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Art On Campus Of Catholic School
March 14, 2013St. Jude the Apostle School, Atlanta, is in process of becoming an eco-friendly school. Numerous activities involving the school, church and community are scheduled throughout the year to highlight ways to conserve resources. As part of this program, St. Jude School has an artist-in-residence who will introduce students to papermaking and printmaking. The highlight of […]
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CTK Habitat Build Dedicated To Father Morrow
March 14, 2013For his years of dedication to the cause, the Christ the King Cathedral Habitat for Humanity ministry is dedicating its current building effort to Father Richard Morrow. Father Morrow will be celebrating 58 years of priesthood this year, the last 20 of which have been at Christ the King. One of Father Morrow’s favorite charities […]
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Church, Parents, Community Boost St. Mary School Auction Gala
March 14, 2013An auction to benefit St. Mary School, Rome, hosted by the Parent Teacher Organization, grossed approximately $140,000. The sold-out event was held at Georgia Highlands College’s Lakeview Auditorium. The theme was a New Orleans extravaganza, as if Mardi Gras erupted in the facility, with vignettes of Bourbon Street. Guests wore masquerade masks adorned with feathers. […]
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Athens Students Earn Accolades For Essay Writing
March 14, 2013Knights of Columbus Council 6514 recently held essay contests for eighth-graders at St. Joseph School, Athens, and students at Monsignor Donovan High School. The theme of the contest was “The Importance of Religious Freedom.” Cash awards and certificates were given to the first-, second- and third-place winners in each grade category. Everyone who submitted an […]
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College Board Honors Marist School Administrator
March 14, 2013Marist School’s Director of Counseling Gordon Stanley was honored with the College Board’s 2012 Leroy W. Fails Award for leadership and service last week. The award recognizes an individual whose service and leadership at the regional and national levels have continuously advanced the mission of the College Board and who has demonstrated significant contributions and […]
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Catholic Conference Evaluates Bills After “Crossover Day”
March 14, 2013A proposal in the Statehouse loosens gun restrictions, including allowing gun owners to carry firearms into churches. That was one bill that cleared “crossover” day, the date by which bills must be approved by at least one house of the Legislature in order to have a chance of becoming law in this session. Georgia Catholic […]
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Miguel San Juan Named New Catholic Charities CEO
March 14, 2013Catholic Charities Atlanta (CCA) has announced that Miguel R. San Juan has been appointed the organization’s new chief executive officer. He began his duties March 1. San Juan has been active in public service at local, state and federal levels. In 1990, President George H.W. Bush appointed him as the first National Export Council president. […]
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Praying for the new pontiff
March 14, 2013As the three of us walked back up the hill to the North American College in Rome where I am staying, after a late evening pizza, I mentioned to Father Luke Ballman and Matthew Dalrymple (our Atlanta seminarian at the college) that I had to come up with a topic for my column for The […]
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Lo Que He Visto Y He Oido
March 14, 2013Después de haber disfrutado de una pizza, le mencioné al Padre Luke Ballman y a Matthew Dalrymple (nuestro seminarista de Atlanta que estudia en Roma) quienes me acompañaban subiendo la colina en el camino de regreso al North American College en Roma donde me encuentro hospedado, que debía hallar un tema para mi columna de […]
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Nine New Monsignors Named For Archdiocese
March 14, 2013Seated in the wood-paneled conference room, the priests waited. They did not know why they had been told to come to the meeting at the archdiocesan Chancery on March 7. “Everybody’s looking at each other. Why are we here?” said Father Frank McNamee, rector of the Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta. And then the […]