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To illustrate the continuing legacy of St. Mary’s ministry in the community, the St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic and its staff were on hand when the city of Knoxville and mayor Indya Kincannon gathered hundreds of city and Knox County officials for the annual state of the city address at the site of the old St. Mary's Hospital.

This year’s volunteer appreciation Mass and luncheon for the St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic cast a wide net on its past efforts and current accomplishments and touched briefly on future goals of the mobile health-care ministry, which has been rolling into medically underserved communities in East Tennessee since 2014.

The St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic has named Martin P. Vargas as its executive director. Also joining the St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic is Sister Mary Luke Feldpausch, RSM, who is serving as a clinic assistant and special projects volunteer for the clinic.

An open house and fundraiser May 8 at the clinic’s home site at Divine Mercy Church in West Knoxville served to call attention to the clinic and its desire for a new mobile medical van.

The people of Crab Orchard are men and women made in the image of God. That’s why the Religious Sisters of Mercy of Alma come to Crab Orchard, with doctors and nurses joining them. They come in a mobile medical clinic, to treat chronic illnesses or long-festering wounds for patients without insurance or the money for a doctor.

Sister Mary Lisa Renfer, RSM, DO, is the new medical director of the St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic. Sister Mary Lisa succeeds Sister Mariana Koonce, RSM, MD, who was the clinic’s medical director since its founding by the bishop in 2013.

Our Crab Orchard Clinics will now be located at Crab Orchard Christian Church.

We will not be in Crab Orchard June 23, 2020, but look forward to seeing everyone again on July 14, 2020! Please contact us at 865-212-5570 with any questions.

Please know we are committed to the safety of our patients, volunteers, and staff. We are still caring for our patients. However, in order to protect everyone, we have made some changes.

The Gatlinburg Clinic scheduled for 2/27/2020 is Canceled due to inclement weather. Patients will be called to reschedule. We are very sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

How St. Mary's Legacy Clinic works to help East Tennessee.

On the second and fourth Tuesday of the month, the St. Mary's Legacy Clinic, a mobile clinic operated by the Diocese of Knoxville, comes to Crab Orchard and offers free medical care to low-income patients in the community who have no health insurance.

The St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic now has a permanent residence – a 40-by-60-foot warehouse that can house the mobile clinic when it isn’t on the road delivering free medical care to those in need across East Tennessee.

Lori Tucker from WATE-TV Channel 6 (ABC) in Knoxville came out to Crab Orchard to do a story on the clinic.