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JustFaith Ministries founder to speak Sept. 12 at Cristo Rey
September 4, 2015ATLANTA—Jack Jezreel, founder and president of JustFaith Ministries, will offer a presentation on Saturday, Sept. 12, at Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School. The program will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. All are invited to attend. Jezreel’s talk, entitled “Jesus, Justice and Joy: How You Can Bring Compassion to the World,” addresses […]
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Deacon Al Samoranski dies
September 4, 2015GAINESVILLE—Deacon Alfred T. Samoranski of Gainesville died Aug. 23. He was 80 years old. He was born Aug. 22, 1935 to Theodore and Stephanie Samoranski in Wilmington, Delaware. Samoranski attended college at St. Mary’s of Orchard Lake in Michigan and the University of Detroit, where he majored in music and education. He taught school for […]
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Deaf child receives first Communion after first full ASL preparation
September 4, 2015FORT OGLETHORPE—Alex Mullican cannot hear the music at Mass or the words of the priest, yet he feels at home at his parish, St. Gerard Majella Church in Fort Oglethorpe. A third-grade student at the Georgia School for the Deaf, in Cave Spring, Alex celebrated his first holy Communion at St. Gerard Majella May 17. […]
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New staffer to serve adult, young adult, campus ministry leaders
September 4, 2015SMYRNA—Damellys Sacriste recently began in her new role to facilitate parish outreach to young adults through the archdiocesan Office of Formation and Discipleship. A native of Venezuela, Sacriste, 45, has previously served the multicultural community at St. Patrick Church, Norcross, as the director of faith formation. A certified master catechist of the Atlanta Archdiocese, she […]
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St. Helena elevated to parish status; Father Poloche named pastor
September 4, 2015CLAYTON—Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, in a June 24 decree, elevated the St. Helena Mission in Clayton to the status of a parish. Father Pedro Poloche, former judicial vicar of the Metropolitan Tribunal, will serve as St. Helena’s pastor. It is his first pastorate. “I’m so excited and not afraid to admit it,” said Father Poloche. […]
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Indian Catholics celebrate Marian feast, homeland’s independence Aug. 15
September 4, 2015NORCROSS—The Indian Catholic community in the Atlanta Archdiocese celebrated the feast of the Assumption of Mary with the statue of Our Lady of Vailankanni (Our Lady of Good Health)—the officially sanctioned Marian apparition of India—carried in the procession as Mass began, decorated with flowers and garlands. The Indian culture on Saturday, Aug. 15, at St. […]
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Spring grants for 2015 announced by Catholic Foundation of North Georgia
September 4, 2015ATLANTA—According to Nancy Coveny, executive director, the Catholic Foundation of North Georgia issued 45 grants totaling $177,000 for the 2015 spring grant cycle. These grants will support the Catholic community through a variety of causes throughout the Archdiocese of Atlanta. General spring grant awards The Catholic Foundation’s board of directors awarded and approved 34 general […]
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For Latinos, shared parishes offer chance to shape church’s future
September 4, 2015WASHINGTON (CNS)—In September, Latino Catholics from the Smoky Mountain towns of western North Carolina will descend on downtown Charlotte for a eucharistic procession of Catholic associations, ethnic traditions, Marian statues and prayer. There, on Sept. 12, the Smoky Mountain delegation will join thousands of other Catholics from North Carolina and South Carolina walking a morning […]
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Observers expect pope to affirm and challenge politicians during visit
September 4, 2015WASHINGTON (CNS)—Flanked by Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner—two high-profile Catholic politicians—the visual of Pope Francis’ Sept. 24 address to Congress will signal an evolving narrative. The improbability of a pope standing before a joint meeting of Congress comes in an era of wider acceptance of the Catholic faith as it intersects […]
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Brand new ballgame: 72 men, including Atlantan, start lives as seminarians in Rome
September 4, 2015VATICAN CITY (CNS)—As ZZ Top’s “Sharp Dressed Man” bellowed across an immaculately groomed sports field not far from St. Peter’s Basilica, a new class of U.S. seminarians faced off against their peers in a fraternal game of softball. The onlooking fans, who included Vatican officials and seminary staff, said they perceive God’s providence in the […]