Parish notes: Smoky Mountain Deanery The parish is collecting donations of diapers, infant clothing, baby food, and other items to be donated to the Smoky Mountain Alliance for the Unborn in Gatlinburg and the Women’s Care Center in Sevierville. For more information, call the parish office at 865-429-5587. Twelve young people were confirmed at a Mass on May 20 at the church. The confirmandi were Josue Lara, Arely Guevara, Dolly Aguilar, Alexa Alana, Noah Goodson, Matthew Kieta, Christopher Lucas, Brenda Sanchez, Jackelyn Sanchez, Catelyn Spentzos, Dalton White, and Kelly Champagne.
Holy Ghost, Knoxville The parish life committee is collecting flip-flops, sandals, canvas shoes, Tshirts, and shorts for the young people housed in the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center in Knoxville. For more information, e-mail Carolyn Toal at toalcarolyn@gmail.com. Newcomers: Amber Davis, Faith Logsdon, Matthew Lynch, Benjamin Moore, Angela Trout
Immaculate Conception, Knoxville The parish celebrated a Mass for married couples celebrating 25, 50, or 60plus years of marriage at the 10 a.m. Mass on May 31. Eight students were confirmed by Cardinal Justin Rigali at the 6 p.m. Mass on May 2. Those confirmed were Cameron Adkins, Morgan Birdwell, Annie Graham, Raphael Jones, Audrey MacDonald, Caleb McLaughlin, Gemma Pierce, and Devin Poole.
Our Lady of Fatima, Alcoa The parish vacation Bible school, “Assorted Saints and the Virtues of Faith, Hope, and Love,” will be presented June 15-19 at the church. Children ages kindergarten through sixth grade are welcome. The cost is $20 per child or $40 per family. Scholarships are available. For more information, call the parish office at 865-982-3672. Parishioner and diocesan seminarian Alex Hernandez earned his bachelor’s degree in philosophy in May at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in St. Louis.
St. John XXIII, Knoxville The parish wished happy priestly ordination anniversaries to Father Don Andrie, CSP (21 years on May 14), and Father Rich Andre, CSP (three years on May 19). ■
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Deanery CCW honors Monsignor Mankel with cathedral contribution Sue Greer (center) presents a check to Father David Boettner and Mary Mac Wilson, Father Boettner’s executive assistant, on behalf of the Smoky Mountain Deanery chapter of the Knoxville Diocesan Council of Catholic Women in honor of Monsignor Xavier Mankel. The check is for $2,500: $100 in honor of every year of service Monsignor Mankel has given as spiritual moderator of the KDCCW. The money will go to the Sacred Heart Cathedral Home Campaign for the new cathedral.
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t. Francis of Assisi Parish in Fairfield Glade congratulates six couples celebrating 50th wedding anniversaries. Norman and Carol Adams celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary May 8. They were married at the Nativity of Our Lord Church in Cincinnati. Their two children are David Adams of Centreville, Va., and James Adams of Chicago, and they have four grandchildren. Mr. Adams retired from the Abbott Laboratories of North Chicago, Ill., and Mrs. Adams—who submits parish news to The East Tennessee Catholic—retired from Oak Grove School in Libertyville, Ill. The Adamses retired to the Glade in 1994. A celebration with relatives in Ohio is planned. Robert and Kathleen McCone celebrated their 50th anniversary May 29. The McCones were married at St. Patrick Church in Owego, N.Y., with Father William O’Brien officiating. They have three daughters, Erin Elizabeth Fitzgibbons of Gurnee, Ill.; Kellie Ann McClellan of Victoria, Minn.; and Megan Kathleen Kolacin-
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ski of Cumming, Ga.; and they have seven grandchildren. Mr. McCone retired from the Eastman Kodak Co. in Chicago, and Mrs. McCone retired from School District 203 in Naperville, Ill. They moved to the Glade in 2002. James and Ann Brendel celebrated their 50th anniversary on May 22. They were married at St. Malachy Church in Brooklyn, N.Y. Their two children are Joanne Nastasi of Peachtree City, Ga., and Michael Brendel of Kings Park, N.Y., and they have four grandchildren. Mr. Brendel retired from the Long Island Railroad Co. in Long Island, N.Y., while Mrs. Brendel was a legal secretary in Hicksville, N.Y. They moved to the Glade in 2008. An anniversary celebration was planned for May 8 with family and a trip to Italy on June 6. Frank and Karen Goluszka celebrated their 50th anniversary on June 5. They were married at St. Rita of Cascia Church in Chicago. Their four children are Christine Draves of Winnebago, Ill.; Richard Goluszka of Aurora, Ill.; Robert
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