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West’s Book Gives Compelling Advice On Relationships
October 6, 2005Good News About Sex and Marriage: Answers to Your Honest Questions About Catholic Teaching; by Christopher West; St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2004; 200 pp.; paperback; $11.99. “The Good News About Sex and Marriage” opens with a surprising confession from the author. Christopher West admits that in college he hung out with guys who boasted endlessly […]
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Thematic Park Sure To Amaze At ‘Winds Of Change’
October 6, 2005It’s not every day that a teenager gets a chance to play nine holes of putt-putt with Catholic leaders from across the country, but at the National Catholic Youth Conference set for Atlanta at the end of October, attendees will have the opportunity to test their skills against Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and other bishops […]
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Craft Supplies, Prizes, Donations Needed for Youth Event
October 6, 2005Donations are needed for various projects for the National Catholic Youth Conference, especially in the Thematic (Interactive) Park. Donations are especially needed for the arts and crafts area, including scissors, hole punchers, construction paper, black poster board, pens, foam core, glue sticks and religious art (old cards, etc.) for covers of prayer journals. General supplies […]
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NCYC Offers Special Packages For Attendees
October 6, 2005With the National Catholic Youth Conference rapidly approaching, the archdiocese is offering new packages for teens who have obstacles preventing them from attending the full three-day event. NCYC will be held Oct. 27-29 at the Georgia Dome and World Congress Center, and a three-day package to attend, including a conference T-shirt and hat, is still […]
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NCYC Team Seeking Volunteers
October 6, 2005Volunteers are still needed for the National Catholic Youth Conference, which is expected to draw as many as 20,000 teenagers from across the country. The conference, which will be held Oct. 27-29 at the Georgia Dome and World Congress Center, requires volunteers to work as ushers, door guards, greeters, with merchandise sales and in the […]
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Festival Choir Holds Auditions For 2006 Season
October 6, 2005The Festival Choir of the Archdiocese of Atlanta is entering its fourth season and invites all interested musicians to participate. Auditions will be held Saturday, Oct. 8, for the ensemble, which is made up of 80 singers representing over 30 parishes. Auditions will be held at the Cathedral of Christ the King, and all singers […]
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Catholic School Superintendent Resigns
October 6, 2005Judith Mucheck has resigned as the superintendent of schools for the Archdiocese of Atlanta, effective Nov. 23. In a letter sent Sept. 21 to all pastors and principals of Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory indicated that he is currently conducting a national search for a new superintendent and if […]
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Too Much Stuff Can Be A Spiritual Drag
September 29, 2005I waited a half hour to get into the church jumble sale and then was nearly stampeded by the mob of Saturday morning bargain hunters. One hour later, I emerged, somewhat frazzled and carrying one item. A book of Southern chicken recipes. I have a terrible horror of clutter, no doubt inherited from my mother, […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (September 29, 2005)
September 29, 2005My office received the notice that Gov. Perdue was asking that all Georgia schools stay closed on Monday and Tuesday of this week. He also asked if employers would consider shortening the workweek by a day to conserve energy during this extraordinary hurricane season that has already wreaked such devastation on the lives of so […]
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Students Learn To Fight Intolerance
September 29, 2005Students from Holy Spirit Preparatory School, along with students from 50 other schools in the metro Atlanta area, will participate in the 10th annual Power Over Prejudice Summit, which will be held at the end of September on the Georgia Institute of Technology campus. The summit is conducted each year by the Anti-Prejudice Consortium, a […]