Archives
11,555 results were found for your search for all stories
-
Notable
July 21, 2011Members of St. Peter’s Church, LaGrange, celebrated the parish’s 75th anniversary on its feast day, June 29. Some 400 people gathered for Mass, followed by a reception. Father Theodore Book, the pastor, said it was wonderful to see long-time parishioners, including people there from the parish beginning, gather with former pastors and seminarians. Also attending […]
-
Athens Hospital Honored For Palliative, Hospice Care
July 21, 2011St. Mary’s Health Care System has been named a Circle of Life honoree for palliative and hospice care by the American Hospital Association (AHA). St. Mary’s was recognized for innovative programs that improve quality of care for patients near the end of life or who are living with chronic conditions. Only seven organizations in the […] Full Story
-
Worry Spreads In Georgia’s Immigrant Community
July 21, 2011Latin rhythms played by the two guitarists, a drummer and three women singers spilled out of the parish hall at St. Joseph Church. Hundreds of women, men and children swayed, raised their hands in prayer and danced to the loud, upbeat music. “This is my life. It’s my fuel,” said Roxana Quezada, 25, who works […]
-
Spiritual Direction On A Back Road In Florida
July 21, 2011It was a svelte green beast with lovely tailfins, and the first car I ever drove. Unfortunately, my father’s beloved Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 was quite huge and I couldn’t judge distances very well. And as I was taking the parking portion of my driving test, I did something that would be preserved in family lore […]
-
Murky Vested Interests Seek To Promote Death
July 21, 2011In 2009, the British Broadcasting Corporation showed “A Short Stay in Switzerland,” starring Julie Walters as Dr. Anne Turner, “who in 2006 took her own life in a Zurich clinic having developed an incurable degenerative disease,” very like the one that killed her husband. Although the drama portrays the opposition of Dr. Turner’s family and […]
-
Father James Flanagan At Work In First Pastorate
July 21, 2011Father James Flanagan is serving in his first pastorate at St. James the Apostle Church, McDonough, where he hopes to help strengthen the spiritual lives of the faithful. “I’m definitely looking forward to working with and teaching the wonderful people of St. James about how beautiful their Catholic faith really is. Along with that, I […]
-
Each Heard God’s Call To Religious Life
July 21, 2011This year several sisters in the Archdiocese of Atlanta are celebrating jubilee milestones. Here are the stories of three of them: Sister Angela Abood, Sister Jodi Creten and Sister Esther Ordoñez. The other sisters celebrating jubilees will be featured in an upcoming issue of The Georgia Bulletin. Sister Angela Abood Sitting comfortably in a chair […]
-
Newspaper Wins Three Catholic Media Awards
July 21, 2011The Georgia Bulletin received three journalism awards at the Catholic Media Convention held June 21-24 in Pittsburgh. The convention, which celebrated the centennial anniversary of the Catholic Press Association, was held jointly with the CPA and the Catholic Academy of Communication Arts Professionals. Staff reporter Andrew Nelson received a first-place award for best reporting on […] Full Story
-
Priest Recalled For Drawing ‘Best Out Of People’
July 21, 2011A former pastor of Holy Cross Church, Atlanta, Dominican Father Edward Everitt is being remembered as a spiritual pastor who “fostered community” by friends in Atlanta. The Louisiana pastor was found shot to death July 11 at his order’s Mississippi retreat house. He was staying at the weekend retreat house owned by the Dominican friars […] Full Story
-
Bishop-Designate Hartmayer Named For Savannah
July 21, 2011Conventual Franciscan Father Gregory John Hartmayer has been appointed the 14th bishop of the Diocese of Savannah. Pope Benedict XVI appointed Father Hartmayer July 19 to head the diocese in south and middle Georgia, taking him from his role as the pastor of the parish of St. John Vianney, Lithia Springs, in the Atlanta Archdiocese. […]