Read more about the article Ladies of Charity shares food donations with Loaves and Fishes
The Ladies of Charity's Emergency Assistance Department has been donating 20 food boxes every other week to Loaves and Fishes for distribution to those in need. The donation is in addition to the food boxes the Emergency Assistance Department distributes to its own clients. Barry McCord, welfare coordinator for the Ladies of Charity, looks over some of the boxes that have been prepared for Loaves and Fishes.

Ladies of Charity shares food donations with Loaves and Fishes

The Ladies of Charity is partnering with Catholic Charities of Tennessee’s Loaves and Fishes program to distribute boxes of food to those in need.

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Read more about the article Catholic Charities director teaches custom tailoring at McGruder FRC
Catholic Charities’ Sewing Training Academy Coordinator Trishawna Quincy films Catholic Charities’ Executive Director Judy Orr while she demonstrates a technique for a custom tailoring class she is teaching at the Academy. The class includes a mix of in-person students at the McGruder Family Resource Center and others who followed along through Zoom.

Catholic Charities director teaches custom tailoring at McGruder FRC

An accomplished seamstress, Judy Orr learned to sew as a child and loves sharing her favorite hobby with others.

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Read more about the article Goretti House offers ‘sisterhood’ of communal living for young adult women
Nine young Catholic women currently live in Goretti House, an intentional lay community for Catholic women in Nashville.

Goretti House offers ‘sisterhood’ of communal living for young adult women

Strong friendships are forged in the Goretti House’s rhythm of prayer and community, and the relationships last and evolve together.

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Read more about the article Repairs to Assumption Church after tornado slowed by COVID-19
The Church of the Assumption in Nashville sustained substantial damage from the March 3 tornado that swept through the Germantown neighborhood. The COVID-19 pandemic has slowed work on the repairs, which are expected to take two years and cost between $4 million and $6 million. Father Bede Price, pastor of Assumption, stands on scaffolding to examine some of the damage to the roof.

Repairs to Assumption Church after tornado slowed by COVID-19

Assumption Church is still waiting for an engineer’s report to determine the full extent of the damage from the March tornadoes.

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Read more about the article ‘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, 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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