Archives
11,623 results were found for your search for all stories
-
Seminarian from Decatur parish admitted to candidacy as he leaves for Rome
June 25, 2015SMYRNA—Seminarian Avery Daniel leaves for Rome, Italy, on July 12 to study at the Pontifical Gregorian University for the next five years. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory celebrated Mass and admitted Daniel to candidacy to Holy Orders June 8 at the Chancery of the archdiocese in Smyrna. Daniel, whose home parish is Sts. Peter and Paul […]
-
Considering parish communities, large and small
June 25, 2015A very attractive new set of doors is now installed at Queen of Angels Church in Thomson. I visited that community last week to bless this new addition and to spend a part of my Sunday with one of our many parishes that celebrate their Catholic faith well outside of the Atlanta metro area. Actually, […]
-
Georgia Catholic Conference director honored by CLINIC for immigration work
June 25, 2015ATLANTA—Frank Mulcahy, executive director of the Georgia Catholic Conference, is the 2015 recipient of Catholic Immigration Network’s CLINIC Champion award. CLINIC Executive Director Jeanne Atkinson presented the award to Mulcahy at the nonprofit’s annual convening in Salt Lake City, Utah, May 14. Atkinson said that Mulcahy, a CLINIC board member since 2013, goes above and […]
-
New archdiocesan website to be unveiled July 1
June 25, 2015ATLANTA—The Archdiocese of Atlanta’s website is about to have a fresh look on the outside as it also changes internally to a mobile-friendly platform. Changing technology has aged the seven-year-old site. “It was state of the art when it came out, but now it’s not,” said Jonathon Hanten, the webmaster of the archdiocese. The new […]
-
For Melkite Catholics, a new co-cathedral in Los Angeles
June 25, 2015LOS ANGELES—Members of Atlanta’s St. John Chrysostom Melkite Greek Catholic Church will have a co-cathedral in California for the Eparchy of Newton, Massachusetts, as of Aug. 1. At the request of Bishop Nicholas Samra, the head of the Melkite Eparchy, Pope Francis has named St. Anne Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Los Angeles as the […]
-
Bishops discuss encyclical, pope’s visit, uses of social media
June 25, 2015ST. LOUIS (CNS)—The U.S. bishops gathered in St. Louis for their spring general assembly heard presentations on the pope’s encyclical on the environment, the U.S. church’s ongoing work in promoting traditional marriage and the need to remain vigilant in protecting children from abuse. On the first day of their meeting June 10, there also were […]
-
Teen excels at independent study while helping on home front
June 25, 2015SHARPSBURG—As a senior Justin Triggs tended the vegetable garden and six cats and dogs on his family’s 14-acre Sharpsburg property, apprenticed in a photography studio, and completed high school through the Faith Academy independent study program to graduate as valedictorian among some 450 other students. He also supported his parents as they cared for his […]
-
Music lets salutatorian ‘give back to other people’
June 25, 2015NEWNAN—Cristina Couvillion performed her way through high school, playing cello in the orchestra, singing alto in the choir and touring with the Spivey Hall Tour Choir around the United States. Her musical creativity enlightened her academic experience: Cristina graduated as salutatorian in her class of 51 at The Heritage School in Newnan. She will attend […] Full Story
-
Hanging out with dad
June 18, 2015Earlier this week I was setting up appointments to photograph some of the Catholic high school coaches that are being profiled for an upcoming story in the June 25 issue about state championship teams. On two occasions a coach showed up with one or more children. In the first instance Alan Keel, the girls varsity […]
-
Former nuncio will face Vatican trial on charges of abuse, child porn
June 15, 2015VATICAN CITY (CNS)—A former Vatican nuncio will stand trial in a Vatican court on charges of the sexual abuse of minors and possession of child pornography. Jozef Wesolowski, the laicized former nuncio to the Dominican Republic, is accused of “a number of offenses” committed between 2008 and the date of his arrest in September 2014. […]