Also in this Issue

• Priests’ assembly reflects on need to heal ‘deep malady’ in American soul

• Archdiocesan newspaper, videographer earn 14 awards at annual media conference

• Changing church landscape requires mutual accompaniment, convocation hears

• Lisa Wheeler to speak at August Magnificat

• Magnificat chapter founders say step out in faith, receive God’s grace

• O’Connor’s Andalusia hosts open-mic evenings

• Atlanta’s new auxiliary bishop to be ordained July 19

• Founder of gang violence ministry to speak at St. Thomas Aquinas

• A year of state championships for Catholic schools

• Pinecrest’s Patota represents Georgia

• Christians fight evil with love, sacrifice, never violence, pope says

• Catholic dioceses in South ‘in a growth mode,’ says archbishop

• As the partial travel ban nears, agencies worry about refugees in limbo

• Celebrations continue at Decatur’s St. Thomas More School

• Teacher wins Georgia Credit Union scholarship for continuing ed

• Laudato Bee Honey sold for environmental projects by UGA Catholics

• Atlanta man ordained a Jesuit priest

• Winder parishioner hikes Appalachian Trail to support Amigos project

• Holy Spirit Prep graduate to attend college seminary

• Architectural tours of Conyers monastery offered through October

Local News

• Atlanta

  Newly ordained priests urged to imitate St. John the Baptist

  ATLANTA—On the solemnity of the birth of St. John the Baptist, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory ordained two new priests for the Archdiocese of Atlanta. At the rite of ordination June 24 at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Archbishop Gregory said he was pleasantly surprised when the ordinandi themselves suggested that the feast offered an […] Full Story | En Español

• Atlanta

  Spirit of welcome, openness draws many to Cathedral Hispanic mission

  ATLANTA—Since relocating to Buford Highway two years ago, the Cathedral of Christ the King Hispanic Mission has nearly quadrupled in size, now drawing some 1,400 people to the mission’s two Sunday Masses. With hundreds of new members, those coming range from impoverished newcomers to established immigrants from Mexico and across Latin America. Enrollment in religious […] Full Story | En Español

• Lawrenceville

  Pastor who was first SPX principal retires at 88

  LAWRENCEVILLE—Father James L. Harrison, the founding principal of St. Pius X High School and one of the first native-born Georgia diocesan priests, retired July 1. He has been serving as pastor of St. Marguerite d’Youville Church in Lawrenceville. Organized by the Martha’s Ministry of the parish, a buffet dinner party was held in honor of […] Full Story

• Atlanta

  Cristo Rey looks toward 2017 school year with newly renovated place to learn

  ATLANTA—Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School for the first time will have an entire high school student body, from veteran seniors to wide-eyed freshmen, when classes reconvene. Freshmen students start arriving for a summer academy July 24 at the school’s new location in downtown Atlanta after a $21 million makeover of the donated building. Classes […] Full Story

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