Archives
11,656 results were found for your search for all stories
-
‘For All Or For Many?’: New Mass Prayers
December 22, 2011Of all the changes in the new Mass translation, two words used by the priest at the consecration have evoked the most questions. Those two words are “for many.” Until the new translation, the priest had been referring to Jesus’ blood having redemptive value “for all”: “… this is the cup of my blood, the […]
-
Notable
December 22, 2011The St. Brigid Church Under-10 boys soccer team, the Red Fury, won the Catholic Metro Soccer League (CMSL) championship. The Red Fury defeated a skilled St. Jude team 5-4. According to coach Miguel Villar, the first four St. Brigid goals were scored by Charlie Fleming. The game was tied 4-4 late in the second half when Nickolas […]
-
Local Catholics React To New Missal
December 22, 2011On the first Sunday of Advent, the Catholic Church officially implemented the new Roman Missal, with new English translations of various parts of the Mass. Some parishes took advantage of the permitted introduction during the fall of some of the new sung responses to introduce the wording changes gradually to their congregations, while others dove […]
-
‘For All Or For Many?’: New Mass Prayers
December 22, 2011Of all the changes in the new Mass translation, two words used by the priest at the consecration have evoked the most questions. Those two words are “for many.” Until the new translation, the priest had been referring to Jesus’ blood having redemptive value “for all”: “… this is the cup of my blood, the […]
-
Faith & Public Policy Workshops To Begin In January
December 22, 2011The Georgia Catholic Conference is sponsoring the first Faith & Public Policy Workshop of 2012, to be held on Jan. 7 at St. Ann Church. Speakers at the workshop will include Frank Mulcahy, executive director of the Georgia Catholic Conference, Mary Boyert, director of the archdiocesan Respect Life Ministry, Kat Doyle, director of Social Justice […]
-
CTK To Host Benefit For Hapeville Pregnancy Center
December 22, 2011The Advice and Aid Pregnancy Center (AAPC) in Hapeville is celebrating its 27th year of ministry for life with a special evening at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta, on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. Mass will be celebrated at 6 p.m. by Bishop Gregory J. Hartmayer of Savannah. Following Mass at 7 p.m. will […]
-
IHM Student Ariel Kim chosen Young Scholar
December 22, 2011ATLANTA–Ariel Kim has got a combination of academic smarts, musical talent and concern for others. She is as comfortable playing oboe in the school band as on a camping trip with the Girl Scouts or helping students tackle a math problem. “She finds a way to make everyone see what’s special about them as people,” […]
-
Christmas Movie Tradition Evokes The Sacred
December 22, 2011Christmas Day, according to both conventional wisdom and actual box office receipts at some of the nation’s busiest movie theatres, is the biggest day of the year for Hollywood films. For many people, and not just those who practice religions other than Christianity, going to the movies is as much a part of family Christmas […]
-
Priest Assignment
December 22, 2011Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has confirmed the recommendation of Very Reverend Mark A. Lewis, SJ, provincial superior of the Jesuits of the New Orleans Province, and assigned Father Jose Emilio Fetzer as retreat director at Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center, Atlanta. The assignment was effective Oct. 15.
-
A Manger Moose – And Other Christmas Confessions
December 22, 2011I have a confession to make: Our crèche lacks the essential figures of the Madonna, St. Joseph and the Baby Jesus. In fact, the little stable—which my husband made from scraps of wood years ago—has only one figure, and it is a bedraggled, cast-off tree ornament, namely a moose. And, yes, I realize the whole […]