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Parish Marks End Of Year Of Eucharist With Prayer
October 13, 2005To commemorate the close of the Year of the Eucharist proclaimed by the late Pope John Paul II, St. Peter Chanel Church will begin a Forty Hours devotion on Wednesday, Oct. 19, at 4 p.m., continuing until 8 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 21. A special Mass will follow at 8:30 a.m. Forty Hours devotion is […]
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Annual ‘Scott’s Sprint’ To Benefit Children’s Project
October 13, 2005Catholic Social Services will hold the fourth annual Scott’s Sprint Memorial Fun Run (5K run and one-mile walk) at Freedom Parkway Path at the Carter Center on Saturday, Oct. 22, beginning at 8 a.m. This year CSS invites the public to participate and to compete for the newly created trophy called “Mei Mei’s Trophy.” This […]
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Holy Cross Holds Fair
October 13, 2005The Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary of Holy Cross Church will host a craft fair on Saturday, Oct. 22, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., while the Knights will host a vintage and modern automobile show from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. in the parking lot behind the church. Holy Cross is located at 3773 […]
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Interfaith Trip Brings Vivid Content To Teachers’ Classes
October 13, 2005What Catholic educators—including two from St. Pius X High School in Atlanta—experienced this summer could not be learned in a book. They walked the streets of Nazareth, traveled along the Jordan River in the Judean wilderness, and as they reached the Mount of Olives grew awestruck as they beheld Jerusalem. At sunset they celebrated Shabbat, […]
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At Long Last, OLA’s New Church Nears Completion
October 13, 2005The cupola was raised gently by crane to the top of Our Lady of the Assumption Church’s new church building on a sunlit day at the end of August. Students and teachers at OLA School came to the windows for brief moments to view the exciting happenings outside, as the base of the cupola, the […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (October 6, 2005)
October 6, 2005For the next three and a half weeks, I will be composing my column in Rome where I am attending the 11th Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops. Pope Paul VI established this process as an outcome of suggestions that he received from many people during the Second Vatican Council. These recommendations were for […]
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With Help From CRS, Solidarity Comes In A Cup
October 6, 2005Socially-conscious Catholics who savor their morning cup of java can now sip in solidarity with farmers hand-picking organic coffee beans in the rich mountain soil of Nicaragua and around the world through a Catholic Relief Services Fair Trade program. CRS has supported over 300 Nicaraguan coffee farmers since 2002 in seeking to enter into the […] Full Story
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Mountain Church Gives Archbishop Warm Welcome
October 6, 2005On Sunday, Aug. 28, on a beautiful, clear day in the northeast Georgia mountain town of Clayton, nearly 400 people gathered for a truly special occasion. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory celebrated an outdoor bilingual Mass for the parishioners of St. Helena Church and their visitors. The setting for this, the fifth annual outdoor Mass, was […] Full Story
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Queen Of Angels Students Open Hearts To Help
October 6, 2005“What if it happened to you?” This is the question Queen of Angels School students asked in the wake of the ruin and despair brought on by Hurricane Katrina last month in the Gulf Coast states. The students at the Roswell school coped with their emotions by organizing school supply drives, sponsoring a devastated New […]
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School’s Food Drive, Mass Aid Hurricane Victims
October 6, 2005Holy Redeemer School held a food drive on Monday, Sept. 12, to benefit the Atlanta Community Food Bank (ACFB). Touched by the stories of the victims of Hurricane Katrina and told that the food bank could provide these victims with food they needed, the fourth-graders came together in just one week to put together a […]