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SPX Community Sings Praises Of New Arts Wing
March 17, 2005The drive was called “Building on Faith,” and at St. Pius X High School March 11 they celebrated the fulfillment of this project which brought together many generations associated with the archdiocese’s first Catholic high school to build something wonderful for students in this new millennium. Completed in less than a year’s time, the new […]
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Community Groups Shower Mothers In Need
March 17, 2005Amid the oppressive struggles of newly arriving immigrants and other poor who come to Our Lady of the Americas Mission in Doraville is a monthly celebration of hope and joy for new life. Expectant mothers at the mission and those who have recently delivered their babies are invited the first Thursday of each month to […]
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Mercy Students March For Life In Washington
March 17, 2005When Our Lady of Mercy High School opened in 2000, a mission statement was written to emphasize the school’s commitment to upholding “the sacred dignity of every human person.” A belief in the sanctity of life is at the very heart of the school. Every student must complete hours in pro-life work as part of […]
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Christ’s Disciples To Knock On Doors For Holy Week
March 17, 2005Catholics this March 23-27 will go forth like the first disciples and spread the Good News to all the ends of the archdiocese, or at least their parish boundaries, as they make door-to-door house calls to invite people to Holy Week activities at their churches. The sponsor of Holy Week MegaMission USA 2005 is Youth […]
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Archbishop Donoghue Named Prep School Rector
March 17, 2005School officials at Holy Spirit Preparatory School recently announced the appointment of Archbishop-emeritus John F. Donoghue as the first rector of the school. The rector is symbolically entrusted with the preservation of the school’s growing body of traditions, including the house system, honor system, matriculation and graduation. Established in 1996, Holy Spirit Preparatory School strives […]
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Donovan High School Announces Closing
March 17, 2005The board of directors of Monsignor Donovan High School announced March 11 that the school does not have the financial resources to continue operating at the anticipated levels of enrollment and will close at the end of the current school year. Currently, there are a total of 41 students enrolled at the school in ninth […]
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Attorney Terry Walsh Receives Award From Catholic Lawyers Guild
March 17, 2005U.S. Judge Richard P. McCully, left, president of the St. Thomas More Society and Msgr. R. Donald Kiernan, right, vicar general, present W. Terence, Walsh, Esq., center, with the Archbishop John F. Donoghue Service Award. The St. Thomas More Society Catholic Lawyers Guild of Atlanta presents the award annually to a lawyer in the archdiocese […]
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Author Explores Mother Teresa’s Insight Into This Age
March 17, 2005A REVOLUTION OF LOVE—THE MEANING OF MOTHER TERESA, by David Scott. Loyola Press (Chicago, 2005); 160 pp.; $18.95 hardcover. If you only read one book about Mother Teresa in your life, this is the one. “A Revolution of Love” by David Scott is no ordinary biography, but rather a meditation on questions more spiritual than […]
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Archbishop Sees Suspect’s Surrender As Graced Event
March 17, 2005“Violence was an unwelcome visitor in our community last weekend. But then God’s grace also made a kind visit to us as well. What a courageous young woman Ashley Smith was. She had the presence of mind and heart to help bring an awful moment to a quiet conclusion. At the very hour that Brian […]
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Lenten Reflection: Thank God It Is Monday!
March 10, 2005I am sitting at my desk in the library when the door swings open and in comes a lady who is a computer specialist. “Monday!” she groans. “I can’t believe it’s Monday again.” Then, huffing and puffing and grumbling about the cold weather, the disgruntled lady vanishes into her office. I usually commiserate with her […]