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2006 Congress To Build Faith, Inaugurate Jubilee
June 1, 2006The 11th annual Eucharistic Congress will, as always, offer the inspiring opportunity to hear bold and engaging speakers, to participate in heartfelt prayer and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, to sing divine music that connects the spirit and the voice, and to experience a moving Mass with the community of the faithful gathered to worship […]
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Australian Alan Ames Will Speak At Healing Service
May 28, 2006This year’s Eucharistic Congress will once again feature a healing Mass and service on Friday evening, June 16, opening this dynamic annual event in the archdiocese with a special focus on the power of Christ and the Blessed Sacrament in healing those who are in need. All are invited to attend the service, which will […]
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We All Drink From The Cup Of Joy And Sorrow
May 25, 2006“Happiness is a Warm Puppy” is a rather charming kids’ book by Charles Schulz, the inventor of the “Peanuts” comic strip. As a child, I took the title to be gospel truth because whenever I was in the presence of a plump, velvety puppy, I felt that I’d found true bliss. Unfortunately, my mother saw […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (May 25, 2006)
May 25, 2006The parish of Saint Luke’s in Dahlonega is a delightful community that I visited for the first time this past Sunday. It is a quaint community that is growing quickly with the expansion of young families who are settling in that part of the Archdiocese. There were a lot of little ones in arms and […]
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St. Catherine Of Siena School Wins Fourth-Grade Battle Of Books
May 25, 2006St. Catherine of Siena School, Kennesaw, won the fourth-grade level competition in the Battle of the Books archdiocesan championship held May 4 at Christ the King School. St. Catherine of Siena School participated in the competition with children in third-grade through sixth-grade levels. St. Catherine of Siena participants included Garrett Blinkhorn, Nick Casaburri, Danielle Chandler, […]
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Archbishop Discusses ‘Da Vinci Code’ Film
May 25, 2006Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory recently shared his thoughts in a question-and-answer session about “The Da Vinci Code,” a controversial movie that debuted at movie theatres on May 19. Based on Dan Brown’s popular novel, the film had a successful opening weekend, earning about $224 million worldwide while receiving generally negative reviews from movie critics and […]
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‘Pure Fashion’ Spurs Rousing Revolution Of Modesty
May 25, 2006A revolution isn’t always started by a bunch of angry rebels. Sometimes it’s instigated by a gaggle of girls in pretty dresses. At the seventh annual Pure Fashion show, held April 30 at the Georgia World Congress Center, girls of all ages—mothers and daughters, grandmothers, sisters—and a few dads and brothers, joined together to celebrate […]
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Smyrna Parish To Celebrate 40th Anniversary
May 25, 2006On a Sunday morning in the mid-1960s, about 300 people, excusing themselves as they carefully squeezed by one another into narrow rows of fixed seats, their shoes smacking with the stickiness of each step on the concrete floors, finally settled themselves into well-worn plush seats and reverently turned their attention to the front of the […]
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CSS Employee Receives Liberty Bell Award
May 25, 2006The Atlanta Bar Association (ABA) recently recognized Sue Colussy, program director for Immigration Services of Catholic Social Services, Inc., with the 2006 Liberty Bell Award for outstanding service to the community by strengthening the American system of freedom under the law. Colussy received the award on May 5 during the annual ABA award breakfast. The […]
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Conference Highlights St. Brigid Stewardship
May 25, 2006More than 300 people from 82 parishes across five dioceses attended the fifth annual Regional Stewardship Day Conference, held in Cary, N.C., on April 29 and sponsored by the Archdiocese of Atlanta and the dioceses of Charlotte, Raleigh, Charleston and Savannah. The keynote speaker was Dan Conway, president of RSI Catholic Services Group. Conway has […]