021
Women in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, demonstrate in favor of legalizing abortion Jan. 25, 2021, after lawmakers approved a constitutional reform to reinforce a ban on abortion. On Jan. 28, 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden rescinded a policy that prevented nongovernmental organizations receiving U.S. funding from promoting abortion overseas. (CNS photo/Fredy Rodriguez, Reuters) Editor's note: No resales. No archives.
Bishops, other pro-life leaders decry Biden action ending ‘Mexico City policy’
Surveys show majority of Americans oppose taxpayer funding for abortion overseas
Gloria Purvis is seen in this 2017 file photo. Purvis was among the speakers in a Jan. 27, 2021, webinar sponsored by Fordham University on "Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Post-Roe? New Prospects for the Abortion Debate in America." (CNS photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic Spirit)
Panelists say abortion debate has become too political, needs wider focus
Speakers agree that pro-life efforts should be part of increased advocacy for human dignity and look closely at policy changes that support pregnancy, motherhood
Father Andrew Bulso, pastor of St. Edward Church in Nashville, blessed and dedicated a statue of St. Michael the Archangel on Sunday, Jan. 24. The marble statue stands outside the front door of the church. Engraved on the pedestal holding the statue are the words, "St. Michael the Archangel, Guardian of St. Edward Church."
St. Michael statue stands guard over St. Edward Parish
Statue stands as a witness of the parish’s hope in God
Mercy Sister Mary Thomasetta Mogan remembered for love, warmth, character
A Mercy sister for 67 years, she filled her life with prayer, mercy and hospitality
Photo by Lynda Mendoza
St. John Vianney School in Gallatin was recently gifted a new 15-passenger bus and will soon begin offering bus service to school from Hendersonville.
New bus, STEM space keep St. John Vianney on the move
New bus service will provide transportation from Hendersonville; new 3D printers keep students ‘thinking outside the box’
Photo courtesy of Overbrook School
Marion Cianciolo, the SOAR gifted and enrichment teacher at Overbrook School, works with student Will Becker during an enrichment class. Overbrook recently launched the SOAR program to meet the needs of gifted students.
Overbrook launches new program for gifted students
Program will use accelerated curriculum in math and reading
Katie she talks with teammates during practice.
The only girl on the ice: Ryan’s Katie Cummings is one to watch
“I wouldn’t be surprised if Katie is the first Father Ryan player to go play D1 hockey” in college, said her coach Steven Henry.
Photos by Andy Telli
Jamie Grigsby, pre-kindergarten teacher at St. Ann School, above, works with Lily Francescon. The school is preparing to expand its pre-kindergarten program next year.
St. Ann prepares for expansion of pre-kindergarten program
Applications are already being accepted for 3- and 4-year-old classes
Therese Miller, a critical care nurse at Saint Thomas West Hosptial who works as a supervisor of a COVID-19 unit, holds a photograph of her mother and aunt while she receives the vaccine for the virus. Her mother and aunt both died of complications from the virus.
Saint Thomas nurse hit by pandemic personally, professionally
COVID claimed the lives of her mother and two aunts
