The 8th grade class trip to Washington, D.C. is a long-standing SFA tradition that recently celebrated its 29th year. This year 58 students traveled with their teachers to our nation’s capital for four adventure-filled days. The students and their teachers returned home exhausted and exhilarated with memories that will last a lifetime!
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Nineteen are confirmed at Blessed Sacrament
Nineteen are confirmed at Blessed Sacrament Bishop David Talley celebrated the Sacrament of Confirmation for nineteen young adults at Blessed Sacrament. The young adults who were confirmed are Adrian Antonio Rosas, Angelica Lizbeth Flores Rodriguez, Axel Gabriel Mendez, Bonifacio Mendoza, Cristian Eduardo Aguilar Cabrera, Cristian Saul Suarez, Dulce Camila Vazquez, Estrella Marina Castillo, Hector Perez, Julianna Amaro …
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Bishop Steib confirms teens from Catholic Church of the Incarnation
Bishop Steib confirms teens from Catholic Church of the Incarnation Bishop Steib celebrated the Sacrament of Confirmation at Catholic Church of the Incarnation. The event was held Sunday, May 13. A reception with Bishop Steib, Father Jacek Kowal, the newly confirmed, their sponsors, family members and friends was held right after Mass. In the pictures …
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Diocesan Seminarian is ordained a deacon by Bishop David Talley
Diocesan Seminarian is ordained a deacon by Bishop David Talley – Seminarian Joseph Hastings continued down the path toward the priesthood with his ordination to the diaconate on Saturday, June 1, 2019 at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Bishop David Talley presided over the Mass and ceremony before the congregation that gathered to witness …
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Three Anniversary Celebrations this weekend at Church of the Nativity in Bartlett
Bartlett, TN – Bishop David Talley celebrated 40 years of faith and service of Church of the Nativity Parish – an active faith community that continues its legacy of being a warm and friendly parish. Anniversary celebrations certainly were’t limited to the parish alone. Those gathered also celebrated Father Robert’s 7th anniversary to the priesthood …
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Catholic Charities of West Tennessee partners with Catholic HEART Workcamp
Memphis, TN – May 31, 2019 – Catholic Charities of West Tennessee (CCWTN) will serve as a volunteer site for the hard-working youth and leaders from Catholic HEART Workcamp, June 3-6. The camp provides youth-friendly mission trips offering service opportunities to Roman Catholic students in cities around the U.S. Catholic HEART Workcampers will come …
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Ordination of Joseph Hastings to the Diaconate
The Ordination of Joseph Hastings to the Diaconate will be this Saturday, June 1 @ 10:00 am. The Ordination will be held at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. We ask that all parishioners of the Diocese attend.
ICCS Middle School Project Takes Science to Comics
Creative teaching propelled Periodic Table and social justice studies into a collaborative graphic and writing project for ICCS’s 5th- and 6th-grade students culminating with a published comic book. Fifth-grade teacher Dino Grisanti and 6th-grade teacher John Juniker joined forces to jump start the process. “He introduced the students to the Periodic Table and had them …
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The Sun Sets for Jubilee Schools – A Photo Journal by Karen Pulfer Focht
Jubilee Schools are closing this month. Facing enormous financial shortfalls, the Catholic Diocese of Memphis closed all of the Jubilee Schools after the 2018-19 school year. After a multimillion-dollar donation from an anonymous group of donors, the first Jubilee schools were opened in 1999 in hopes of educating some of the cities poorest children. The …
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St. Paul’s Last Week of School
St. Paul is not a jubilee school and will be one of the Catholic Schools in Memphis that will remain open.
