The Diocese of Knoxville celebrated its 25th anniversary in grand fashion Sept. 13-14 as some 5,000 faithful from throughout East Tennessee and around the country gathered in prayer and song, fellowship and worship at the Sevierville Events Center to rejoice the Holy Eucharist in the diocese’s first Eucharistic Congress.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan

Archbishop of New York and President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Cardinal Dolan addresses the Congress for nearly an hour. View the video of his presentation below or listen to the audio recording a bit further down the page.

Audio Recordings

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Bishop Stika’s Opening Homily

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Dr. Scott Hahn

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Fr. Robert Barron

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Cardinal Justin Rigali’s Eucharistic Adoration Homily

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Cardinal Timothy Dolan

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Bishop Stika’s Closing Homily

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Photos from the Eucharistic Congress Photographers

Several of the diocese’s photographers were covering the event. Here you’ll find hundreds of photos taken by them on Friday and Saturday. We’ve also included video from Deacon Patrick Murphy-Racey, and soon we’ll be publishing video of the liturgies and the speakers.

Scott Maentz – Select Photos

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Scott’s Saturday photos

Scott’s closing liturgy photos

Jimmy Dee – Saturday’s photos

Stephanie Richer

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Stephanie’s photos

Pam Rhoades

Pam’s photos

Eucharistic Congress Video

Deacon Patrick Murphy-Racey

Deacon Sean Smith’s Interview with Rejuvenate.