Holocaust survivor, Dr. Clark Blatteis spoke to 8th grade students at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School

April 26, 2019 – Memphian, Dr. Clark Blatteis talked with students about the events leading up to World War II and his family’s experience aboard the St. Louis as they sailed from Germany to Cuba to escape Nazi persecution.  “Seven-year-old Clark and his parents were among the 937 refugees aboard the          …

8th Grade Students at SFA Competed in the 2019 Egg Crash Challenge

April 25, 2019- SFA students were challenged to build a car with only two pieces of paper, four wheels, and two axels. The car had to hold an egg and was tested by sending it down ramps of increasing heights crashing into an obstacle at the bottom. Students’ grades were based on how many trips …

Bishop Talley Presides over Good Friday Celebration of the Passion of the Lord

Following a shortened opening procession conducted in silence, Bishop David P. Talley began the Good Friday celebration of the Passion of Our Lord (pictures below) by making a reverence at the altar and then laying prostrate in a sign of sorrow for Jesus’ death on the cross and humility to the will of God. The …

Project Outreach Distributes Food to Over 200 Families and 600 Easter Baskets to Children in Need for Easter

Project Outreach, a non-profit, charitable organization which strives to improve the nutrition, living conditions, health and education of the impoverished in Fayette County, distributed non-perishable and perishable food, including whole turkeys, to 219 families in need at its annual Easter food distribution on Holy Thursday last week. Sixty volunteers from Incarnation Catholic Church, Our Lady …

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