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We, the bishops of the three Catholic dioceses of Tennessee, congratulate you on the successful beginning  of your administration and look forward to working with you as Governor. We have enjoyed gracious and attentive meetings with your predecessors and we thank you for meeting with us today.

Students at Catholic schools in the Diocese of Nashville routinely score better than 70 percent of the students across the nation on standardized test scores. In some subject areas, the diocesan wide test scores are better than almost 85 percent of students in the nation.

St. Edward Church parishioner Marina Ramos attended Catholic schools as a child, and wanted the same for her two children, but always felt that the tuition made it beyond her family’s reach.

The Advancement of Catholic Education’s biggest fundraiser of the year will be held Tuesday, Sept. 17 at 5:30 p.m. at Cathedral of the Incarnation’s Fleming Center. The annual event raises money for tuition assistance at the Diocese of Nashville’s 19 Catholic schools. 

Putting a “face” on a process that can be painful, intimate and sometimes devastatingly disappointing sounds daunting, but possessing the skills to carry out those challenges are what makes Erin Stracener uniquely qualified to be the new director of the Diocese of Nashville’s Tribunal Office.

St. Joseph School will start the new school year with the new leadership team of Principal Michael LaHaie and Director of Instructional Programs Natalie Eskert. 

When Mike Thornton’s daughter was a student at St. Cecilia Academy, it changed his life.

For the first time this school year, St. Henry School will welcome 3-year-olds as part of its newly expanded pre-kindergarten program.

The Hand in Hand Options program for students with developmental delays is heading into a benchmark year as it expands into a third school, and the first graduates of the program at the elementary school level are moving onto the high school program.

When beloved Cathedral of the Incarnation pastor Father Bill Fleming died from cancer in 1999, he established a trust fund to offer need-based tuition assistance to students at Father Ryan High School.

 For the past two years, the Hispanic community has shown its support for the Diocese of Nashville with a strong response to the Bishop’s Annual Appeal for Ministries.

When Mason Hickman walked to the pitcher’s mound for the deciding game of the NCAA College World Series, he carried with him not only the hopes and dreams of Vanderbilt University fans, but all of his friends and teachers at Pope John Paul II High School.

If you listened to the Tians Radio Network broadcast of the Tennessee Tians’ first preseason game against the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday, Aug. 8, you may have heard a familiar voice bringing you a “Catholic Minute” message.

Maria Chirinos and her husband Chiro Castro once lived a comfortable life in Venezuela, she a lawyer and he a pediatric surgeon.

On a bright summer morning, refugee children from Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Afghanistan and Myanmar run, screaming shouts of joy, across a playground at the Catholic Pastoral Center in Nashville. During a summer program offered by Catholic Charities of Tennessee, the children are playing, learning, and enjoying the freedom to just be kids.

Nancy McClendon walked up to Joni Launer, who had received the heart donated by McClendon’s daughter Tiffanie, and said, “It’s such a pleasure to meet you and know you have my angel’s heart in you.”

Father Michael O’Bryan is retiring Aug. 4 from his post as pastor of St. Francis Cabrini Parish in Lebanon after 13 years of service in the Diocese of Nashville.

About 200 fellow students, family and friends showed up at the Father Ryan High School football field on Sunday, July 14, to let Luke Conger and Tristan Numbers know that people care for them as they battle cancer.

Diocese of Nashville seminarian Skylar Cummings attended Totus Tuus as a high school student, and this summer returned to the program as a missionary leader.

The Catholic Business League’s Leadership Catholic program gives young Catholic business people an opportunity to network with and learn from experienced Catholic business leaders about how to integrate their faith with their work.