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The recent updating of the Cathedral of the Incarnation, including repainting the ceiling and the apse, the curved wall behind the altar, has created “a whole different feel” for the church, said Jed Ellis of Evergreene Architectural Arts of Brooklyn, N.Y.

Judy Orr, the former Father Ryan High School board chairwoman and an experienced Nashville business leader, will take the reins next month as the new Executive Director of Catholic Charities of Tennessee.

In recent weeks, stories about gay priests have appeared in several media outlets and have had precipitated much discussion in some corners of the internet.

VATICAN CITY. The life of a young person and the vocation to which God calls each one is “holy ground” that pastors and parents must respect, nurture and encourage, Pope Francis wrote in a new apostolic exhortation.

MEMPHIS. Bishop David P. Talley was installed as the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Memphis at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Memphis on Tuesday, April 2.

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos visited Nashville on Monday, April 1, to promote school choice and new legislation that proponets argue could put Catholic or other private schools within reach of many families who would otherwise not be able to afford them.

If you visit St. Philip Church in Franklin during the week, you occasionally might overhear snippets of friendly banter and music interspersed with lively discussions about faith. It’s where St. Philip staffers Greg Walton, John Angotti and Julianne Staley, along with Holy Family parishioner Robert Feduccia, record their Living Real radio show.

It was as a seminarian, spending the summer at Holy Rosary Church, that Father John Sims Baker’s vocation to the priesthood became crystal clear.

 Two seminarians from the Diocese of Nashville will take another step on their journey to the priesthood when they are ordained as transitional deacons on Saturday, April 13.

The funds raised through the Bishop’s Annual Appeal for Ministries help the Diocese of Nashville extend its reach into the community, bolstering the faithful and caring for the vulnerable.