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Blessed Trinity Boys Reach State Semifinals
March 13, 2009In state basketball playoff action, Blessed Trinity High School defeated Dade County 90-68 March 7 at The Forum, Rome. Blessed Trinity led 31-20 at the half and stretched the lead to 58-41 by the end of the third period. With four minutes remaining in the game, Dade County rallied to pull within six points, but […]
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Chief Justice Sears Chats With Middle-Schoolers
March 13, 2009Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears came to St. Thomas More School on Tuesday, Feb. 17, prepared to give a presentation for Black History Month. But as she began to address the crowd of nearly 200 fifth-, sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders, she decided to leave her notes behind and lead a candid discussion […]
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Fire Mars Nearly Completed Clayton Church
March 13, 2009An early morning fire on March 1 damaged a new church being built for St. Helena Mission just as parishioners hoped to be settling into it. Church members planned to leave their 1960s-era church building for the new 250-seat sanctuary on Meadow Stream Lane next month. Now it may not happen until the fall. “It’s […]
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Rites Celebrate Those Entering Church At Easter
March 13, 2009The journeys that led each candidate and catechumen to St. Benedict Church Saturday, Feb. 28, were as varied as the congregation that gathered for the Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion on that chilly night. People from every ethnic background and from a range of parishes crowded into the standing-room only assembly—many smiling, […]
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Women, Youth Honored As Parish Bright Lights
March 9, 2009The gray, cloudy skies outside contrasted with the golden glow of altar candles filling Atlanta’s mother church Feb. 28, just as the good works of those being honored has brightened their church communities with the light of Christ. Under the grand arches of the Cathedral of Christ the King, a congregation of all ages came, […]
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Spring Dance Concert
March 5, 2009The St. Pius X High School Spring Dance Concert, “Movement Techniques,” will take place Friday and Saturday, March 27 and 28, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 29, at 2 p.m. in the Msgr. Terry Young Center for the Performing Arts at the school. Tickets are $8. There will also be a special one-hour performance […]
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SPX Dance Company Stretches Young Talents
March 5, 2009The Dance Company at St. Pius X High School is much more than learning how to master a pirouette or a pas de bourrée. Stepping into the large, open dance room at the Atlanta high school immediately brings a sense of freedom, as members of the highly skilled corps gracefully move across the floor while […]
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Parish-Based Job Ministries
March 5, 2009These are some of the active career and job ministry programs in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. All are free and open to all in need of assistance. All Saints Job Network Meets at All Saints Church, 2443 Mount Vernon Road, Dunwoody. Second Saturday of the month 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in Kiernan Hall. Workshops cover resume […]
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Job Ministries Provide Real Leads, Practical Skills, Hope
March 5, 2009Holy Spirit’s gymnasium was almost full, but the people seated at tables, desks and in the bleachers weren’t there to see a basketball game. More than 100 had come out on a Monday night seeking job leads and inspiration from employers and recruiters speaking at the Career Ministry. They took notes, handed out resumes, and […]
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Cross Of Jesus Is Means For Salvation
March 5, 2009Quoting the prophet Joel, Paul writes to the Romans, “For ‘everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’ But how can they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone […]