Our Memphis Catholic Schools Office is excited to announce that Seventh Grade Student, Eli Copous, from our outstanding Immaculate Conception Cathedral School, 1669 Central Ave., has been chosen as the “Super Student of the Month” for February. According to Supt. Nic Antoine, similar to previous months, the choice was difficult with strong nominees from our …
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The latest edition of our award-winning Faith West Tennessee Magazine has arrived in our homes, parishes, missions, schools and businesses now. It is another exceptional edition that shares informative and interesting articles about our faith, prayers, celebrations, parishioners and more across our Diocese—and it includes wonderful photos. Find our latest edition online here and all …
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Through the Educational Savings Account (ESA) program, many more students could receive a Catholic education and formation at one of our exceptional Catholic Schools, like Immaculate Conception Cathedral School. Please see the Flyers below and contact ICCS today for more details about the ESA program.
Bishop David P. Talley has commuted the obligation to abstain from meat on St. Patrick’s Day, Friday, March 17. If you chose to eat meat on St. Patrick’s Day, the obligation must be fulfilled another day that week. To read the decree, click here.
The Catholic Diocese of Memphis has published a list of Fish Fries and a list of Penance Services and Confessions across the Diocese. Click below to view each list. Fish Fries Penance Services and Confessions
Over the past few months, our Catholic Schools Superintendent, Nic Antoine, has distributed $100,000 in grants to Catholic Schools (Pre-K -12th) across our Diocese from Dick Gadomski and The Gadomski Family Foundation for STEM education at each school. In all, since last year, The Gadomski Family has given $300,000 in grants to Catholic Schools in …
Lent lasts 40 days (beginning on Ash Wednesday and ending at sundown on Holy Thursday, excluding Sundays). The three pillars of Lent are prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fasting (see requirements here) and abstinence from meat. All Fridays in Lent are days of abstinence from meat. During these …
Ash Wednesday, February 22, is the beginning of Lent, the start of the Fish Fry season, as well as the first day in preparation for Easter, where we celebrate Jesus’s death and resurrection. But what is the true meaning and importance of Ash Wednesday in the Catholic Church? Ash Wednesday is a day of repentance …
This past weekend, February 18 and 19, was Commitment Weekend for the Annual Catholic Appeal. See below to view the videos and give to the Appeal. English Spanish To give, click here.
As part of the Diocesan Year of the National Eucharistic Revival, our Diocese prepared several Eucharistically-themed local videos intended to inform, inspire, teach and encourage the Faithful here in the “Land Between the Rivers” to answer the Lord’s call to “taste and see” His goodness. Over the next several weeks our Diocese will share the …
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