During the Tennessee Knights of Columbus Midyear Meeting, Jan. 7, at the Catholic Pastoral Center, council leaders were introduced to the new Cor: Catholic Men's Fellowship initiative. Attendees participated in a small group discussions during the presentation on "Virtuous Leadership: Leading with the Mind of Christ.

St. Peter the Apostle Church in Carthage has officially moved into its new space, celebrating the first Mass in the structure on Christmas Eve. The space includes brand-new flooring and pews. Additionally, new cabinets were installed in the sacristy on Jan. 13, and light fixtures and a new front door will be installed in the coming weeks. Much of the work is thanks in large part to parish volunteers. Glenmary Father Don Tranel delivers his homily.

Father John O'Neill, pastor of Holy Trinity Church in Hohenwald, Christ the Redeemer Church in Centerville, and St. Cecilia Church in Waynesboro, officially became a United States citizen during a Naturalization Ceremony Wednesday, Jan. 18, at the Fred D. Thompson Federal Building and Courthouse in downtown Nashville.

Several seminarians of the Diocese of Nashville were the featured guests at the Catholic Business League meeting on Thursday, July 14, at the Cathedral of the Incarnation. Seminarians Justin Farr and Francisco Castillo talked about their assignments this summer. Seminarian Reed Robinson, who begin studies at the North American College in Rome this year, talks with Deb Varallo, left, and Joan Hamrick, the mother of seminarian Christian Hamrick, before the meeting.

Heart of Mary House will hold its inaugural fundraiser at 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, on the St. Edward Church and School Campus. For the last year, the ministry has provided "a safe, comfortable, peaceful home for the dying poor" to 18 residents. Abel Novoa, seen here being blessed by Bishop J. Mark Spalding on Jan. 17, 2023, as Kim Derrick, founder and director of ministry, looks on, was Heart of Mary House's longest living patient, living there for seven months before he passed away on April 30, 2023.

Debbie Stephenson is a second generation graduate of Sacred Heart School in Lawrenceburg, graduating in 1970. She follows in the steps of her mother, Anne (Gang) White, who graduated in 1945. Stephenson's three children carried on the tradition as have her 12 grandchildren, three of which are still students at the school. Stephenson, left, poses with her grandson, Avery Stephenson, a kindergartener; her grandson Braxton Stephenson, a seventh-grader; her daughter Wendi Cunningham, class of 1990; and Adalee Stephenson, a 5th-grader.