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What I Have Seen and Heard for November 22, 2012
November 22, 2012During the relatively early years of television, when there were only about three or four network stations broadcasting and all available programming generally concluded around 12 midnight, the weekly sitcoms and the game shows and the news programs typically ended their weekly airings on Friday with the encouragement: “Please remember to worship in a church […]
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Mary Our Queen Choir Performs At Buffalo Church
November 22, 2012Acoustics make all the difference in the world to a choir. And acoustics certainly made a remarkable difference to Norcross’s Mary Our Queen Church choir during their recent performances in three Catholic churches in Buffalo, N.Y. The choir and several parishioners from Mary Our Queen made a pilgrimage to New York in early November to […]
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St. Pius, Marist Win State Cross Country Titles
November 22, 2012The boys and girls of Marist School and St. Pius X High School, Atlanta, captured the state championships in cross country in Class AAAA and Class AAA, respectively, during the Nov. 10 state meet at Carrollton High School. The St. Pius boys team won its third consecutive state championship. Four of the St. Pius runners […]
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Runners, Walkers Support Transfiguration Mission Trip
November 22, 2012Supporters of all shapes and sizes turned out for a fundraising 5K race at Transfiguration Church, Marietta. Parishioners from Transfiguration Church and the local Marietta community took to the streets on Nov. 3 to support a mission trip. More than 200 walkers and runners of all levels came out for the second annual Mission Run […]
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Collection Supports 34,000 Sisters, Brothers, Priests
November 22, 2012The 25th annual collection for the Retirement Fund for Religious will be taken up Dec. 8-9, in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. The parish-based appeal is coordinated by the National Religious Retirement Office (NRRO) in Washington, D.C., and offers financial support for the day-to-day care of over 34,000 senior Catholic sisters, brothers, and religious order priests. […]
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St. Ann’s Knights Council To Sponsor Poster Contest
November 22, 2012One way to fight the ever-present epidemic of substance abuse is through the spread of information. Members of the Knights of Columbus Council 8376 at St. Ann Church in Marietta believe that increasing public awareness about the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse has brought about significant results. They have been active in the fight […]
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Claretian Missionary Father Severino Lopez Dies
November 22, 2012Claretian Missionary Father Severino (Sevy) Lopez, who retired in 2006 after ministering in Mexico and Guatemala and in parishes around the U.S., including in Illinois, Virginia and Georgia, died Nov. 6 in Chicago. He was 94. Born on Sept. 9, 1918, in Lone Pine, Calif., he was the son of the late Severino and Isabel […]
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Gratitude And The Man On The Train
November 22, 2012In Walker Percy’s “The Message in the Bottle,” there is an essay entitled “The Man on the Train.” The man is a long time commuter, riding the same train every morning, to the same job he has had for years. The routine has deeply settled him into the realm of ordinariness. He is a man […]
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¡Viva Cristo Rey! Long Live Christ The King!
November 22, 2012The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, popularly known as “Christ the King,” is a relatively recent feast, in terms of the history of the 2,000-year-old Catholic Church. It was instituted by Pope Pius XI in 1925, as a challenge to the growing totalitarianism of the times. After the Second Vatican […]
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St. Philip Benizi, IHM Host World AIDS Day Liturgies
November 22, 2012ATLANTA—In recognition of World AIDS Day, Mass will be celebrated by Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory on Saturday, Dec. 1, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Atlanta. Mass will be at 7 p.m. and the public is welcome to come. IHM parish has an active HIV/AIDS ministry. The church is located at 2855 Briarcliff Road, […]