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Bishop J. Mark Spalding of Nashville, Tenn., blesses eight members of the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia during their perpetual profession ceremony at the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Nashville July 25, 2019. National Vocations Awareness Week is Nov. 6-12, 2022. (CNS photo/Rick Musacchio, Tennessee Register)

Faith Alive: Vocation to religious life: a fateful email

‘Beyond all logic, I felt God beckoning me’

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Read more about the article After 175 years, St. Mary Church remains ‘a treasure’ [Photo Gallery]
St. Mary of the Seven Sorrows in downtown Nashville will celebrate its 175th anniversary with a special Mass at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1. The Mass will be celebrated by Father Jayd Neely, pastor of St. Mary, and Bishop J. Mark Spalding will serve as the homilist. Father Neely celebrates daily Mass Wednesday, Oct. 26.

After 175 years, St. Mary Church remains ‘a treasure’ [Photo Gallery]

‘You just feel the history of this is the birthplace of Tennessee Catholicism’

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St. Philip Church in Franklin marked the 150th anniversary of the dedication of the parish's first church on Saturday, Nov. 6. Bishop J. Mark Spalding celebrated Mass, which was followed by a banquet. St. Philip parishioners pray the Our Father during Mass.

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St. Philip to close 150th anniversary with letters to future parishioners

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Read more about the article Priesthood Sunday collection to support seminarian education
The Serra Club of Williamson County hosted the seminarians of the Diocese of Nashville during their monthly meeting Thursday, Aug. 4, at the St. Philip of the Apostle Church Community Center in Franklin. The second annual event is a final farewell for the seminarians before they leave to continue their studies. Throughout the dinner, members of the Serra Club talked with the seminarians, letting them know of their support. Throughout the year, members of the club send prayer cards to seminarians to assure them of their prayers. Father Luke Wilgenbusch, director of Vocations, introduces the seminarians to the Serra Club members.

Priesthood Sunday collection to support seminarian education

‘A time to remember and honor and celebrate our priests’

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Read more about the article Diocesan Office of Vocations is building a ‘culture of vocations’
Father Luke Wilgenbusch, right, and Father Rhodes Bolster bless people at the reception in the Fleming Center after Bishop J. Mark Spalding ordained five men to the priesthood at the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Nashville, TN on Saturday, 25 May 2019.

Diocesan Office of Vocations is building a ‘culture of vocations’

Several initiatives planned for National Vocations Awareness Week

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Read more about the article Seattle Catholics celebrate 10th anniversary of St. Kateri’s canonization
St. Anne Sister Kateri Mitchell, carrying a relic of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, and Jake Finkbonner of Ferndale, carrying a turtle shell, process into St. James Cathedral Oct. 22 for a Mass celebrating the 10th anniversary of St. Kateri's canonization. Jake was 6 when he was healed of flesh-eating bacteria the day after Sister Kateri placed a Kateri relic on him and joined Jake's mother in praying for him. His recovery was the second miracle needed to elevate Kateri to sainthood. (CNS photo/Stephen Brashear, Northwest Catholic)

Seattle Catholics celebrate 10th anniversary of St. Kateri’s canonization

‘She was called to be a saint from the day she was born’

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