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• St. Jude Students Prepare for Easter Throughout Lent

  April 15, 2004

  Students at St. Jude the Apostle School participated in many Lenten activities as they prepared for the celebration of Christ’s resurrection. Fifth-graders were responsible for the school’s Ash Wednesday Mass, leading the procession and serving as gift bearers, lectors and altar servers. Food collected for their service project for the Community Action Center was presented […]

• St. Benedict Church Gives Through Lenten Projects

  April 15, 2004

  St. Benedict Church focused on two particular projects during the Lenten season to support the disciplines of penance, reflection and fasting, as the parish prepared for Easter Sunday. The Women’s Guild of St. Benedict encouraged penance through charitable works with an Easter Basket Giving Project. Donations from the parishioners were solicited to assemble Easter baskets for […]

• U.S. Priest Leaders Gather To Refocus Mission

  April 15, 2004

  Priest leaders from over 100 U.S. dioceses will gather here from April 19-22 to take stock and refocus their mission, in the wake of two years of intense national controversy fueled by a sex abuse crisis, dwindling numbers and renewed national interest in religion. The priest leaders, most of them chairs of local diocesan priests’ […]

• Humble Barn Serves as Setting for Joyful Easter Vigil

  April 15, 2004

  As darkness fell, hundreds gathered in the fields outside the old tin barn on St. Mary Magdalene Church property. The sound of the crackling fire was the only sound in the night air as parishioners stood in silence for the start of the Easter Vigil. The paschal candle was lit from the roaring fire, and […]

• Battle Of The Books Fosters Reading, Encourages Study

  April 13, 2004

  Our Lady of the Assumption School’s third- and fourth-grade teams won their grade-level competitions in the annual archdiocesan Battle of the Books contest, which was held in April. The Battle of the Books, a book-reading competition for third-, fourth- and fifth-graders in Atlanta Catholic schools, was first held in April 2003 with six schools participating. […]

• Tony Shalhoub Makes Cameo Appearance At CTK School

  April 8, 2004

  Tony Shalhoub, star of the hit television series “Monk,” made a cameo appearance in early March at Christ the King School while in town for the opening of his new movie “Made Up.” He visited the middle school classes and spoke with students about his TV series, his movies, his theatre work, his family and […]

• Conference Challenges Catholics To Share God’s Gifts

  April 8, 2004

  Over 340 parish representatives from throughout the Southeast attended the Regional Stewardship Conference March 27, gaining insight on ways to make stewardship a way of life. Held at the Atlanta Marriott Gwinnett Place, the conference drew 198 attendees from the Archdiocese of Atlanta, who represented 50 parishes and missions. The conference was sponsored by the […]

• Pope, Liturgies Set Mood When Bishops Visit Rome

  April 8, 2004

  While bishops making their “ad limina” visits to Rome spend more time meeting than praying, the mood of the visits is set by concelebrated Masses and individual time with Pope John Paul II, several U.S. bishops said. Whether ordained a bishop 20 years ago or five months ago, the bishops agreed that the visits they […]

• One-On-One With Pope Central To ‘Ad Limina’ Visits

  April 8, 2004

  U.S. bishops focused on good news when they sat down to talk with Pope John Paul II during “ad limina” visits in late March. The bishops said they found the 83-year-old pontiff frailer and less verbal than in previous years, but they were certain that he was mentally attentive during their 10- to 20-minute private […]

• Charity Ball Supports Mercy Care Services

  April 8, 2004

  St. Joseph’s Mercy Magic Ball, one of Atlanta’s premiere charitable social events, will be held on Saturday, April 26, at the Ritz-Carlton, Buckhead. The public is invited. This year, Gov. Sonny Perdue and Georgia’s first lady Mary Perdue are serving as the honorary chairpersons of the ball, which supports primary health care for those in […]