Also in this Issue

• Catholic Extension director to lecture on changes in Southern church

• Catholics invited to hear Mattson testimony on same-sex attraction

• Author Maria Morera Johnson to speak at Magnificat

• St. Peter Church honors first responders with parish Blue Mass

• Father Redden, a senior priest of the Atlanta Archdiocese, dies

• Deacon Richard Searls dies July 24

• Sister Michelle Carroll, RSM, educator and health administrator, dies Aug. 24

• Pilgrimage to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe set for March 2019

• ‘Repairing The World’ promotes Catholic, Jewish relations

• St. Philip Benizi to hold Nigerian Day celebration

• Blessed Trinity admits fourth group of former student athletes into Hall of Fame

• Catholic-Orthodox Ecumenical Gathering set

• Cancer home auxiliary to hold fundraiser auction, luncheon Oct. 20

• Church plans third-party abuse reporting system, code of conduct

• Our Lady of Victory School celebrates new school year with priests

• Local students honored by National Merit Scholarship program

• New Marist School leader to lead inclusion effort

• SPX volleyball team: standouts on the court and the classroom

• Marist student pays it forward to special need students in Nicaragua

• Dublin meeting focuses on families living as Christ for others

Local News

• Washington DC

  Pope names new members, including Atlanta’s archbishop, for Vatican office for laity, family, life

  VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Less than five months after updating the statutes of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, Pope Francis named a new slate of members of the Vatican office, including U.S. law professor Helen Alvare, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Atlanta and Cardinal Gerald Lacroix of Quebec. The Vatican announced the new members […] Full Story

• Baton Rouge

  Frat house where tragedy struck reborn as faith community for students

  BATON ROUGE, La. (CNS)—Out of the darkness of unspeakable tragedy, a light is rising, spreading a transformation of resurgence and, perhaps most importantly, one of faith. Christ the King Catholic Church in Baton Rouge, through the efforts of pastor Father Andrew Merrick, has transformed a former fraternity house where a college freshman died a year […] Full Story

• Atlanta

  Two Catholic schools celebrate repeat Blue Ribbon awards

  ATLANTA—Two Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Atlanta were designated as 2018 National Blue Ribbon Schools. It was familiar territory for the communities of Holy Redeemer School and Christ the King School. Both schools received the national recognition in the past—it was the second Blue Ribbon honor for Holy Redeemer, Johns Creek, and the third […] Full Story

• Washington DC

  Next Encuentro phase is action by parishes, dioceses on ideas, priorities

  WASHINGTON (CNS)— Fifth National Encuentro participants returned to their dioceses and parishes with many challenges and hopes. Among them, they were called to share their gifts and reach out across race and language barriers in their own parish and diocesan communities; at the same time, they also urged the rest of non-Hispanic Catholics to recognize […] Full Story | En Español

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