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Notre Dame Club Plans Event For Outgoing University President
June 2, 2005The Notre Dame Club of Atlanta will host a Mass and brunch with the University of Notre Dame’s outgoing president, Father Edward “Monk” Malloy, CSC, Sunday, June 26, at 10 a.m. at the JW Marriott in Buckhead. As the president of Notre Dame for the past 18 years, Father Malloy has overseen the largest capital […]
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32 New Priest Assignments Announced
June 2, 2005Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following priest assignments. FIRST ASSIGNMENTS AS PASTORS Father Luke Ballman, parochial vicar at Holy Spirit Church, Atlanta, has been assigned as pastor of St. Augustine Church, Covington, effective June 16. This is his first assignment as a pastor. Father Eric Hill, parochial vicar at Prince of Peace Church, […]
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Smyrna Parish Celebrates Vibrant Pentecost
June 2, 2005Hispanic parishioners from St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Smyrna packed their tuna sandwiches, tortillas and tacos in coolers, dressed in red, loaded themselves and their children in their cars, and traveled across town on the drizzly Sunday morning of May 15 to the Mable House Amphitheater for a Pentecost day of revival. Families locked […]
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Father Joseph Ware, Retired Priest From Atlanta, Dies
June 2, 2005Father Joseph F. Ware, 82, died in Savannah on May 31 after a long illness. A priest of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Father Ware was a native of Savannah and had lived in retirement in his hometown since 1991. A wake was held at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Savannah on Thursday, […]
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Woman’s Right To Know Bill Becomes Law In Georgia
June 2, 2005Georgia became the 27th state to pass the Woman’s Right to Know Act as Gov. Sonny Perdue signed the bill into law May 10 in a ceremony at the State Capitol. The bill (HB 197) passed the General Assembly with strong bi-partisan support in March. Rep. Sue Burmeister sponsored the bill in the House along […]
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Hispanic Program Launched At Southern Catholic
June 2, 2005Southern Catholic College, a regional private Catholic college opening on Sept. 8, recently announced the formal launch of its Hispanic Outreach program with the appointment of Ricardo Vazquez as director of Hispanic Services. As part of the Hispanic Outreach program, Vazquez is responsible for promoting the college to prospective Hispanic students, as well as marketing […]
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Georgia Bulletin Picks Up Four National Awards
June 2, 2005The Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada, which held its annual national convention May 25-27 at the Hilton in the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Fla., honored The Georgia Bulletin with four journalism awards at the final banquet. The 2005 Catholic Media Convocation was held this year for the first time […]
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Holy Spirit Students Excel On National Latin Exam
June 2, 2005Students from Holy Spirit Preparatory School recently excelled in the National Latin Exam, which was taken worldwide by over 140,000 students. Overall 35 percent of Holy Spirit Prep students were awarded a gold or a silver medal, more than twice the national average. Most impressive were the 14 gold medals that the students earned. This […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (May 26, 2005)
May 26, 2005There are literally scores of them here in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. I am familiar with many of them, and I actually hold membership in several. Each of them has the good of the Church at the heart of their structure. Lay organizations abound in this local Church. The Knights of Saint Peter Claver, the […]
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Casino Night Helps The Needy In Tyrone
May 26, 2005Two community organizations were awarded checks totaling $5,000 from St. Matthew Church in Tyrone May 22. The money was raised during the church’s annual Casino Night celebration, which was attended by more than 300 people at Our Lady of Mercy High School in Fairburn April 30. The $3,000 given to the parish’s St. Vincent de […]