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Cologne Trip Memorable For Atlanta Hispanic Group
August 29, 2005Over a period of nine months, a group of Hispanic young adults from 25 parishes, led by the Atlanta Office of Hispanic Youth and Young Adult Ministry, joyfully prepared to experience World Youth Day 2005 in Cologne, Germany. They gathered monthly to study the various messages that Pope John Paul II had given since the […]
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Golf Tournament To Benefit Tyrone Parish Choir
August 18, 2005St. Matthew Church will hold its annual golf tournament on Monday, Sept. 12, at the River’s Edge Golf Course in Fayetteville. Proceeds from the tournament will go toward upgrades to the church’s choir facilities on Kirkley Road in Tyrone. Now in its eighth year, the fun-filled golf tournament will feature a $1 million hole-in-one shootout. […]
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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 […]
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‘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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]