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• Gambian Community Celebrates ‘Sang Marie’

  September 15, 2011

  The Gambia Christians Organization (GCO) celebrated the feast of the Assumption—a national holiday called Sang Marie in Gambia—recently at Christ Our Hope Church, Lithonia. Their community is based at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Atlanta. GCO, with over 60 members, was created in 1993 and is open to all Gambian Christians. The group meets once […]

• Evening For Hope To Support The Work Of Saint Vincent de Paul

  September 15, 2011

  The St. Vincent de Paul Society (SVdP), Atlanta, will be holding its annual Evening for Hope fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 15, at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. The evening will begin as guests of all faiths are invited to join Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory for Mass at 5 p.m. Afterward, the cocktail reception with cash bar […]

• New Organization To Assemble African Communities

  September 15, 2011

  A dozen African Catholic communities are working together with the new Pan African Catholic Organization of Atlanta. The organization will mark its early milestones with a Mass celebrated by Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory on Saturday, Oct. 1, at 7 p.m.  The parish of Corpus Christi Church, in Stone Mountain, will be the host. In September, […]

• Fall Grant Applications Open For Catholic Foundation

  September 15, 2011

  The 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, […]

• Douglasville Parish To Hold Fall Festival, Feast Day Mass

  September 15, 2011

  St. 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, […] Full Story

• Monastery Open House To Feature New Museum, Concert

  September 15, 2011

  The 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 […]

• Festival Aims To Supply Water To Nicaraguan Poor

  September 15, 2011

  Last 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 […]

• Sept. 11 Remembrances Pray For Peace

  September 15, 2011

  With 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 […]

• What I Have Seen and Heard (September 15, 2011)

  September 15, 2011

  Parents 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 […]

• I Hope There Won’t Be Diets In Heaven

  September 15, 2011

  When 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 […]