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Immaculate Conception Cathedral School senior Olivia Stonecipher has been awarded the Christian Brothers University Trustee Scholarship, the most prestigious academic scholarship the university offers.CBU academic counselor Olivia Betterton made the announcement on Friday, Feb. 8 following ICCS’s all-campus Mass in the Cathedral. A merit-based scholarship, the Trustee award benefits outstanding students for academic performance and …

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Registration is available for the ninth annual Women’s Morning of Spirituality (WMOS), which will be held Saturday, February 23, 2019, at the Catholic Church of the Incarnation in Collierville, Tenn., from 8:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.  A continental breakfast will be served at 7:15 a.m.  Women’s Morning of Spirituality is an annual, diocesan, women’s faith-sharing …

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St. Benedict at Auburndale High School was excited and proud to have Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of the Louisville Archdiocese and the Apostolic Administrator for the Memphis Diocese celebrate Mass on their final day of Catholic Schools Week. Students presented him with a Spiritual Bouquet and an Official SBA Students for Life March for Life shirt. …

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Cordova, Tennessee – February 8, 2019 – The St. Francis of Assisi Prayer Cross is a hand-made, wooden cross designed to hold the special intentions of our students, faculty, staff, administration and SFA families.  The idea behind the cross is simple – you write your special intention on a Post-It note. Next, say a prayer …

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The Diocese of Memphis in Tennessee is set to kick-off committment weekend for its 2019 Annual Catholic Appeal, “In Giving, We Receive” during the weekend of Feb 23-24. It is the first time the diocese has begun the campaign this early in the year as well as the first time the campaign has been shortened.  …

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 At today’s Winter Signing Day, seven St. Benedict at Auburndale (SBA) High School seniors committed to continuing their athletic careers at the college level. Presiding over the event was SBA Athletic Director Caleb Marcum, who introduced each athlete and their coach.  The ceremony, held in the school’s gym, recognized the following:  Lunden Clark – signing as Defensive …

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St. Ann’s Catholic Schools Week was a huge success.  The theme this year was:  Learn. Serve. Lead. Succeed. Every day student’s participated in activities to help honor this theme.  The week was started with a Sunday Preview Day where our student ambassadors toured potential new families around our school and introduced them to our fantastic staff.  …

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The Most Reverend J. Terry Steib, SVD, Bishop emeritus of Memphis, will celebrate the 35thanniversary of his ordination as a bishop on Sunday, February 10, 2019.  Bishop Steib will be the principal celebrant at Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 1695 Central Avenue, at 10:00am.  There will be a reception following the Mass.  All are welcome.