Below you'll find a list of all posts from April, 2017
Did you miss the Sacrament of Confirmation? Bishop Stika will celebrate a Diocesan-Wide Confirmation Mass on Sunday June 25, 2017 at 4:00 pm at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Any adult (18 and over) who has had the sacraments of Baptism, First Communion, and Reconciliation, but has not been confirmed, can receive the sacrament on this date. …
Six St. Mary’s School students – Emily Corbett, Victoria Corbett, Ilse Dale, Sophie Sherlock, Maggie Trent, and Bethany Walsh – were selected to participate in the 2017 Tennessee Treble Honor Choir. The Tennessee Treble Honor Choir is an auditioned choir made up of 130 –150 of the best 5th and 6th grade students from schools throughout the state of Tennessee. Each …
The 61st annual statewide High School Mathematics Contest was held on April 11, 2017, at Roane State Community College in Harriman. It was sponsored by the Tennessee Mathematics Teachers’ Association. Four students from St. Mary’s School took the Algebra I test. Anna Kasemir placed 1st, Sydney Mesmer placed 5th, Sarah Tackett placed 7th, and Marissa Dalton placed 8th. According to the Tennessee Mathematics …
A lot of things are being called “the mother of all __” these days, usually bad things like battles, bombs, lies, etc. But over fifteen centuries ago, Saint Augustine of Hippo in Africa used the phrase with great joy to describe the Christian Passover Vigil as the “mother of all the holy vigils”. This most holy night includes the singing …
Eighteen of the St. Mary’s school-level Science Fair winners participated in the regional Southern Appalachian Science & Engineering Fair (SASEF) at the University of Tennessee on March 28-30, 2017. The SASEF is sponsored by the University of Tennessee and numerous local companies and agencies and draws students from 23 counties in East Tennessee. The goal of the fair is to …
Our Palm Sunday Masses follow the usual Sunday schedule: Saturday 5:30 pm; Sunday 8 am, 10 am, noon, Spanish 2 pm. Masses on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of Holy Week will follow the usual weekday schedule: 6:30 am and 8 am, plus the usual 6 pm Mass on Wednesday. The high point of the Catholic year is the Passover Triduum, …
Anna Kasemir, an 8th grader at St. Mary’s School in Oak Ridge, recently participated in the American Choral Directors Association 2017 National Junior High/Middle School Honor Choir. Over 4,400 singers auditioned to participate in the three conference honor choirs. Of the 298 singers selected to sing in the JH/MS choir, Anna was the only singer from the state of Tennessee. …