Archives
10,959 results were found for your search for all stories
-
Crisis At Local Hospital Elicits Pastoral Response
August 18, 2005At about 6 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 15, at Saint Joseph’s Hospital a man shot and killed his wife, who was a patient in an intensive care unit, and then turned his gun on himself and committed suicide, prompting a swift medical and pastoral crisis response by the Catholic health-care institution. Fulton County Police Department […]
-
‘Red Mass’ Gathers Educators As School Year Starts
August 18, 2005Catholic educators from across the archdiocese came together at St. Brigid Church Aug. 8 to kick off the new school year with a special blessing from the Holy Spirit. Teachers, principals, faculty and staff gathered for the Mass with the excitement of children on their first day of school. They talked excitedly, greeting their colleagues […]
-
Ulster Project Plants Seeds Of Peace In Teens
August 18, 2005The grass is looking greener for eight Irish teens who spent July in Atlanta learning about peace-building, conflict resolution and leadership, and recently traveled back to their Protestant and Catholic communities in Northern Ireland to share and live out what they’ve learned. The day after their return—July 28—youth participating in the Ulster Project heard heartening […]
-
Atlanta Conference Expected To Draw 20,000 Teens
August 18, 2005Catholics from the Archdiocese of Atlanta and throughout the country are busy in preparation, prayer and planning for the National Catholic Youth Conference, which will be held in Atlanta Oct. 27-30. Archdiocesan officials and steering committee members for NCYC have been meeting for the past several months to plan for the biennial event, which is […]
-
Fundraiser For Cancer Home To Be Held Oct. 1
August 18, 2005The Auxiliary of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home will hold its annual fundraiser to benefit the revered, long-established Atlanta institution on Saturday, Oct. 1, at the Renaissance Waverly Hotel. This luncheon, held for the 49th time this year, is the major fundraiser for the home, which has given free aid to those stricken with […]
-
Scouting Day Of Reflection Planned
August 18, 2005All Catholic Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, sixth grade and up, and adult Scouts are invited to attend a Day of Reflection on the Eucharist on Saturday, Aug. 27, at St. Brendan Church, Cumming. Sponsored by the Atlanta Archdiocesan Catholic Committee on Scouting, the day will begin at 11 a.m. and conclude with the celebration […]
-
Marietta Church To Host Music Ministry Workshop
August 18, 2005Musicians around the archdiocese are invited to a renewal of their liturgical ministry at a daylong workshop planned for Saturday, Oct. 29, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at St. Joseph Church, Marietta. Dr. Elaine Rendler-McQueeney and Lourdes Montgomery will be the main presenters at the event. This workshop is open to presiding ministers, eucharistic ministers, greeters, […]
-
New Cleveland Church Is Historic Accomplishment
August 18, 2005Building a new church turned out to be no simple task for the parish community of St. Paul the Apostle. During the construction process, they endured a devastating fire and the wrath of Mother Nature, but the July 27 dedication of the grand-scale country church that was created made the obstacles seem like nothing more […]
-
What I Have Seen and Heard (August 18, 2005)
August 18, 2005Several couples that I have known for all of my years as a Priest are observing their 50th wedding anniversaries during the coming year. I have been asked to celebrate the Masses at which they will renew their marriage vows. They invited me, not because I am now an Archbishop, but because I have been […]
-
What I Have Seen and Heard (August 4, 2005)
August 4, 2005We have just about 200 permanent Deacons serving the Archdiocese. They are an exceptionally generous and dedicated group of men, most of whom have equally generous and devoted wives. I have met quite a few at the liturgy, as members of our Archdiocesan staff, on the golf course and the racquetball court, at parish visitations […]