Sundays:

On Sundays, the University allows us to use the parking lot across from Hess Hall (S-12) or the Clarence Brown Theater parking lot on the other side of Brown Hall (23-B). The lot down the hill behind the church and across the street from the construction site (also labeled S-12) is also available. And, of course, the alley way and small lots next to and behind St. John XXIII are available. Please park in any of these places when you come to Sunday Masses. This works fairly well, unless there is some special event at the University, in which case much of the parking can be taken up by visitors.

Saturdays:

For the Saturday evening Mass, parking is allowed as on Sunday, except on Home Football Game days. All parking, including ours, is restricted when there is a Home Football Game.

Please see the map below for weekend Mass parking:

Weekdays:

One of the most difficult times to park at St. John XXIII University Parish is during the day on a weekday. We have only about eight parking spots in our driveway for parishioners to park. These are usually filled by students early in the morning. We also have a few staff parking spots, but these need to be available for staff all day, because we may have to come and go. In addition, there is no street parking, and the UTK staff parking lots are for University staff only.

If it is urgent that you stop by, you can pull up onto the sidewalk on the north side of the building, but make sure you only stay for a short time.

Unfortunately, conditions are not much better in the evening. Anyone with a valid UT parking permit can use unreserved Staff and Commuter parking areas after 5 pm, but anyone else can be towed. Usually, the University Police do not tow after hours, but we cannot guarentee this. For special events, we try to clear our use of the Staff parking around the Center with the Parking Office. Click here for UT Parking Regulations.