1854 - Catholic Parish of East Nashville: After Christmas Midnight Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in 1854 enthusiastic Catholics petitioned Bishop Richard Pius Miles to establish a church in the Edgefield area.

1857 - St. John the Evangelist: The cornerstone of St. John the Evangelist was laid on November 8, 1857. St. John was the third church erected in Nashville and the tenth in the diocese. The church was dedicated on December 22, 1857.

1873 - St. Columba Church, School, and Rectory: Father Michael Meagher, a Jesuit priest from County Tipperary, Ireland builds St. Columba deciding to name the church in honor of St. Columba, Abbot of Iona and patron of Ireland and Scotland (521-597). St. Columba School was established in 1873. Land for the rectory was purchased in 1875. The church, school, and rectory were destroyed in the East Nashville Fire of 1916. 

1877 - Dominican Sisters of St. Cecelia: Sister Rose Joy and Sister Gertrude McLaughlin arrive at St. Columba school to teach grades 1-4.

1916 - The East Nashville Fire of 1916: St Columba church, school, and rectory are destroyed in the East Nashville Fire of 1916. Father John M. Morgan, who had come to the parish only a few months before as assistant, did heroic work in the disaster removing the Blessed Sacrament before the church burned and helping parishioners evacuate their homes.

1917-Present - Church of the Most Holy Name: Father Eugene T. Gazzo had begun the first Holy Name Society in the diocese. On Sunday, March 25, 1917, one year and three days after the fire, the new church was solemnly dedicated to the Most Holy Name of Jesus.

1982 - Loaves & Fishes: Fr. Charles Strobel organized a community meals program to feed people who were homeless and to feed the working poor. This program became known as the Loaves & Fishes Community Meal and is still operating today at Church of the Most Holy Name under the management of Catholic Charities.

1986 - Room in the Inn: Father Charles Strobel established the Room in the Inn program designed to provide housing for homeless persons on cold winter nights. Room in the Inn has become a model for local, national, and international homeless services and is still in existence today.