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The 2017 Bishop’s Annual Appeal for Ministries, which raises money to support a wide variety of programs in the Diocese of Nashville that help those in need and support people on their faith journey, will begin in February.

Faith, knowledge and service are the three pillars upon which the excellence of Catholic schools rests. And schools across the Diocese of Nashville and the country will be celebrating that excellence during the annual Catholic Schools Week, Jan. 29-Feb. 4.

Courtney Schletzer and Kristin Schletzer Burnett have a lot in common, even for twin sisters.

During Bill Sinclair’s 42 years with Catholic Charities of Tennessee, he has seen the organization assist countless people and experience tremendous growth.

Pope John Paul II High School junior Reanna McNair was hoping to explore nursing as a potential career choice when she signed up for a class and internship that is part of the school’s Innov8 program. She never would have guessed that what she learned in the class would help save the life of a close relative.

As President Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States on Friday, Jan. 20, members of the newly-founded Young Politicos student club at Pope John Paul II High School gathered in the darkened gym to watch.

A wave of demographic change is sweeping through the Catholic Church in the United States. According to projections, in 20 years, half of American Catholics will be Hispanic.

When you think about eating sushi in Nashville, Father Ryan High School may not be the first place that comes to mind. But on a day in early January, the school cafeteria was brimming with at least 20 cooks, hundreds of seaweed squares, an imposing pile of scooped fresh avocado and assorted other ingredients.

Remember walking into your elementary school classroom and seeing that the teacher had changed the desks around? What a surprise for everyone.

Early in the 13th century, St. Dominic de Guzman, a young Spanish priest, traveled through southern France, begging for his bread and preaching the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and against the heresies of his day.

Sitting across a table from one another at the Operation Stand Down Tennessee Veterans Service Center in Nashville, Air Force veteran Michael Hoskinson and St. Henry parishioner Ron Szejner talk financial planning strategies.

The Diocese of Nashville will once again have a strong presence at the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C.

Cheryl Tobin, a former master sergeant with the Army who used her military might to flag down the pope for a blessing, died in her sleep New Year’s Eve. She was 48.

Whether working with refugees in their jobs at Catholic Charities of Tennessee, or as resident directors of Friendship House, a residential community for adults with disabilities and Vanderbilt Divinity graduate students, or on their next adventure, at LIV Village in South Africa, Bailey and Jordan Collins just want to “be good neighbors, to love and serve others. It’s kind of our mantra.”

What role do faith communities have in the current American movements for racial, economic and social justice?

All couples in the Diocese of Nashville who will celebrate their 25th or 50th wedding anniversary during 2017 are invited to the World Marriage Day Mass sponsored by the diocese each year.

The Tennessee Knights of Columbus’ membership efforts are paying dividends.