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• Scouts beautify Ignatius House grounds

  April 3, 2014

  The Atlanta Archdiocesan Catholic Committee on Scouting awarded four boys from Troop 232 the Ad Altare Dei medal. Deacon Bill McCarthy, of Holy Spirit Church, led the course, which lasted several weeks. Along with classroom work and reflection, the Scouts completed a service project. Mary Schaefer, owner of Willow Green garden shop, and a supporter […] Full Story

• Lay Carmelites anticipate 2015 convocation in Atlanta

  April 3, 2014

  Lay Carmelites from four local communities of the Most Pure Heart of Mary Province recently attended an annual retreat at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers. Carmelite Father John Horan, from the St. Elias Province, served as the retreat leader. In exciting news for the spiritual community, Atlanta will be the host city […] Full Story

• High court hears oral arguments in companies’ challenge to HHS mandate

  April 3, 2014

  WASHINGTON (CNS)—Oral arguments in two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court March 25 focused on whether for-profit corporations have religious grounds to object to the new health care law’s requirement that most employers provide contraceptive coverage in their employee health plans. Crowds on both sides of the issue gathered outside the Supreme Court on a […]

• Sally Kazin will be the speaker at the May 3 Magnificat meal

  April 3, 2014

  ATLANTA—At the May Magnificat gathering for women, Sally Kazin, a spiritual director and religious artist, will be speaking of her faith journey, which brought her into the Catholic Church. The Magnificat meal will be held on Saturday morning, May 3, at Holy Cross Church in Atlanta. All women are invited to attend the breakfast, which […]

• Meetings of U.S. presidents and popes: long, but not ancient, tradition

  April 3, 2014

  WASHINGTON (CNS)—Although some details have emerged of the conversation between Pope Francis and President Barack Obama March 27, the public may never know all that was said in that 50-minute get-together behind closed doors at the Vatican. And that’s pretty much the story for most of the meetings between 12 U.S. presidents and six popes […]

• Box Obama gave pope points to history of U.S. Catholicism, says priest

  April 3, 2014

  BALTIMORE (CNS)—The use of wood from Baltimore’s basilica to construct a “seed chest” President Barack Obama gave to Pope Francis March 27 points to the history of American Catholicism and Baltimore’s role in it, said Msgr. Arthur Valenzano, rector of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. “I’m […]

• What’s cooking for Lent: Wild Mushroom Soup from the University of Georgia Catholic Center

  April 3, 2014

  ATHENS—Tuesdays mean the community comes together at the University of Georgia Catholic Center for a Lenten reflection and a noon meal of soup and bread. During part of it, Franciscan Father Tom Vigliotta, the center’s director, invites a student to give a short reflection on how Jesus, the Bread of Life, is revealed in an […]

• The archbishop responds

  March 31, 2014

  “We are disturbed and disappointed to see our church leaders not setting the example of a simple life as Pope Francis calls for. How can we instill this in our children when they see their archdiocesan leadership living extravagantly? We ask you to rethink these decisions and understand the role model the clergy must serve […]

• Almost 2,000 set to become Catholic at Easter

  March 20, 2014

  ATLANTA—Zachary Michuki and Robert Ballentine are two of the 1,913 people across the Archdiocese of Atlanta looking forward to becoming Catholics this Easter. On March 9, the first Sunday of Lent, those set to enter the Catholic Church gathered for the Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion at the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic […] Full Story

• 5,600 fill out pastoral planning survey as of March 18

  March 20, 2014

  ATLANTA—The Archdiocese of Atlanta has received more than 5,600 online responses to the survey that will ultimately help leaders craft a pastoral plan for the direction of the church over the next five years. The survey, gauging people’s opinions on key areas of their faith lives, will be available in paper format and online through […] Full Story