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At lunchtime on a recent weekday, the smells of simmering spaghetti sauce, homemade vinaigrette salad dressing, and fresh-from-the-oven oatmeal chocolate chip cookies blended into an enticing aroma at the McGruder Family Resource Center in North Nashville.

The people who help refugees from around the world resettle in the Nashville area and across Tennessee are waiting to see if the Trump Administration’s decision to reduce the number of refugees to be admitted to the country to 18,000 in the next fiscal year, the lowest number since the resettlement program was created in 1980, will stand.

Finally! Alleluia! Praise the Lord! Finalmente! Aleluya! Gloria A Dios! These words filled Holy Family Church in Lafayette on Saturday, Sept. 21, as the Catholic community of Macon County celebrated the dedication of their long-awaited new church.

Like most in-demand daycares in Nashville, St. Mary Villa Child Development Center has a long wait list of families hoping to secure a spot for their child.

Burnout among physicians has become such a problem that the Catholic Medical Association dedicated its 88th annual Educational Conference to a discussion of the subject.

The Catholic Medical Association showered the Nashville Guild, its chaplain, and its president with honors during the 88th annual Educational Conference held Sept. 26-28 at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville.

Sue Thayer worked for Planned Parenthood for 18 years, before she finally had enough.

Learning cursive handwriting is about more than neat penmanship. Studies have shown that handwriting skills are associated with academic success in reading and math as well as fine motor skill development and memory, all skills and knowledge that last a lifetime.

Seeking an annulment can be an emotionally difficult process, requiring people to open up about some of the most painful moments in their lives.

Charles Walton Wright, 64, was scheduled to be executed this coming week, on Oct. 10, at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution. He died at the prison infirmary in Nashville last May 17, succumbing to prostate cancer after 34 years on death row.

The Advancement of Catholic Education annual fundraising dinner set a new record for the amount raised, topping $408,000.

For more than 30 years, Lisa Rippy has taught first grade students at St. Edward School in Nashville. For her, teaching is more than a job.

Aline snaked around Municipal Auditorium in downtown Nashville on Saturday, Sept. 7, as hundreds of uninsured and under-insured Nashvillians waited patiently to receive free medical care at Ascension Saint Thomas’ annual Medical Mission at Home.

At 6 p.m. on Sunday evenings, the Frassati House, the hub of University Catholic life in Nashville, is buzzing with activity as students from Vanderbilt, Belmont, and other local colleges gather for a home cooked meal and good conversation. The vibe is laid-back and welcoming, the event designed to bring newcomers into the “UCat” fold. 

Amy-Jill Levine, Vanderbilt University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies, remains firmly grounded in the Jewish faith and culture in which she was raised, but she has devoted much of her intellect and energy in recent months to teaching and dialoguing with Catholic priests.

At Pope John Paul II High School, Bob Page’s Investment class has been a virtual exercise. Students put together an investment portfolio and then track how well they would have done if real money was at stake, all the while learning how the stock market really works.

Ten years ago, Danny Snyder became the commander of the Our Lady of the Lake chapter of Fraternus, a national organization dedicated to mentoring teen boys to help them mature into virtuous Catholic men.

A classical composer and music composition professor at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music hopes to inspire a greater love of the beauty of music amongst other Catholics who may otherwise be unfamiliar with the craft.

A decision to remove the Harry Potter book series from the shelves of the St. Edward School library has “the world’s attention focused on our Thompson Lane campus,” St. Edward Principal Dr. Marsha Wharton said in a letter to parents.

A good mother strives to gather her children together, and the Marian devotion of La Divina Pastora, or the Divine Shepherdess, is no exception. She is bringing together her Venezuelan children who have relocated to Middle Tennessee to support and love one another and to pray for those who remain in their dangerous and chaotic homeland.