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January
20, 2012
Passing the faith
to a new generation
 Photo
by Rick Musacchio
Students at St. Ann School in
Nashville rush past a statue of St. Ann and Mary in the
school hallway on their way to class. Since the Diocese
of Nashville was established in 1837, Catholic schools
have been an important tool for passing the faith to the
next generation. As we head toward Catholic Schools Week
Jan. 29-Feb. 5, with the theme of “Catholic Schools –
Faith, Academics, Service,” the Tennessee Register is
taking a look at the history of Catholic schools in the
diocese and their future. For Catholic Schools Week, the
diocese’s 21 elementary and high schools will be hosting
a variety of events. Check with your nearest Catholic
school for a schedule of events.
From
start, schools key initiative for diocese
 Andy
Telli, Tennessee Register
From
the earliest days of the Diocese of Nashville, the
Church has invested in Catholic schools as an important
tool to pass the faith from one generation to the next.
Some
were housed in grand old mansions, others in sturdy
brick buildings that still stand more than 100 years
later, others in log cabins built on what was still a
frontier. They’ve been filled with the rich and the
poor, the sons of farmers and the daughters of factory
workers, new arrivals to the country and those with deep
roots in the Catholic community.
Full Story
Catholic identity is foundation of
schools
Theresa Laurence and Andy Telli, Tennessee Register
In
the early days of the diocese, a Catholic school was
often no more than a young woman teaching a handful of
students in a one-room log cabin; tuition was paid with
spare change.
Catholic schools today, with kindergartners using iPads
and young men playing football inside multi-million
dollar athletic complexes, may seem a long way from
these humble roots, but the core values of Catholic
education have not changed.
Full Story
Catholic
schools provide models
for religious vocations
Andy
Telli, Tennessee Register
Father William Bevington, who celebrated the 60th
anniversary of his ordination last December, was among
50 students who graduated from Father Ryan High School
in 1942. From his class, seven eventually became
seminarians and six became priests.
Father Ryan, as well as the other Catholic schools he
attended in his life, the Cathedral School, Overbrook
School and the University of Notre Dame, had “a great
impact on me as far as my vocation,” Father Bevington
said.
Full Story
Cathedral series studies Islamic and Catholic
relationship
Ned
Andrew Solomon, Tennessee Register
The
Cathedral of the Incarnation is hosting a series of
adult education classes in January that organizers hope
will build a bridge of understanding between Muslims and
Catholics.
Full Story
Aquinas College
poised to enter new era
Sister Mary
Jeanne Partington, O.P., dies at 102
TSU
coach, a St. Ann parishioner, is inspiration for new
movie
JPII to honor
benefactor Jim Carell at Gala
Legislature’s
short schedule forces cancellation of Day on the Hill
St. Thomas
Aquinas Forum to feature top theologians
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