Our Diocese’s beautiful, 140-acre Our Lady Queen of Peace Retreat & Event Center, 3630 Dancyville Rd., Stanton, Tenn., continues its 2025 Family Focused Fall in November with its Second Annual “Building a Catholic Home” this coming weekend, Friday evening, November 14, 6:00pm through Sunday, November 16, 11:00am.The “Building a Catholic Home” weekend is an opportunity …
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Divine Mercy Conference at St. Anne Highland
All are invited with family, friends, and many more. The dates have been set for Divine Mercy presentations at our beautiful and historic St. Anne Catholic Church, 706 Highland St., Memphis, this weekend on: • This Friday, Nov. 14, 6:30pm, in Spanish, followed by the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. • This Saturday, Nov. 15, 10:00am, …
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Our Diocesan Strategic Pastoral Plan: Year 2
During Advent Season, at the end of the year in 2022, Bishop David P. Talley invited the faithful of our Diocese to prayerfully reflect on three essential questions: How are we living and serving the Lord as the Diocese of Memphis today What is the Lord asking of us as we go forward together on …
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November-December Issue of Faith West Tennessee Magazine Arriving Soon
The November-December issue of our award-winning Faith West Tennessee Magazine is arriving in our homes, parishes, schools, and businesses soon. The magazine is another outstanding issue that provides us with relevant and timely articles about our Catholic faith, celebrations, and parishioners across our Diocese–and it includes the very best photos. Please see the November-December cover …
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St. Patrick Catholic Church Celebrates 160 Years with Pipe Organ Blessing on November 23
All are invited with family members, friends, and many more! Our beautiful and historic St. Patrick Catholic Church, 277 S Fourth St., Memphis, will begin celebrating its 160th Anniversary on the Feast of Christ the King, Sunday morning, Nov. 23, with the blessing of its Pipe Organ at an 11:00am Holy Mass. After Mass, the …
Madonna Circle Celebrates 90 Years
All are welcome to participate! Madonna Circle is a Catholic Women’s organization that is celebrating its 90th Anniversary. They financially support many charities throughout Memphis. This year, Madonna Circle is raising money through its Annual Sweepstakes for our incredible Catholic Charities of West Tennessee.For $100, participants can enter the Sweepstakes to win $5,000 or other …
Emergency Funding Request from Catholic Charities
Our Catholic Charities of West Tennessee has been notified that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, the program that helps thousands of West Tennessee families put food on the table, will not be distributed in Tennessee beginning tomorrow, November 1.That means tens of thousands of local children, seniors, veterans, and working families will begin facing …
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Tennessee Bishops’ Statement on Protecting SNAP Benefits in Tennessee
Emergency Funding Request from Catholic Charities
Our Catholic Charities of West Tennessee has been notified that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, the program that helps thousands of West Tennessee families put food on the table, will not be distributed in Tennessee beginning tomorrow, November 1.That means tens of thousands of local children, seniors, veterans, and working families will begin facing …
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November is Black Catholic History Month
November is Black Catholic History Month. The tradition began in 1990 when, inspired by the Feast of St. Martin de Porres (this Monday, Nov. 3) and the birthday of St. Augustine, the U.S. National Black Clergy Caucus designated November for the celebration of the history and heritage of Black Catholics.While the two Saints previously mentioned …