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14-Hour Day A Snapshot Of Archbishop’s Routine
December 4, 2008A recent 14-hour day spent with Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory began with prayers in an intimate chapel and stretched into a dark drive home as an excited radio announcer declared the Philadelphia Phillies baseball’s world champions. In between, the archbishop heard a youngster proclaim he knew the archbishop’s grandchildren (chalk it up to a case […]
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Four Bishops, Once In Chicago Together, Share Jubilee
December 4, 2008There’s no place like home, and when you can’t live there perhaps the next best thing may be sharing memories of it with friends. A cherished camaraderie has formed over the years for the four “Chicago guys” ordained auxiliary bishops together on Dec. 13, 1983. It continues even after they were sent by the church […]
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His Appointment ‘Broadened Vision Of The Church’
December 4, 2008For many in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory goes by just that name. For others, particularly from his hometown of Chicago, it’s just Wilton. From his middle-school days at St. Carthage Grammar School to his ministry as one of the auxiliary bishops there, friends and acquaintances with Chicago roots recalled Archbishop Gregory’s […]
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Friendships Built At Seminary Working Side By Side
December 4, 2008Chicago pastor Father Dominic Grassi was ordained a priest with Father Wilton Gregory in 1973. Along with two other seminary classmates, they became inseparable, “the four horsemen of the apocalypse, the four musketeers,” Father Grassi said. As seminarians, they worked as chaplains at a juvenile detention center, taught religion classes at a nearby high school […]
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Archbishop Works Hard To Stay Close To Priests
December 4, 2008While the need for vocations to the priesthood continues to rise, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has taken steps toward staying close to those priests who have already answered the call to serve the Archdiocese of Atlanta. By keeping the lines of communication open, and making himself accessible in several ways, the archbishop hopes to continue […]
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Actions Show ‘He Is With Us,’ Hispanic Leaders Say
December 4, 2008Celebrating an Our Lady of Guadalupe Mass on a chilly December night in the dilapidated warehouse that formerly housed Our Lady of the Americas Mission, affirming in Spanish their place in the church of Atlanta to many struggling immigrants packed inside. Traveling to Mexico City’s Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe to bring back 16 […]
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As USCCB President, He Was Tested Under Fire
December 4, 2008In November 2001, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops had little on the horizon. In two months’ time, a whirlwind of sexual abuse allegations of children by priests and the inaction of some bishops to stop it shook the confidence of the laity. In the spotlight would be then Bishop Wilton D. Gregory, the first […]
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Pastoral Council, Planning Among His Initiatives Here
December 4, 2008In his first four years as the shepherd of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has made some major contributions to this growing local church, reaching out to all sections of the population. Those who work closely with the archbishop have testified to the care and concern he shows for his flock, and […]
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To Friends, He’s ‘The AB’ On Golf Course, At Home
December 4, 2008They call him “the AB.” Or just Wilton, which he prefers. He doesn’t wear his collar and exchanges his crosier for a set of clubs. But when Archbishop Wilton Gregory gets on a golfing green, his buddies swear to his uncanny ability to pop lost balls out of treetops—an ability that they can only call […]
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Archbishop Is Revered ‘Role Model’ In Black Community
December 4, 2008rchbishop Wilton D. Gregory started his episcopal service in Chicago as only the eighth African-American Catholic bishop in the United States, and later he became the first to head the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Twenty-five years later, he is the public face of the Catholic Church in a community where African-America leadership is prominent […]