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Fall Grant Applications Open For Catholic Foundation
September 15, 2011The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia (CFNGA) recently announced that applications for the fall cycle of the general grants program and the parish enrichment grants program will be accepted through Sept. 30. The mission of the Catholic Foundation is to enhance the long-term financial stability of the Catholic community in North Georgia by diligently building, […]
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Douglasville Parish To Hold Fall Festival, Feast Day Mass
September 15, 2011St. Theresa Church will hold its Fall Festival on Saturday to Sunday, Oct. 1-2. All are welcome to attend. On Saturday, the festivities will begin at 11 a.m. and continue through 5 p.m. and will feature a children’s area with a trackless train ride, giant slide, large inflatable bouncer, six games in one booth (soccer, […]
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Monastery Open House To Feature New Museum, Concert
September 15, 2011The Monastery of the Holy Spirit will host an open house on Saturday, Oct. 1, to celebrate the new Monastic Heritage Center, a museum showcasing the history of the monastery and the Cistercian Order. All are welcome to attend. The 17,000-square-foot museum incorporates both new and renovated monastery structures and features videos, interactive displays, and […]
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Festival Aims To Supply Water To Nicaraguan Poor
September 15, 2011Last year Amigos for Christ nonprofit set a goal to raise funds through its annual music festival to provide clean running water to the Nicaraguan village of El Chonco, whose families were walking miles to collect agua—water—that was contaminated. Amigos met its goal and then some, collaborating with Catholic and other mission teams from North […]
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Sept. 11 Remembrances Pray For Peace
September 15, 2011With a wreath of remembrance placed before the Cathedral’s St. Joseph altar, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory said the Sunday readings for Sept. 11, 2011, offered wisdom for people everywhere reflecting on the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States. The reading from the Book of Sirach says that “wrath and anger are […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (September 15, 2011)
September 15, 2011Parents of college-age students throughout North Georgia, and in other places well beyond this region, have been participating in a ritual that uniquely belongs to this time of year. They are bringing their students back to school. Whether they are bringing their first college student to a new university campus or they have done this […]
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I Hope There Won’t Be Diets In Heaven
September 15, 2011When it comes to the body, I confess I have a love-hate relationship with mine. As a child, it seemed the body was something to battle. For one thing, the second word I uttered, right after momma, was “diet,” and I was constantly on one. But I wasn’t alone. There were also my mother, my […]
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Notable
September 15, 2011A Mass to remember the death of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta was held on Monday, Sept. 5. David Caron, who worships at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Atlanta, said some 60 people crowded in the Gift of Grace House, in Atlanta’s Poncey-Highland neighborhood, to remember the beloved woman on the 14th anniversary of her […]
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New Owner To Expand Good Shepherd Place
September 15, 2011Nearly 20 years ago in 1992, Catholic Housing Initiatives broke ground on an affordable senior housing project named Good Shepherd Place that has served the local community ever since. This August, the complex was purchased by the Paces Foundation, which plans to expand the facilities and rename it Highland Manor. The groundbreaking for the first […]
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Priest Assignments
September 15, 2011Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following changes in priest assignments. Archbishop Gregory has confirmed the recommendation of Father John L. Connor, LC, territorial director of the Legionaries of Christ, and assigned Father Jason Brooks, LC, as chaplain at Holy Spirit Preparatory School, Atlanta, effective Aug. 4. For canonical status, Father Brooks is appointed […]