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Holy Cross Presents ‘Good News!’ As Annual Fundraiser
January 19, 2006“Here we ‘show’ again!” is the familiar catchphrase around Holy Cross Church at this time of the year. The North Atlanta parish has been blessed with musically talented people who are willing—and eager—to use their talents to support the work of Friends of St. Martin de Porres, a food ministry based at Holy Cross. This […]
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CSS Director Accepts New Post In Tennessee
January 19, 2006Sandra Hollett will leave the helm of Catholic Social Services on Jan. 31 with a sense of peace at having led the nonprofit from “crisis to accreditation” and through an expansion of services, most recently a new emergency relief program for Hurricane Katrina evacuees. Hollett has submitted her resignation as executive director of CSS, effective […]
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Catholics Gather To Remember Dr. King’s Dream
January 19, 2006In downtown Atlanta, a city often referred to as the “birthplace of civil rights,” Catholics joined together Jan. 14 to celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and to pray for a continued commitment to the work that he pursued in his short life. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory celebrated the annual King Mass, […]
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Archbishop Began Service In Washington, Charlotte
January 13, 2006Archbishop John F. Donoghue’s service in Atlanta was the culmination of all his beloved work for the church, from his first assignment as priest at a Maryland blue-collar congregation of young families whose church he helped to expand, to his service as bishop of Charlotte, N.C., where he restructured the school system and called for […]
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Archbishop Appoints Deans
January 12, 2006Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the appointment of priests who will serve three-year terms as Deans of three of the Deaneries of the archdiocese. Archbishop Gregory has appointed them after consulting with the priests of each of the Deaneries. It is the first time the process has been used in which priests of the […]
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‘Munich’ Dramatizes Men Caught In Violent Spiral
January 12, 2006Published: January 12, 2006 Steven Spielberg’s latest film, “Munich,” examines the effects of terrorism on its perpetrators, and the result is a sobering judgment of the uselessness of political violence. Munich opens with a re-enactment of the famous hostage crisis at the 1972 Munich Olympics, in which a group of Palestinian terrorists known as Black […]
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Archdiocesan Events Gather Hispanic Young Adults
January 12, 2006Peru native Connie Francia always told herself that she was too busy to attend church activities outside of Mass with being a full time pre-med student and having a hospital job, but then she signed up along with her boyfriend for a Juventud con Cristo retreat that enlightened her path. The Spanish retreat, sponsored last […]
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Event Supports Proliferation Of Pro-Life Message
January 12, 2006Keynote speaker Pia de Solenni, Ph.D., affirmed at the annual Catholic fundraiser for the Georgia Right to Life media campaign that one of the most effective actions people can take is to support these television ads, which reach women where they are, with a nonjudgmental pro-life message, in the comfort of their living room. And […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard
January 12, 2006January is an important month for remembering the past and for looking forward to tomorrow. The entire nation pauses to recall the priceless legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the struggle for civil rights that he led with such integrity and dedication. Soon thereafter, we must also remember the sad bequest of the […]
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The Light Of Revelation In A Small Mississippi Town
January 12, 2006I once drove from Louisiana to Chicago and made stops at our monasteries in Iowa and Kentucky on the way. Feeling hungry, I pulled off Interstate 59 and drove into a small town called Ellisville, Mississippi. It looked to be a very small and old town, with one main street that had a row of […]