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Hunger Walk/Run To Benefit St. Vincent De Paul Society
March 4, 2010Thousands of people will again join together to combat hunger at the 2010 Hunger Walk/Run. The event, which is sponsored by the Atlanta Community Food Bank, will benefit the St. Vincent de Paul Society, one of five community partners that receive a portion of the event’s proceeds. This year’s event is scheduled for Sunday, […]
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Young Adult Ministry Offers Lenten Speaker Series
March 4, 2010The Office of Young Adult Ministry of the Archdiocese of Atlanta has again begun its annual Lenten coffeehouse, Holy Grounds, which brings speakers and young adults together to reflect on appropriate Lenten topics. Holy Grounds takes place at different locations throughout the archdiocese on Wednesday nights during Lent, beginning with the Wednesday after Ash Wednesday. […]
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Cathedral Choir To Present Lenten Program For Haiti
March 4, 2010The Cathedral of Christ the King will present its Cathedral Choir in the second of three Lenten musical programs to raise funds for the disaster victims of Haiti. On Friday, March 12, at 7:30 p.m., the choir will present a blending of sight and sound in their presentation of “Visions of the Cross, Musical Meditations […]
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Former Georgia Catholic Conference Director Dies
March 4, 2010Cheatham Eli Hodges Jr., who served as the executive director of the Georgia Catholic Conference for more than 25 years, died Saturday, Feb. 27. He was 84. Born in Savannah on Sept. 23, 1925, to parents Marie and Cheatham Sr., he also served as a Knight of the Holy Sepulcher and a Knight of Columbus. […] Full Story
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Notable
March 4, 2010Seven second-grade Brownies from St. Jude the Apostle School in Sandy Springs recently earned the Family of God Award. The awards were blessed and given to the girls by Father Dan Ketter and Deacon Jim Tramonte at a Scouting Sunday Mass Feb. 7. The Family of God is the first award that can be earned […]
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Catholic Charities To Host Regional Seminars in March
March 4, 2010Catholic Charities Atlanta is offering free seminars in Gwinnett and Clayton counties in March. In Gwinnett County, parenting seminars will be offered at Our Lady of the Americas Mission, 4603 Lawrenceville Highway, Lilburn. A parenting class in Spanish will be offered in two parts on two consecutive Sundays, March 14 and 21, from 1-4 p.m. […]
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Outstanding Women, Youth Recognized At Annual Mass
March 4, 2010The women and senior high school youth of the Archdiocese of Atlanta were honored for their ministry and service to the church and their communities at the 33rd annual Recognition Day, sponsored by the Atlanta Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women. The ceremony, consisting of a Mass celebrated by Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, assisted by priests […]
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Poetry Book Honors Beloved Pastor’s Memory
March 4, 2010In the book titled “Who’s Calling?” Father William Maestri’s poetry holds a mirror to the reader to answer the question: Where is my place in the world? He wrote this, his first book of poetry, based on Scripture of Jesus’ life by putting it in a contemporary “concreteness of life.” “Faith is a response to […]
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Historic Number Of 2,062 Prepare To Enter Church
March 4, 2010Sanx Srinuanchan was a toddler when her family escaped from Laos as refugees in 1980 and arrived in New York sponsored by a Presbyterian Church organization. The family, which practices Buddhism, attended different Christian churches as she grew up, but never put down roots in any of them. It was a conversation with her boyfriend—now […]
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Catholic Charities To Hold Leadership Summit
February 18, 2010A regional Centennial Leadership Summit sponsored by Catholic Charities USA will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 24, at the Loudermilk Center in downtown Atlanta. The daylong event is one of eight across the country leading up to the organization’s centennial gathering in Washington, D.C., in September. All policy-makers, community leaders and interested persons are invited […]