New CEO of Mary, Queen of Angels, Villa Maria Manor looking to make a difference
Rick Borofski will guide future of diocese’s senior living corporations
The South Nashville KC Club Inc., which owned an operated a clubhouse next to the Nashville International Airport for nearly six decades, is moving to a new location on McGavock Pike in Donelson. The building, a former church, will be home to Knights of Columbus Bishop Richard Pius Miles Council 4972 and the Msgr. Albert Seiner Fourth Degree Assembly 1627. Stephen Watson, left, grank knight of Council 4972, and Mike O'Connor, a member of the board for the South Nashville KC Club Inc., stand outside the Club's new hall.
Donelson Knights of Columbus convert former church into new hall
Renovations likely to be complete by mid-summer
St. Edward School in Nashville, like the other schools in the Diocese of Nashville, have adopted several measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The measures have helped the schools maintain in-person learning this school year. Nick Miller, junior high social studies and religion teacher at St. Edward, leads a class wearing a mask as his masked students are socially distant.
Halfway through the year, schools handling COVID’s challenges
Success of in-person learning is luring new students to schools
Xaviere Missionary Sister Nathalie Becquart attends a news conference at the Vatican in this Oct. 9, 2018, file photo. Last May Sister Becquart was one of six consultants appointed by Pope Francis to the general secretariat of the Synod of Bishops. Five of those appointed were women, and it was the first time women had served in that role. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) See VATICAN-LETTER-WOMEN Jan. 9, 2020.
Naming undersecretaries for synod, pope gives a woman a vote
Xaviere Missionary Sister Nathalie Becquart will be the first woman with a right to vote at a meeting of the Synod of Bishops
University Catholic students pray outside of Planned Parenthood on Friday, Jan. 29. The high school students participating in “48 Hours for Life: Nashville” did the same on Saturday morning. After the national March for Life moved to a virtual format in mid-January, diocesan youth ministers quicly planned a local pro-life pilgrimage weekend. Photo courtesy of Father Gervan Menezes, University Catholic
Youth make local pilgrimage for life
Youth ministers from the Diocese of Nashville planned local pro-life weekend after March for Life trip was cancelled
Father Gaffny, St. Francis of Assisi administrator, retires
Served 14 years at St. Francis, leading efforts to build a new church
Pope John Paul II High School has started accepting students for grades six through eight, which it will begin offering in the fall. The accepted students receive signs to post in their yard after they’ve been accepted. Photo by Andy Telli
JPII quickly receives enough applications to fill middle school
About 65 percent of the applications are for students currently outside the Catholic school system
Sue Johnson, a resident at Mary, Queen of Angels Assisted Living Facility, receives the vaccine for the COVID-19 virus. Residents and staff at Mary, Queen of Angels and Villa Maria Manor have received the first dose of the vaccine and are scheduled to receive the second dose later in February. Photo courtesy of Mary, Queen of Angels Assisted Living Facility
First dose of vaccines administered at Villa Maria Manor, and Mary, Queen of Angels
Second doses of the vaccine are scheduled to be administered this month
Former Nashville General Sessions Judge William Faimon dies at age 88
Was a parishioner at St. Patrick Church in Nashville
Charlie Anderson, former Aquinas basketball coach, dies
Led Aquinas to 1991 National Junior College Championship
