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Catholic High Schools Graduate, Honor Seniors
May 26, 2005Our Lady of Mercy High School FAIRBURN—Our Lady of Mercy High School will hold its third graduation ceremony and Baccalaureate Mass on Friday, May 27, at 6 p.m. at St. Matthew Church in Tyrone with Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory as the main celebrant and Archbishop-emeritus John F. Donoghue as the main concelebrant. This is the […]
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Eucharistic Event Promises To Nurture The Faithful
May 26, 2005In the tradition of Eucharistic renewal in Atlanta, Catholics and non-Catholics will gather as a community of faith to pray, to listen and to learn at the Eucharistic Congress, an annual event sponsored by the Archdiocese of Atlanta and open to all on Friday and Saturday, June 3-4. Free of charge, the Congress will be […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (May 19, 2005)
May 19, 2005One of my carefully selected questions to ask our youngsters at Confirmation is, “Do you have a favorite prayer and who taught it to you?” I think that it’s very important for parents to teach their children how to pray. It’s much like helping them to learn how to walk, how to talk or how […]
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Sister Elizabeth Moran, GNSH, Dies At 93
May 19, 2005Sister Elizabeth Mary Moran, GNSH, 93, a former teacher and principal at Christ the King High School in Atlanta, died April 22 at St. Joseph Manor in Meadowbrook, Pa., in her 66th year as a Religious. A lifelong educator, she taught students at the elementary, high school and college level. She taught at Christ the […]
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Summer Festival Offers Organ Performances
May 19, 2005The 2005 Summer Organ Festival will begin on Wednesday, June 29, at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta, with a concert by organist Jonathan Biggers, professor of organ at the State University of New York in Binghamton. On Wednesday, July 6, Peachtree Road United Methodist Church, Atlanta, will present organist Gerre Hancock, former director […]
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Western Music Grounded In Gregorian Chant
May 19, 2005The Second Vatican Council recognized Gregorian chant as being especially suited to the Roman liturgy and other things being equal, said it should be given pride of place in the liturgy. Albert Ahlstrom, Ph.D., director of music at Holy Spirit Church, Atlanta, said that Gregorian chant is actually the foundation not only of all Catholic […]
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Annual Workshop Hones Children’s Voices
May 19, 2005In February, 150 children who sing in choirs around the Atlanta Archdiocese gathered for a Saturday workshop with Paige Mathis, director of Young Singers of Callanwolde. The daylong workshop, an annual event that began in 1997, ended with the children singing together as an archdiocesan children’s choir at the 5:30 p.m. Mass at Holy Spirit […]
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Pipe Organ ‘To Be Held In High Esteem’
May 19, 2005As the Second Vatican Council spoke of the value of having authentic elements in liturgy, Hamilton Smith, music director at the Cathedral of Christ the King, spoke of the value of a church having a pipe organ. While acknowledging that some parishes are unable to have one, he said a pipe organ produces pure sounds […]
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Decree of Establishment for St. Peter the Rock
May 19, 2005A DECREE OF ESTABLISHMENT The Catholic Church has been blessed with enormous growth in the area of Lamar and Upson Counties. The Missions of St. John the Baptist in Thomaston and St. Ann in Barnesville have now grown to the point where they merit establishment as parishes. It has been decided that these Missions will […]
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Memorial Mass Planned For Father Drohan
May 19, 2005A memorial Mass for the repose of the soul of Father Joseph Walter Drohan will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 25, at the Cathedral of Christ the King, 2699 Peachtree Road, NE. The celebrants for the Mass will be Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and the priests of the Archdiocese of Atlanta. All […]