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Parishes Raise Over $750,000 For Haiti, Plus Goods
February 4, 2010Emergency shelter and food top the needs of Haitians as the country digs out from its devastating Jan. 12 earthquake. Recovery from the disaster is expected to take close to a decade as world leaders discuss rebuilding the ravaged country. Volunteers from Atlanta and development experts have switched focus from emergency assistance aid to sustaining […]
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Archdiocese Hires Youth Ministry, Inculturation Director
February 4, 2010The Brooklyn diocesan coordinator of adolescent faith formation, Marilyn Santos, has joined the archdiocesan Office of Formation and Discipleship as associate director of youth ministry and associate director of inculturation. Santos, who is a native of New York, spent the last three years on the staff of the Diocese of Brooklyn, N.Y. Prior to that […]
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Rams football at Msgr. Donovan HS kicks off
February 4, 2010The record books will show the Rams started their first season strong, winning the first two games. Look for a story on what the football program means to the small Catholic independent school in Athens in our next issue, including a multimedia presentation.
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Peter Faletti Appointed Master Planner For Archdiocese
February 4, 2010How are we doing? That’s what pastors and school principals are soon going to be asked when the Atlanta Archdiocese polls parish leaders. It has been three years since the archdiocese surveyed leaders across its 69 counties, 99 parishes and missions, and 18 schools to get a picture of the weaknesses and strengths of its […]
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Mass, Banquet For Catholic Physicians Feb. 20
February 4, 2010The Atlanta Guild of the Catholic Medical Association will hold its annual White Mass and banquet program on Saturday evening, Feb. 20, at Mary Our Queen Church in Norcross. The Mass, which takes its name from physicians’ white coats, will be celebrated at 5 p.m. by Archbishop-emeritus John F. Donoghue and concelebrated by Father David […]
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Blessed Trinity Retires Jersey
February 4, 2010The baseball jersey of 2004 Blessed Trinity alumnus Tyler Flowers was retired during halftime of the Jan. 2 boys basketball game. Flowers attended Chipola Junior College, Marianna, Fla. The 6-foot-4-inch Flowers is currently playing catcher for the Chicago White Sox.
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Gridiron Athletes Recognized
February 4, 2010Members of Blessed Trinity High School’s football team were recently named to the North Fulton All County Team for Georgia. They include juniors Jack Bradley (lineman), Riley Lyons (kicker), T.K. Thomas (linebacker), seniors Eddie Bartlett (lineman), Nick Day (defensive back), Jeremy Phillips (defensive end) and Jake Skole (wide receiver and defensive back). In addition to […]
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St. Pius X Coaches Honored
February 4, 2010The National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) named St. Pius X High School head girls soccer coach Sara Geiger as its Regional Coach of the Year for the South. Geiger’s 2009 team captured the state championship and finished with a perfect record of 22-0. In her first season the 2008 team was the state […]
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Catholic Foundation Awards First Parish Enrichment Grants
February 4, 2010The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia for the first time awarded its parish enrichment grants to help with small projects at churches as well as awarding $104,100 in general grants. The parish enrichment grants are $1,000 gifts given to a parish in each of the 10 deaneries in the archdiocese. Last fall, a pastors’ advisory […]
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Credit Union To Award Donoghue Scholarship
February 4, 2010The Catholic division of the Georgia Federal Credit Union is holding an essay contest to find the recipient of the 2010 Archbishop-emeritus John F. Donoghue Scholarship, an annual scholarship that awards $1,500 to the first-place winner and $1,000 to the runner up. Senior high school students in the Archdiocese of Atlanta are invited to participate. […]