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• Mass Embraces Gulf Area Students In Georgia

  November 17, 2005

  A familiar tune echoed through the Our Lady of Mercy High School gymnasium on Tuesday, Nov. 8. For many in the room, it was a song heard many times in the city they once called home, hundreds of miles away from the red and white gym with the snarling bobcat painted on the wall. But […]

• The Stewardship Challenge: Give Prayerfully

  November 10, 2005

  Uh oh, here comes the collection basket. As I fumble in my purse to extract the envelope, I always feel a wee bit guilty. No matter how much I’ve written the check for, I always wonder if it should be more. Like many Catholics, I struggle day to day with deciding how much to give […]

• What I Have Seen and Heard (November 10, 2005)

  November 10, 2005

  I celebrated Mass this week in two different cemeteries, which at face value may not be all that earthshaking because after all we did observe All Souls Day on Nov. 2. But one of the cemeteries happens to be the oldest Catholic cemetery in Georgia dating back to 1790, and so it was a real […]

• St. Pius X Announces Christmas Classic Tournament

  November 10, 2005

  The sixth annual “Christmas Classic Basketball Tournament” sponsored by St. Pius X High School will be held Dec. 27-29 at the school. The tournament draws boys and girls varsity basketball teams from across the country to play in this holiday season event. In a short amount of time, the St. Pius X “Christmas Classic” has […]

• Prisoners Find ‘Something Bigger Than Themselves’

  November 10, 2005

  LeThicia Davis, a counselor who coordinates the Faith and Character-Based Dormitory at Hays State Prison, is already seeing positive signs of change among prisoners from the state’s pilot initiative. She recalled one inmate, who had severe behavioral problems and had been in and out of prison since the age of 17, who was transformed through […]

• North Georgians Help Christians In Holy Land

  November 10, 2005

  The vocation of Father Peter Vasko, OFM, crystallized when he saw the fivefold cross of Jerusalem. “It was like an ax slicing me in two.” While on retreat some 25 years ago at the Monastery of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit in Conyers the successful businessman was seeking the next step in his life. […]

• Women And Christ Make ‘Mighty Great Combination’

  November 10, 2005

  The 49th annual convention of the Atlanta Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women (AACCW) was held at St. Joseph Church on Saturday, Oct. 1. The convention, dedicated to Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, was a one-day event as the AACCW had also hosted the national convention of the National Council of Catholic Women in Atlanta in September. […]

• CCHD Awards Grants To Local Parishes, Programs

  November 10, 2005

  The Catholic Campaign for Human Development in the Archdiocese of Atlanta recently awarded grants totaling $120,000 to seven parishes and several community programs. The grants were presented at an awards ceremony held Oct. 18. CCHD receives its funds from individual Catholics who donate to a nationwide church collection each year. This year, during the weekend […]

• Volunteer Raises Money To Help Feed The Hungry

  November 10, 2005

  Participating in a 5K walk for charity may be tough for some people, but not for Emiliana (Emmy) Barnes of Doraville. Barnes, who is retired and a member of Holy Cross Church, Atlanta, has walked four years in a row now at the annual Hunger Walk/Run in Atlanta. This year, she raised $1,983 for her […]

• Notre Dame Academy Commemorates Saints Day

  November 10, 2005

  The fastest way to learn about the saints may be to walk in the shoes of one. That is the lesson many Notre Dame Academy students realized on All Saints Day when they represented their chosen saint. The students in the Pre-K through eighth grade Catholic school dressed the part for a special morning Mass […]