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End-Of-Life Workshop Offered
February 1, 2007All Saints Church Health Ministry will sponsor a “Preparation for Departure” workshop presenting practical information for the end of life, on Saturday, Feb. 17, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the church social hall. The workshop will include topics such as ethical decisions, palliative and hospice care, durable power of attorney for health care, […] Full Story
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Parent, Middle-Schooler Program Planned At St. Peter Chanel
February 1, 2007Family Honor, Inc. will present “Real Life and Real Love,” a unique Catholic parenting program designed for seventh- and eighth-grade students and their parents Feb. 23 and 24 at St. Peter Chanel Church. On Friday night the program will begin at 7 p.m. and on Saturday will be held from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Family Honor […] Full Story
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Mercy Girls And Boys Defend The Home Court
February 1, 2007The Lady Bobcats of Our Lady of Mercy High School defeated The Galloway School, Atlanta, 56-26 on Jan. 23. Junior center Alex Miles led the team with 16 points, 12 rebounds and 3 blocks. Sophomore point guard Camille Thompson provided 13 points, 8 steals, and 7 rebounds and her counterpart Raven Moore had 12 points, […]
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Archbishop Tells Pro-Life Advocates To Be Diligent, Gentle
February 1, 2007Each year on Jan. 22 they gather to remember, they gather to mourn, they gather to pray, and they gather to hope. Thousands of Catholics filled the downtown Shrine of the Immaculate Conception to commemorate the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the fateful court case that legalized abortion at any stage of life in the […] Full Story
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St. Philip Benizi Enjoys New Building’s Blessing
January 28, 2007Although the weekend of Dec. 2-3, 2006, officially marked the end of St. Philip Benizi Church’s three-year capital campaign, parishioners and visitors alike will reap the benefits and blessings of the building project for many years to come. The new religious education building, blessed on September 9, 2006, by Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, is already […] Full Story
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‘Dualing’ It Out On The Mat
January 28, 2007Published: January 18, 2007 ATLANTA—Blessed Trinity High School wrestled the trophy away from Marist School during the fifth annual Catholic Duals wrestling tournament held Jan. 10 at Marist’s Atlanta campus. Marist had won the tournament every year since its inception in 2003. The Catholic Duals, which brings the wrestling teams of Blessed Trinity, Roswell, Marist, […] Full Story
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Paul’s Conversion Shows Hope for All Sinners
January 25, 2007God sometimes does dramatic things to get our attention. Maybe we come down with some strange, out-of-the-blue illness. Maybe we lose our jobs. For Saul, the drama involved being blinded for three days. This Saul fellow was quite the scoundrel. He was trying to destroy the early Christian church, arresting Christians and arranging for their […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (January 25, 2007)
January 25, 2007Last Saturday I was inducted into the Order of St. Lazarus, an international fraternal military and hospital order that is nearly nine centuries old. This association, like many other ecclesial groups, was initially founded to perform works of charity—in the case of St. Lazarus they were caregivers for those people with leprosy. In addition they […]
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Police Seek To Identify Man Killed In Church Lot
January 25, 2007The pastor of St. Patrick Church, Father Tom Hennessy, said he will bless and re-consecrate the property and grounds of the church this week as he guides his parish community in the wake of the killing of an unknown man in a back church parking lot Jan. 21. The blessing “will be done privately” and […]
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Duluth Mission Burns, Church Hastens To Help
January 25, 2007The call came into the Gwinnett fire department on Thursday, Jan. 18, just before 6:30 a.m.—a small strip shopping center on Buford Highway was on fire. Fire trucks were dispatched minutes later to the building, which houses, among the small businesses, the Catholic mission of Duluth, church home to approximately 1,200 Hispanic Catholics in the […]