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Plaza Will Bear Priest’s Name
May 15, 2008As Franciscan Father Mario DiLella departed as Georgia Tech Catholic chaplain, the archdiocese announced that the plaza in front of the Catholic Center at Tech will be dedicated in his name and in his honor this fall. In a letter read at Father Mario’s final Sunday Mass at Tech, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory said the […]
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Catholic High Schools Hold May Graduations
May 15, 2008Blessed Trinity High School ROSWELL—The Baccalaureate Mass will be celebrated on Friday, May 16, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Brigid Church, Alpharetta. The graduation of nearly 200 seniors is scheduled for Saturday, May 17, at 3 p.m. at the school. The valedictorian for the 2008 class is Trent McMullen, son of Todd and Linda McMullen, […]
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Mustard Seed Marks 30th Anniversary With Youth
May 15, 2008To help the youth of the world, one must ask the youth for advice. That is one of the many things Father Gregory Ramkissoon, founder of the missionary organization Mustard Seed Communities, did during his recent trip to Atlanta. Father Gregory spent several days in the Archdiocese of Atlanta at the end of April, celebrating […]
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Marist Girls Beat Pius For State Soccer Championship
May 15, 2008It was a fitting end to a perfect 19-0 season as Marist School knocked off its rival St. Pius X High School 2-1 to capture the girls Class AAAA state soccer title in front of an enthusiastic home crowd that filled the Hughes Spalding Stadium at Marist School. This season marks the second time Marist […]
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Marist Season Ends In Double OT Loss To Westminster
May 15, 2008The Lady War Eagles varsity lacrosse team of Marist School matched Westminster School point for point and stick for stick for 50 minutes of regulation and two overtimes during the Class AAAA state semifinal match, May 6. At the end of the second overtime, however, Westminster was the victor 13-12. Marist climbed back from an […]
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BT Girls Runner-Up In State Tennis Finals
May 15, 2008The girls tennis team for Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell, was unable to defend its 2007 state title as they lost to Region 5AAA champions Riverwood High School, Atlanta, 3-2 in the state tennis finals at Clayton County International Park. The number one singles player, sophomore Elizabeth Sims, played a four-hour, three-set match and lost […]
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Phillip Thompson Named Aquinas Center Director
May 15, 2008Phillip M. Thompson, Ph.D., has been named executive director of the Aquinas Center of Theology at Emory University beginning in August, the Aquinas Center board has announced. “This position is a very exciting one for me because of the vital mission of the Aquinas Center as a nexus for exploring and celebrating the intellectual riches […]
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Father Mario Concludes Tech Ministry At 81
May 15, 2008The music group setting up for Mass had eight singers, five guitarists, a pianist, a flutist and a brass player, about four times more people than on a typical Sunday. They had practiced secretly in another location on the Georgia Tech campus. Downstairs, tables were surreptitiously prepared for a massive buffet of sandwiches, platters of […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (May 8, 2008)
May 8, 2008Six very charming ladies made an appointment to meet the Archbishop this past week, and I was very glad that they did. Like so many activities on my calendar, I did not know very much about the purpose of the encounter before it took place, but since they had introduced themselves by letter as members […]
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A Gift More Precious Than Jewels
May 8, 2008I dig into my wallet and carefully extract the crumpled bills. I have just enough to buy the glittering and gorgeous necklace that I have spotted in the store. It has rubies elegantly encrusted with diamonds, and all the gems are set in solid gold. And, fortunately, it is just the price that I can […]