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Women, Youth Honored For Service In Their Parishes
March 16, 2006The 29th annual Recognition Day Mass honoring outstanding women and high school seniors of the archdiocese was held at the Cathedral of Christ the King on Feb. 18. An estimated 800 people, including the honorees, family and friends, attended the event, which was initiated by Genevieve Jones-Gesing, past president of the Atlanta Archdiocesan Council of […]
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Students Learn Arab Politics In Popular Marist Program
March 16, 2006Years before Middle Eastern affairs became as pressing a concern for many globally conscious Americans, students were formally debating Arab world issues at Marist School. And the day that the political wing of Hamas had a surprise victory in Palestinian elections, youth from across Atlanta were debating the region’s polemical issues at Marist. The independent […]
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Hispanic Youth, Young Adults Meet, Look To Future
March 16, 2006Published: March 16, 2006 LAWRENCEVILLE—High school senior Ariana Mendez strengthened her faith and experienced fellowship with other young Hispanics at the daylong archdiocesan Spanish “Encuento” conference held Jan. 21 at St. Lawrence Church, to help her to go forth as a young woman of God and a positive example for her peers and six younger […]
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St. Pius X School Plans Spring Dance Concert
March 16, 2006St. Pius X High School will present its annual spring dance concert on March 24-26 in the Msgr. Terry W. Young Center on the Atlanta school’s campus. Students in all dance levels at St. Pius X will showcase their talents in this concert. The performances begin at 8 p.m. Friday, March 24, and Saturday, March […]
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St. Brigid To Host Divine Mercy Lenten Mission
March 16, 2006St. Brigid Church will host a Lenten parish mission from Saturday, March 25, to Wednesday, March 29. Father Anthony Gramlich, MIC, assistant rector of the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Mass., will lead the mission, which is entitled “Divine Mercy in My Soul!” All are invited to the mission. Father Gramlich will […]
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Over 1,300 Prepare To Enter Church At Easter
March 16, 2006ATLANTA—The first weekend in the season of Lent, already marked by the brilliant sunshine of the approaching spring, was further adorned by the happiness shining on the faces of the more than 1,300 people taking their final steps toward becoming Catholic by participating in the 25th annual Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion […]
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Holy Trinity To Offer ‘Día De La Familia’ Health Fair
March 9, 2006Holy Trinity Church will host its 4th annual “Día de la Familia” Health Fair on Saturday, March 18, from 8 a.m. until 12 noon. This event has grown from an attendance of 350 persons the first year to 1,200 persons in 2005 coming for diabetes, cholesterol, hearing, vision, dental, spinal column screenings, as well as […]
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Cathedral Players Present Popular ‘Oklahoma!’
March 9, 2006Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!” the sweeping musical triumph, is the fifth musical production presented by the Cathedral Players on behalf of the Buckhead Christian Ministries. The group, which is the theater ministry of the Cathedral of Christ the King, will present performances of this popular musical on the weekends of March 24-26 and March 31-April […]
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State Legislators Debate Immigration Reform Bill
March 9, 2006The Georgia Senate has begun debating a bill that targets the legal status of hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants in Georgia, putting more pressure on businesses not to hire them, on law enforcement to verify their immigration status, and on public agencies not to offer them more than the minimum of services required by […]
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Georgia Bishops Write On Immigration Reform
March 2, 2006Pastoral Letter from the Most Reverend Wilton D. Gregory, Archbishop of Atlanta, and the Most Reverend J. Kevin Boland, Bishop of Savannah, Regarding Immigration Reform America has always been a country built of many immigrant peoples, who bring with them richness in cultures and diversity from all areas of the world. Our nation has consistently […]