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Learning about Atlanta’s Pan African Catholic Organization
September 30, 2026I was privileged to participate in celebrating Mass for the Pan African Catholic Organization of Atlanta recently, and to learn more about our brothers and sisters from the many nations and cultures of the African continent.
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Father Alex Gaitán, who served at Corpus Christi Church, dies
September 29, 2026Father José Alexander Gaitán Montes, CMF, died Sept. 6, in an accidental drowning in El Salvador. He was 51 years old. Father Gaitán served in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, at Corpus Christi Church, for five years.
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Pope Leo draws 800,000 to Mass in the heart of Paris
September 27, 2026Close to 800,000 people lined Paris’ Champs Elysees from the Arc de Triomphe to the Place de la Concorde for Mass Sept. 26 with Pope Leo XIV, who urged the people of France to follow Jesus.
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Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen declared ‘Blessed’ at beatification Mass
September 26, 2026Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen–the 20th-century theologian, evangelizer, Catholic communications pioneer, teacher and preacher–is now Blessed Fulton J. Sheen.
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Pope Leo gives encouragement to Special Olympics athletes
September 22, 2026Addressing a delegation from the Special Olympics, Pope Leo XIV recalled his own fondness of sports and invited them to live holy lives following the example of St. Pier Giorgio Frassati, “who, in love with Jesus, knew how to translate values of sport into a holy life.”
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Catholic Foundation donors reflect on faith as motivator for giving
September 22, 2026The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia celebrated members of the Deo Gratias Society and Founders Society at a Sept. 3 Mass and reception at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Atlanta. Donors reflected on their gifts to the Archdiocese of Atlanta and what motivated them to support the Church.
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Gladly learn and gladly teach: Back to college with Chaucer
September 21, 2026From the COVID pandemic to funding cuts, from admissions scandals and upheaval in athletics to anxiety about AI, the American college campus hasn’t seemed so fraught with crisis and controversy since the student uprising of the 1960s.
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Georgia pilgrims visit Alabama sites, celebrate Festival del Divino Niño
September 21, 2026On Sept. 4-5, St. Joseph Church in Dalton collaborated with Catholic speaker and EWTN host Paula Umaña to host a two-day pilgrimage in Alabama for the annual Festival del Divino Niño.
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A meeting of malicious minions
September 21, 2026I hurried anxiously into the crowded room and took a seat, although I didn’t know why I was there. Then a creepy creature took the podium, and I cringed, when he announced the agenda. “We’re here to celebrate her sins.”
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Reach for Excellence awarded significant grant
September 19, 2026Reach for Excellence, an independent program of the Society of Mary hosted at Marist School, has received a grant from The Goizueta Foundation to support students through high school.