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Blessed Trinity Girls Lose Second Straight
January 15, 2009After their third game in five days, the Blessed Trinity High School girls may have shown some fatigue as they lost to Etowah High School of Woodstock 76-52. Blessed Trinity held a four-point lead at the conclusion of the first period, but Etowah forged ahead 35-30 just before halftime. Etowah went on a 9-0 run […]
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Area Churches To Host Speaker Alan Ames
January 15, 2009Australian evangelist and healer Alan Ames will return to Atlanta for three speaking engagements and healing services in February. All are welcome to attend. In his talks, Ames shares his conversion experience, which caused a dramatic change in his life and led him to a greater devotion to the sacraments and prayer. On Thursday, Feb. […]
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Campus Ministers Go Virtual To Draw Students
January 15, 2009Today’s college students are always plugged into technology, don’t carry the do-not-trust-anyone-over-30 hang-up and are not afraid to share details of their lives. But the idea of going out on a romantic date causes panic. So, how’s a Catholic campus minister supposed to engage them with the challenges of Jesus? Being where they are, advise […]
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Kathy Evanina To Speak At Magnificat Feb. 7
January 8, 2009All women are invited to take part in a morning of friendship, prayer and socializing with other women in an atmosphere of faith at the Magnificat prayer breakfast on Saturday, Feb. 7. The speaker will be Kathy Evanina, of St. Stephen the Martyr Parish in Lilburn, who will talk about her faith journey from a […]
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Small Faith Community Rally Will Offer Options
January 8, 2009Developing small faith communities at the parish level will be the focus of “Growing Your Community: A Small Faith Community Rally” to be held Saturday, Jan. 31, at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta. The event will begin with a continental breakfast at 8:30 a.m. followed by a workshop from 9 a.m. until […]
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New Curriculum Guidelines Chosen For Children’s Faith Formation
January 8, 2009In an effort to more fully impart the Catholic faith to all its children, the Atlanta Archdiocese will be issuing new curriculum guidelines to be used in both parish faith formation programs for children and Catholic schools, from preschool to high school. The new curriculum guidelines are based on the four pillars presented and explained […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (January 8, 2009)
January 8, 2009After four years, I think that I have identified one of the more important characteristics of ecclesial life in the Archdiocese of Atlanta—we are a community that welcomes diverse cultural traditions, usually with only minor difficulty! Atlanta has become a mecca for variety, bringing cultural religious traditions from around the world into easy contact with […]
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The Incarnation’s Realism And Our Present Time
January 8, 2009The Gospel reading for the vigil Mass of Christmas Eve is the genealogy of Jesus according to Matthew: a terror to priests and deacons with poor Hebrew pronunciation and a bore to most congregants. Once, it was a string of “begats;” now, it’s a catalogue of strange names with which most Catholics are unfamiliar. Why […]
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Resolving To Give Back? Let Catholic Foundation Help
January 8, 2009It is early in 2009. The glow of the year ahead hasn’t dimmed. Those resolutions still seem possible. And if getting your financial house in order is one of them, the rejuvenated Catholic Foundation of North Georgia may be able to help you. (And even if that didn’t make your New Year’s resolutions, it cannot […]
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Memorial Pro-Life Mass, Walk Scheduled for Jan. 22
January 8, 2009To mark the 36th anniversary of the legalization of abortion, a national day of prayer and penance for life will be observed on Thursday, Jan. 22, with a rosary and Mass. Later during the day, there will be a silent anti-abortion march through the streets of Atlanta. All are invited to participate. On Jan. 22, […]