This October is the Fiftieth Annual Respect Life Month. As a Church, we set aside the first Sunday of October to pray for the respect and protection of every human life, in all stages and circumstances. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) theme this year is “Radical Solidarity,” a term from Pope St. John …
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Our Strategic Pastoral Planning Executive Summary Report is now available! Click here to read the report.
Over the past two months, members of our Diocese’s Strategic Pastoral Planning Committee have spent time reviewing the feedback from the Online Survey, Listening Sessions, and Individual Interviews. The Committee met last week to review an Executive Summary Report of the findings and to provide additional thoughts. Please click one of the following links for …
The New Museum at The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Opens This Weekend! Tour the Museum after all Masses or Call Today to Schedule an Appointment!
Our magnificent and historic Mother Church, The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 1695 Central Ave., is pleased to announce the opening of The Cathedral Museum, dedicated in memory of the beloved Cathedral Pastor Monsignor Thomas Kirk. The Museum will feature artifacts and documents chronicling the history of The Cathedral, our Catholic Diocese of Memphis, and …
The September Issue of the Faith West Tennessee Magazine Has Arrived. Look for it in your mailboxes today!
The latest edition of our award-winning Faith West Tennessee Magazine, September issue, is in our homes, churches, schools, and businesses. It is another outstanding issue that shares informative and interesting articles about our faith, prayers, celebrations, parishioners and much more across our Diocese—and it includes incredible photos. This latest edition features Deacon Jeff Drzycimski and …
More than 20,000 Served: Highlighting the Effort and Dedication of the Members of the St. Alphonsus Food Pantry
More than 20,000 served! If you are ever feeling disenchanted with your Tuesday mornings and need to be reminded of the Holy Spirit at work, look no further than the Food Pantry on Tuesdays at our beautiful St. Alphonsus Catholic Church. Located in our Northern Deanery, St. Alphonsus, serving as Tipton County’s only Catholic Church, …
Check out our Diocese’s Event Calendar!
On our newly designed homepage, we have added an Events Calendar to the top menu: Events – Catholic Diocese of Memphis (cdom.org). If you would like to request an event to be publicized, email officeof.communications@cc.cdom.org.
St. Mary’s Soup Kitchen in Downtown Memphis Needs Your Help
St. Mary’s Soup Kitchen–the longest, continuously running soup kitchen since 1870–serves our community’s poor, homeless, and less fortunate six days a week. Each person is given a sandwich, cup of soup, snack, dessert, and drink. The Soup Kitchen needs the following items: vegetables (onions, cabbage, potatoes, tomatoes, beans, etc.), stew meat, chips/pretzels, cookies/brownies, coffee, sugar, …
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Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School Teaching Mass for the Parish Year of the National Eucharistic Revival
As the Parish Year of the National Eucharistic Revival (June ‘23-July ‘24) continues across our 47 churches, Fr. Jolly Sebastian, MCBS, Pastor, at our beautiful Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, 8151 Poplar Ave., celebrating teaching Holy Masses for OLPH students this year beginning with the school’s 8th graders. Our churches are focused on …
Update on the Synod Process
The Synod on Synodality is a three phase process. Last summer, July 2022, our Diocese’s Synod Report was submitted to U.S. Bishops based on input from our churches, schools, and groups, which completed Phase One. Then, this Spring, April 2023, the North American Synod Report was submitted to the Vatican, which completed Phase Two. Please …
