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Tim Forbes, principal, and the faculty and staff welcome students for the new school year with extensive COVID protocols, including temperature screening for each student, in place at St. Matthew School in Franklin, TN on Thursday, 6 August 2020. All of the schools in the Diocese of Nashville will be open by Aug. 12 for in person learning.

Schools opening with a surge in enrollment

Tim Forbes, the principal at St. Matthew School in Franklin, welcomes students with “air fist bumps” for the new school year on Thursday, Aug. 6. Extensive COVID protocols, including temperature…

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Read more about the article Beatification of Father McGivney to take place Oct. 31 in Connecticut
Mikey Schachle, 5, lives with his parents Daniel and Michelle in Dickson, TN on Tuesday, 2 June 2020. Pope Francis approved the promulgation of a decree recognizing Mikey’s cure from a deadly case of fetal hydrops while still in his mother’s womb as a miracle attributed to the intercession of Venerable Father Michael J. McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus. With the approval of the miracle, Father McGivney’s cause for sainthood moves to the next step, beatification, when he will receive the title “Blessed.”

Beatification of Father McGivney to take place Oct. 31 in Connecticut

Father Michael McGivney, the founder of the Knights of Columbus, is attributed with the miracle cure of Mikey Schachle, 5, of Dickson, Tennessee, and will be beatified this fall. Above,…

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Read more about the article Religious education programs prepare for classes amid pandemic
The Yankee family of Holy Name Parish in East Nashville created their own Stations of the Cross to pray in their front yard on Good Friday April 10.

Religious education programs prepare for classes amid pandemic

The Diocese of Nashville’s Office of Faith Formation has issued a framework to help parish religious education programs proceed this fall while protecting students and teachers from the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

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