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Craftsmen from Conrad Schmitt Studios of New Berlin, Wisconsin, re-installed the stained glass windows in the Church of the Assumption in the Germantown neighborhood of Nashville. The church was heavily damaged by tornadoes in March 2020. Restoration work at the church is ongoing. Nate Zabel of Conrad Schmitt Studios replaces the trim around one of the panels of a window depicting St. Anthony of Padua, a Franciscan priest.

Restoration of Assumption Church progressing toward completion [Photo Gallery]

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Post published:May 12, 2022
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Repairs after tornado could be finished by early 2023

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.

Knights from around the world heading to Nashville

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Post published:May 10, 2022
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Tennessee to host Knights of Columbus Supreme Convention 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.

Blessing a new tabernacle

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Part of ongoing beautification of Deacons Chapel

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.

Immaculate Conception School thanks responders to chapel fire

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Post published:May 10, 2022
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‘We’re here to thank everybody for all they did’

The Nashville Marian Conference was held April 29-30 at Our Lady of the Lake Church in Hendersonville. The theme of the conference was "My Soul Rejoices." Nikki Kingsley was one of the speakers. She talked about how search to know God led to her conversion from Islam to Catholicism.

Conference highlights Mary’s role in people’s lives

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Post published:May 5, 2022
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Nashville Marian Conference will return in April 2023

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. State Deputy Fred Laufenberg, a parishioner of St. Francis of Assisi Church in Fairfield Glade, addresses the Knights during the convention.

Tennessee Knights urged to be ‘anchored in Christ’ [Photo Gallery]

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Post published:May 3, 2022
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Knights ‘kept the light of Christ alive’ during pandemic

Aquinas College marks 60 years of serving the community

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Post published:April 28, 2022
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Programs have changed through the years with the community’s needs

The Fernandez brothers, from left, Paul, Carlos and Luis, reunite with the youngest daughter of the Rowan family, Kathy Rowan, during El Festival de Esperanza, which celebrated the 60th anniversary of Catholic Charities, Diocese of Nashville, at Saint Elle, an event space on Third Avenue South in Nashville on Wednesday, April 27, 2022. The Fernandez Brothers were three of several children taken in by Catholic host families in Nashville in the 1960s as part of Operation Pedro Pan, which was a response to unrest in Cuba because of Fidel Castro. Rowan's parents took in all three boys for 18 months before they were reunited with their father in late 1963. They were later reunited with their mother, in Miami, in 1966.

Festival de Esperanza reunites Cuban refugees, host families [Photo Gallery]

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Post published:April 28, 2022
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‘They gave us all the love we were hoping for’

The Diocese of Nashville held more listening sessions for the Synod on Synodality, including one with people who have been facilitating sessions in churches, schools and other locations and one with students from Father Ryan High School. Bishop J. Mark Spalding talks with Father Ryan students, from left, J.J. Khym, Samantha Sowa, and A.J. Stacey at the start of their listening session.