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Chaplain Bill Simpson talks with a patient in the emergency room at SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital in Shawnee, Okla, April 23, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Officials at the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis are assembling a team of priests to be trained for a ministry for patients sick with the coronavirus. (CNS photo/Nick Oxford, Reuters) See COVID-MINISTRIES-PRIESTS May 7, 2020.

‘It’s a new world’ for priests, ministers caring for sick and dying

Chaplain Bill Simpson talks with a patient in the emergency room at SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital in Shawnee, Okla, April 23, amid the coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19 has greatly affected…

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Read more about the article Internet, social media crucial to reaching people discerning vocation
Father Austin Gilstrap, director of vocations for the Diocese of Nashville and pastor of Our Lady of the Lake Church in Hendersonville, leads an online workshop on how diocesan vocations offices can improve their website and social media to help young men discern their vocation. The workshop was presented as part of the annual convention of the National Conference of Diocesan Vocations Directors.

Internet, social media crucial to reaching people discerning vocation

Father Austin Gilstrap, director of vocations for the Diocese of Nashville and pastor of Our Lady of the Lake Church in Hendersonville, leads an online workshop on how diocesan vocations…

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Read more about the article Ordination is a blessing and a joy for diocese’s newest priests
Father Juan Carlos Garcia-Mendoza, left, and Father Javier Suarez Montanez lie before the altar as the other priests and the congregation sing the Litany of Supplication during their ordination as the newest priests of the Diocese of Nashville on Saturday, Aug. 15, at the Cathedral of the Incarnation.

Ordination is a blessing and a joy for diocese’s newest priests

Bishop J. Mark Spalding lays hands on Father Javier Suarez during his priestly ordination Mass at the Cathedral of the Incarnation on Aug. 15. Masks and social-distancing measures, including limited…

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Read more about the article ACE fundraiser scheduled for Oct. 27, moves online
The Advancement of Catholic Education annual fundraiser on Tuesday, Sept. 17, had a record turnout for the 3-year-old event. The fundraiser raises money for the ACE endowment., which provides funds for tuition assistance for Catholic school students in the Diocese of Nashville. Marty Blair served as emcee.

ACE fundraiser scheduled for Oct. 27, moves online

The Advancement of Catholic Education annual fundraiser has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 27, and will be moved online. The event will be hosted by ACE board member Marty Blair,…

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Read more about the article Parishes adapting to the pandemic’s new normal
Father Anh Tuan Phan celebrates Mass under a tent set up on the ball field on the school grounds at Christ the King Parish in Nashville, TN on Sunday, 16 August 2020. The parish has moved Masses outdoors, requires social distancing and masks because of concern of the spread of the corona virus.

Parishes adapting to the pandemic’s new normal

Father Anh Tuan Phan celebrates Mass outside on the ball field on the school grounds at Christ the King Parish on Sunday, August 16. The parish has moved Masses outdoors…

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