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Prince Of Peace Parish Mission Entitled ‘Behold The Man’
January 27, 2005Prince of Peace Church will sponsor a parish mission from Sunday, Jan. 30, through Thursday, Feb. 3, at 7:30 p.m. The mission, which has the theme “Behold the Man,” will explore Jesus in his divine humanity. An experienced and skilled Catholic mission team from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., will lead the community experience. Participants will seek […]
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Young Adults Invited To ‘Spin Dating’ Dinner Dance
January 27, 2005The archdiocesan Office of Young Adult Ministry is sponsoring Spin Dating, a singles mixer-dinner dance on Friday, Feb. 11, from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. at The Pavillion, 3880 Roswell Road. A cocktail hour will be held from 7-8 p.m. followed by a three-course mixer dinner from 8-10 p.m., where participants will sit at different […]
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‘Holy Grounds’ Coffeehaus Opens In Lent
January 27, 2005The Office of Young Adult Ministry (YAM) will sponsor Holy Grounds, the annual Lenten coffeehaus speaker series on Wednesdays, Feb. 16 and 23 and March 2, 9 and 16 at Marist School, 3790 Ashford Dunwoody Road. Each night will begin with a 6:30 p.m. optional Mass in the Marist chapel, followed by fellowship and a […]
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Catholics Encouraged To Participate In Pro-Life Events
January 20, 2005The archdiocesan Pro-Life Office encourages Catholics around the archdiocese to participate in the annual Mass for the Unborn followed by the Together for Life Memorial Service and Silent Walk this Friday, Jan. 21, to mark the 32nd anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision to legalize abortion. The actual anniversary of the Supreme […]
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Archbishop Bids Fond Farewell To Belleville
January 20, 2005Liz Quirin, editor of The Messenger, the newspaper for the Diocese of Belleville, sat down for a final interview with then Archbishop-designate Wilton D. Gregory in December 2004. It’s been almost 11 years to the day—Dec. 29—when you arrived in Belleville for the first time. What stood out at the beginning? One of the things […]
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Family Shares Roots Of Archbishop’s Faith
January 20, 2005Elaine Swenson recalled how her brother Archbishop Wilton Gregory liked as a boy to convert the kitchen table to an altar and say Mass. “So we kind of had an inkling” of his vocation to the priesthood, she said with a smile. And his eighth-grade teacher at St. Carthage School in Chicago had told her […]
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Services Begin With Archbishop Speaking To His Priests
January 20, 2005In his opening words to the priests of the archdiocese, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory said that this was a time for hope and promised to work with them in collaboration and respect and to offer them the love of a bishop for his priests. Acknowledging that the welcoming of a new archbishop has its awkwardness […]
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‘Priests And Bishop Of Atlanta Bring Our Hopes Together In Prayer Around This Altar This Evening’
January 20, 2005Archbishop Gregory’s Vespers Homily To The Priests Of The Archdiocese The Archdiocese of Atlanta is still a young enough See that a few of you here present may have witnessed this night or a similar such event for each one of my predecessors. A few of you were here at the very beginning, when Bishop […]
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Thousands Share In Grace, Excitement Of Installation
January 20, 2005People from across the Atlanta Archdiocese and beyond gathered at the Georgia International Convention Center in College Park, joyful to be present to witness the beginning of Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory’s ministry as shepherd to North Georgia Catholics. Dressed in the regalia of the Knights of Peter Claver, Thomas M. Brito, a parishioner at St. […]
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‘The Rich Opportunity To Serve This Growing, Exciting, And Youthful Church In Atlanta’
January 20, 2005Archbishop Gregory’s Homily For The Installation Mass Mis queridos hermanos y hermanas en Cristo, Quisiera dirigir mis saludos primeros a la Iglesia local de Atlanta, especialmente a los que se sienten mas cómodos hablarle a Dios en español. Ahora que estamos reunidos alrededor de la mesa del Señor, en esta misa de instalación, quiero hacerles […]