March 20, 2005

St. Bridget blessings
Father Gilbert Diaz of St. Bridget Parish blesses a new crucifix Jan. 30, a busy day of dedications as the Dayton church completed phase one of a repair and renovation project. The 14-foot crucifix with a 7-foot corpus was crafted in Italy and installed by a crew of men and boys of the parish. Father Diaz also blessed a stained-glass window of the parish patron, installed in the rear of the church, and a pair of stained-glass panels on the sides of the church. The St. Bridget window was designed and created by Myra White and husband Bill of Southern Stained Glass in Murfreesboro. Artist Dee Mays of Soddy-Daisy crafted the stained-glass panels, replicating the design of and reusing glass from church windows replaced in the renovation. Also pictured are Deacon Mick Spencer (left) and servers Charles Wolfe (center) and Colin Patterson.
Photo by Scott Maentz

Chattanooga Deanery

Holy Spirit, Soddy-Daisy

• The parish welcomes seminarian Randy Stice, a second-year theologian at Mundelein Seminary in Illinois. His family lives in Kingsport.

Our Lady of Lourdes, South Pittsburg

• Baptism: Daniel Goodman, son of Terry and Debbie Goodman

Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Chattanooga

• Knights of Columbus Council 6099 is collecting cans for the seminarian fund drive. A collection basket is located near the dumpster by Madonna Hall. All proceeds will support seminarian Manuel Perez.

Shepherd of the Valley, Dunlap

• Jonathan Becerra, son of Mario and Guadalupe Becerra, was recently named student of the week.
• Baptism: Luz Elena Virao

St. Jude, Chattanooga

• The “books and lemonade” club met recently to discuss The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
• Anniversary: Tim and Becky Dempsey (15)
• Newcomers: Denise Brochetti, Lucia Harvey, Kurt Kaniewski, Luke and Nori Liming, Philip and Michele Rappa, Matthew Rehring, Todd and Michelle Sparkman, Meghan Stevens, Richard Towner

St. Mary, Athens

• Parishioner Pennye Rose is seeking participants for the March of Dimes Walk-a-Thon to be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 24, at Athens Regional Park. Call her at 423-744-2691.
• Cindy McCroskey, a counselor with Catholic Charities of Chattanooga, spoke to parishioners about a new counseling program available in the area. To obtain more information or schedule an appointment, call 423-267-1297.
• The parish thanks Marie McCartney for coordinating sandwiches and coffee each Friday during Lent.

St. Stephen, Chattanooga

• The Pregnancy Help Center baby-bottle drive will be held the weekend of April 23 and 24. Parishioners are asked to take home a bottle and fill it with loose change, cash, or a check, then return it the following weekend. All proceeds will benefit the center.

Cumberland Mountain Deanery

• All Saints, Knoxville

• Tiger Cub Scouts Thomas Morris and Jack Staley, members of Pack 22 at Sacred Heart Cathedral, have earned the Light of Christ medal. Junior Girl Scout Angeline Morris, a member of Troop 388 at Sacred Heart, has earned the I Live My Faith medal.
• Newcomers: Brian and Summer Babis; Tim, Kati, and Claire Becker; Stuart, Sharla, and Lundy Brink; Kristi Crawford; Colin and Suzanne Cumesty; Andrew, Jaime, and Lindsey Holmes; Diane Kaczarczyk; Yongseok, Junghee, Michelle, and Heena Kim; Sean and Stacy Liddick; Tony and Amy Maffei; Ben and Cindy Matheson; Michelle Patterson; Pat, Sharon, Parsley, Delle, and Mira Peterson; George and Veronica Philipp, Peter and Florence Reinbold; Gerald, Betsy, and Nicole Schmidt; Steven Spieth; Mark Valenti, Susana Navarro, and John and Susana Teresa Valenti; Carol Vance; Gabriel, Barbara, and Adam Veith; Michelle Ward and Joshua Thomas

Blessed Sacrament, Harriman

• The Council of Catholic Women hosted a St. Patrick’s Day covered-dish dinner and a talent show March 13.

St. Francis of Assisi, Fairfield Glade

• Anniversaries: Ted and Jean Bowles (53), Ed and Claire Sisson (50), Bruce and Cecilia Merrill (30), David and Janet Romberg (20)

St. Mary, Oak Ridge

• A golf tournament to benefit the parish youth ministry will be held Sunday, June 5, at Oak Ridge Country Club. Meetings for those interested in helping are scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 29; Thursday, April 21; Thursday, May 12; and Tuesday, May 24. Contact Anne McGaugh at 865-766-8388 or annemcgaugh@smcor.org for more information.
• Baptisms: Cristofer Tobaldo Covian, Aidan Lynn Seay, Zachary Thomas Braun, Emma Katherine Kollie, Taylor Nicole Perkins, Daniel Bridges, Nick Bridges, Elliot Benjamin Barnes, Dominic Joseph Gianfrancesco Jr., Christopher Gianfrancesco, Raine Mallory Moore, Leon Herrin, Patty Herrin, Lois Holland, Julia Insalaco, Helen Jackie Lowes, Tanaz Sharma, Patrick Walford, Melanie Xian Ming Fann, Patia Xian An Fann, Li Li Sankey, Ryan Patrick Audet, Vincent B. Thomas, Brittany Jean Mignogna, Brandee Sue Chain, Sara Paul Chain, George Daniel Chain, Olivia Sinclaire Cunningham, Erin Elizabeth Manning, Emily Aidee Avila, Mateo Alexander Cacheiro, Maria Catherine Cacheiro, Terrence Matthew Aerne Williams, Kaitlyn Elizabeth Perry, Kayla McKenzie Kupsch, Kendall Geneva Bramblett, Taylor Allen Ruthkauski, James Robert Ruthkauski, Kaylee Marie Wilson, Evan Richard Brammer
• Newcomers: Joseph Maimone and family, Darrin and Rhonda Massing, Roberto Quinones and Brenda Hernandez, Caroline Fossa, Nancy B. Perkins, Ginger Leigh Hutton, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Avila, Gregory and Juanita Roettger, Imelda Mercado-Valdez, Brentley and Jessica Williams, Nancy and David Singh, Tim and Mary Wegner, Denice Collins, Paul and Lori Jones, Laurence and Paul Smith, Jason Romandine, Denise and Brian Helmick, Hector and Rocio DeLeon, Steve and Jenny Hansen, Toby and Linda Albrecht, Michael and Judith Klitzke, Stanley and Adeline Bonczek, Fernando and Leticia Chavez, Leon and Urimare Duquella, Erik and Laura Groscost, Terry Margaret “Garet” Kruzic-Moore, Gabriela Murillo, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Stobbe, Jeff and Johuna French, Timothy and Jeanne Powers, Larry R. Jones, Hardy and Julie Holthausen, Victoria Richied, Elizabeth Cantwell, Arthur Leger, Frances East, Phillip Bramblett, John and Irene DeBaca, Rebecca L. and David Chandler, Paul Palathingal, Ronald and Mary Vella, Ame Jackson, Steve and Rachael Nelson, David and Cathy VanDosterwyk, Walter James White, Nancy J. Grant, Lois Holland, Ritch and Rika Holland, David Henry, Helen Lowes

St. Therese, Clinton

• Ruth Pardue presented a program on spring flowers at the Council for Catholic Women meeting March 7. Hostesses for the event were Marcia Guyton, Therese Osborne, and Sandy Painter.

St. Thomas the Apostle, Lenoir City

• An online prayer chain is available; contact Marianne Hartman at 865-458-0936 or mtnest@volfan.net.
• A Divine Mercy celebration will begin with a presentation at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 3, in the narthex, followed by a service in the chapel. For details, call Mary Hilchey at 458-9025.
• Newcomers: Michael Barder, Elizabeth Ivins, Jeffrey and Rosemary Kirk, Brook Zellmer

Five Rivers Deanery

Holy Trinity, Jefferson City

• The Council of Catholic Women will sponsor an Easter egg hunt at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 19, in the playground area. All children 10 years old or younger are invited. Parents are asked to donate a bag of candy.
• Holy Trinity is seeking volunteers for the parish clinic and will hold orientation classes.
• Baptism: Aveleigh Davis, daughter of David and Amy Davis

Notre Dame, Greeneville

• Forty-four households are helping Notre Dame’s sister parish in Haiti by filling a five-gallon bucket with rice, beans, and pasta. The deadline to return the buckets is Wednesday, April 6.

St. Dominic, Kingsport

• A Christian golf league is being organized. Call Mike Orzechowski at 423-341-4599 or Ron Bliss at 378-4297 or see the notice on the parish bulletin board for more information.

Smoky Mountain Deanery

Holy Ghost, Knoxville

• Girl Scouts served as greeters and gift bearers at the 10 a.m. Mass on Girl Scout Sunday, March 6.

Immaculate Conception, Knoxville

• Biographies of Dorothy Day are available on the table in the vestibule. Holy cards with prayers for her canonization are also available.
• Parishioners pledged $6,375 for the Paulist Fathers in the Annual Paulist Appeal.

John XXIII, Knoxville

• Dr. Ellen Macek, a lecturer on early modern Europe with the University of Tennessee Department of History and a parishioner of St. John Neumann in Farragut, spoke at a faculty luncheon March 9 at John XXIII. The theme of the event was “What is the Vatican saying about the collaboration of men and women in the church and the world?”

Our Lady of Fatima, Alcoa

• Carmen Agra Deedy, an award-winning storyteller and the author of six books, will speak at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 7, in the Fatima Center social hall. Cost: $10; includes dinner. Tickets may be purchased after Masses through March or by calling Dottie Berry at 865-983-6781 or Robin Turney at 681-8435.

Sacred Heart, Knoxville

• Patrick Murphy-Racey will lead a mission trip to Haiti from Tuesday, April 12, through Monday, April 18. Call Mr. Murphy-Racey at 865-607-2020 or Ben Johnston at 740-1932 for details.
• The parish school of religion sponsored a Lenten workshop to explore the symbols of the season. Small groups walked through the Stations of the Cross.

Photo courtesy of Margaret Gabriel
Immersion experience at Glenmary Farm
Stephanie Lubert (fourth from left), a member of St. John Neumann Parish in Farragut and a student at Fordham University in New York City, traveled to Vanceburg, Ky., recently to volunteer at the Glenmary Farm. The farm, an immersion program of the Glenmary Home Missioners, is in Lewis County in Northeast Kentucky. Each year hundreds of men and women come to the farm from all over the United States to experience rural and specifically Appalachian culture. Miss Lubert worked with other Fordham students and a group from the University of Illinois on construction projects with People’s Self-Help Housing and also participated in a “ministry of presence” by visiting a nursing home, a senior-citizens center and an adult day-care program. Those working with young men and women who would like to bring a group of volunteers to Eastern Kentucky should contact Joe Grosek at Glenmary Volunteer Program, P.O. Box 7, Vanceburg, KY 41179; 606-796-3421; or jgrosek@glenmary.org.

Photo by Nancy Stagmaier
Mission accomplished
Spiritual leader and composer Vince Ambrosetti (right) recently led a five-day mission at St. Augustine Church in Signal Mountain. Above, Mr. Ambrosetti and St. Augustine pastor Father Peter Iorio lead parishioners in song. With them are Deacon Gordon Kilburn (left) and candidate Miguel Velezcordona.

Photo courtesy of Betty Gabbard
Dance with me, Father
Father Michael Cummins, pastor of St. Mary in Athens, dances with Ester Brown during the parish Mardi Gras party Feb. 4 at Springbrook Country Club in Niota. courtesy of betty gabbard