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How The Church Arrived At Its Immigration Positions
January 11, 2007Archbishop Gregory gave a presentation on the Catholic Church’s perspective on immigration at an immigration symposium held at The Temple in Atlanta on Dec. 4, 2006. The symposium was entitled “Immigration: The Facts, the Challenges and the Moral Response: A community conference convened by The American Jewish Committee, Atlanta Chapter, the Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta, […]
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Claver House Taking Root After Maisha House Closes
January 11, 2007A “new seed” called the Claver House will carry on the love of prayer and mentoring efforts planted in the surrounding inner city community where the Maisha House of Prayer once stood. The news of this offshoot gives joy to Sister Loretta McCarthy, SBS, one of two sisters who first opened Maisha House and who […] Full Story
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Emory Begins New Catholic Studies Minor
January 11, 2007St. Teresa of Avila, Galileo Galilei, Flannery O’Connor, John Henry Cardinal Newman—beginning this January, Emory University students can study these and other famous Catholics as part of a new Catholic studies minor at the liberal arts university. The program is the only such minor in the country within a non-Catholic college or university. With a […]
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Catholic Charismatic Conference Set For February
January 11, 2007Forty years ago at Duquesne University, the Holy Spirit ignited the flame of a new Pentecost within a small group of faculty and students, a powerful burst that resulted in the “baptism in the Holy Spirit” and the beginning of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. The Renewal spread to other universities across the United States and […]
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‘Painted Veil’ Has Intriguing Characters, Epic Sweep
January 11, 2007Based on a 1925 novel by Somerset Maugham, “The Painted Veil” tells the story of Kitty and Walter Fane, a young British couple who are forced to learn about themselves and each other during a cholera epidemic in China. The film opens as the couple is dropped off in a remote location in China. The […]
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Pinecrest Academy Wins Thriller At Buzzer
January 11, 2007If you were on hand for the Jan. 5 basketball game in the Pinecrest Academy gymnasium, Cumming, you were lucky enough to witness the “Metz Miracle” in the school’s 2007 home opener against Holy Spirit Preparatory School, Atlanta. Holy Spirit was undaunted from the tipoff, jumping out early with an 8-0 run. They held the […]
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Our Lady Of Mercy Extends Winning Streak
January 11, 2007The varsity girls of Our Lady of Mercy High School, Fairburn, went 2-1 at the David Brainerd Christian School Invitational, Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 27-29. The team averaged 70 points per game in their two wins. Sophomore point guard Camille Thompson, who averaged 17 points, nearly 6 rebounds and 4 steals per game, was named to … Continue reading Our Lady Of Mercy Extends Winning Streak
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King Center Presents ‘Sisters of Selma’ Documentary
January 11, 2007IMAGE Film & Video and the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site DREAM Series will present the documentary “Sisters of Selma” on Thursday, Jan. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the screening room. The one-hour film, directed by Jayasri Hart, is an unabashedly spiritual take on the Selma, Ala., voting rights marches of 1965 from […] Full Story
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Ethicist Speaks On Vaccines At Catholic Medical Meeting
January 11, 2007Medical ethicist John Brehany, Ph.D., will speak at the 12th annual meeting of the Atlanta Guild of the Catholic Medical Association on Saturday, Feb. 3, at Saint Joseph’s Hospital. The meeting will begin with vigil Mass at 5:30 p.m. in the chapel, and then a catered banquet will be held in the hospital’s educational center. […] Full Story
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Archbishop Visits ‘Family Of God’ At Jackson Prison
January 11, 2007The male inmates endure a rigorous classification process at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson upon entry into the state prison system. Staffers of the maximum security facility determine where to transfer prisoners for their permanent prison residence. Then, assigned a number for identification, they must surrender everything. Those without work assignments may […] Full Story