The Knights of Columbus Tennessee State Council held its annual state convention April 29-30 at the Marriott Cool Springs in Franklin. It was the first in-person state convention in three years. Bishop J. Mark Spalding of Nashville celebrated the Memorial Mass. Past State Deputies Mike Wills, left, of Knoxville and Steve Comm of Nashville tally votes for delegates to the Knights Supreme Convention to be held in Nashville in August.

Father Luke Wilgenbusch, associate director of vocations for the Diocese of Nashville and associate pastor of Our Lady of the Lake Church in Hendersonville, blesses with incense the new tabernacle in the Deacons Chapel at the Catholic Pastoral Center. The new tabernacle is part of an ongoing beautification of the chapel, which is used by the diocese's diaconate formation program and for daily Masses at the Catholic Pastoral Center.

Immaculate Conception School in Clarksville held an open house on Thursday, May 5, to thank the emergency responders who fought a fire in the school chapel last September and others who helped with the subsequent restoration. Principal Stephanie Stafford expresses her gratitude to several of the firefighters who attended the open house.