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Event To Focus On Building, Renovating Catholic Worship Spaces
September 21, 2006The Archdiocese of Atlanta Liturgical Commission will present a one-day workshop, “Building or Renovating Space for Catholic Worship,” on Friday, Oct. 13, at Our Lady of the Assumption Church from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The workshop, which is presented in cooperation with the Georgetown Center for Liturgy, will begin with registration from 8:30 to […]
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Community Leaders Highlight Unique Marist Class
September 21, 2006Usually, the school principal doesn’t teach many classes, but this semester is different for Father Joel Konzen, SM, principal of Marist School. Father Konzen, with the help of a number of well-known leaders in the Atlanta community, is teaching a leadership seminar to sophomore, junior and senior students that explores the meaning and content of […]
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Southern Catholic College Founder Honored
September 21, 2006Tom Clements, founder of Southern Catholic College, was presented with a proclamation commending him for his contributions to the opening of Georgia’s first residential Catholic college from Gov. Sonny Perdue on Wednesday, Sept. 13, at the governor’s office. The school also announced Sept. 19 that Clements will receive the prestigious St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Award […]
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Annual Run Helps Catholic Charities Help Children
September 21, 2006Damijal, a 17-year-old Croatian refugee, underwent a kidney transplant, and Catholic Charities Immigration Services helped his parents file for citizenship so that he will automatically become a citizen before he becomes 18, which will allow him to receive life-saving anti-rejection medication. And Kayla is a 16-year-old from Jamaica whose mother died and father molested her […]
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Atlanta Catholics, Muslims Urged To Understanding
September 21, 2006Five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, many Catholic leaders engaged in interfaith dialogue feel it is more urgent than ever that American Muslims and Catholics come together to build peace and foster dialogue, witnessing to the world common values of charity and social justice. In the Atlanta Archdiocese, Emory’s Aquinas Center of Theology took […]
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Looking For The Light At The End Of The Train
September 14, 2006There were train tracks not far from where I lived when I was a kid. We used to go and sit and watch the trains. There were commuter trains, heading into Hoboken, and long freight trains. We never knew where the freight trains were heading. I liked the freight trains. They passed slowly before us, […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (September 14, 2006)
September 14, 2006From the earliest days of the Church, we have distinguished ourselves as a community with differing needs and very diverse populations. From those first Greek-speaking and Hebrew-speaking widows who needed individual attention, to the countless language and cultural groups who have become members of the household of Faith, we are a Church with many various […]
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Book Promotes Self Awareness Through God
September 14, 2006THE TEMPERAMENT GOD GAVE YOU: The Classic Key to Knowing Yourself, Getting Along with Others, and Growing Closer to the Lord; by Art and Laraine Bennett; Sophia Institute Press, 2005; 265 pp; softback; $16.95. You probably have friends and relatives who tend toward moodiness and introspection, while others seem amazingly self-confident and outgoing. And if […]
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2007 Annual Appeal Kicks Off With Festive Event
September 14, 2006Banners and balloons, confetti and fanfare marked the kick-off of the 2007 Archbishop’s Annual Appeal Aug. 23 at the Cathedral of Christ the King. Pastors and their stewardship workers convened in the CTK parish hall for the “Gathering of Champions,” the official start of the annual appeal. Speaking from a podium surrounded by Wheaties cereal […]
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‘Women Of The Storm’ To Blitz Washington Again
September 14, 2006Anne Milling answered with delight a call late one July afternoon from a businessman she had tried to reach unsuccessfully since May. Her perseverance paid off, as the caller donated $25,000 to help her and nearly 130 other civic-minded New Orleans women of diverse races, ages and religions to head to Washington, D.C., for the […]