Student Life
Dear New, Returning, and ‘Seeking’ Students!
Welcome, welcome to the University of Tennessee. As you begin this new year in your life, we hope that your time at UT will be filled with many great blessings and memories. Blessed John XXIII University Catholic Center and University Parish is here to serve you.
As your parish Church away from home we hope to be for you a place and a people that helps you grow in faith, make new friends, worship and praise God, EAT!, and have fun.
Each of us on staff is eager to welcome you – Father Paul Rospond, Ruth Queen Smith, Barbara Lockett, Andrea Sirek and I look forward to meeting you!
Attached please find more information about student life at “John the 23rd” and please check out the website at www.john23rd.org.
Start your college experience off right with our Catholic Student Association’s mini retreat for new students on Saturday August 23rd!
And please join us for our Sunday Supper after the 5:30 Mass starting August 16th!
- Some of our great events and groups!
- Catholic Athletes Fellowship “CATH-O-LETES!”
- Collegiate Knights of Columbus
- Mission Team
- International Student Group
- Grad Student & Young Professionals Fellowship
- Bible Study & Fellowship Group(s)
- Catholic Student Association (CSA)
- Sunday Suppers
- Sunday 5:30pm and 10pm Masses
- SEARCH & AWAKENING Retreats
- Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, Choir & Band!
- More!
God Bless you in this transition time and again, WELCOME!
Fr. Charlie Donahue, CSP
Pastor

