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Moda Real Fashion Show To Be Held May 3
April 17, 2008The second annual Moda Real Fashion Show will be held at the upper school campus of Holy Spirit Preparatory School, Atlanta, on Saturday, May 3, at 4 p.m. All are invited to attend this event, which is the highlight of a yearlong outreach project of the girls from Holy Spirit who participate in the national […]
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Archbishop: Blessing To Have ‘Peter In Our Midst’
April 17, 2008When Pope Benedict XVI speaks during his first papal visit in the United States, Catholics should consider the pope’s message with “an open heart,” said Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory. “I like to use the words from the Gospel of Luke that describe the Blessed Mother. That we ponder his words in our heart and […]
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What I Have Seen And Heard (April 10, 2008)
April 10, 2008Msgr. Luis Zarama and I were “playing in the dirt” last weekend as we both had the honor to participate in two separate parish groundbreaking ceremonies. He returned to the church community of St. Helena’s in Clayton, where he had served as pastor, to help them kick off the building project of a new church, […]
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Bread Tossed on the Waters
April 10, 2008Thousands of people come to the monastery every year. It is peaceful here and I suppose that most come to rest for a while in the quiet that we try to offer. I am sure that it is the hope of many who come that they will better grasp a sense of God, or meaning […]
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Rachel’s Vineyard Founder Addresses Men, Abortion
April 10, 2008St. Monica Church’s Respect Life Ministry and the archdiocesan Pro-Life Office will sponsor a talk on post-abortion healing for men, “Redeeming a Father’s Heart,” by Kevin Burke on Wednesday, April 23, at 7 p.m. at the church’s Lyke Hall. Burke is the co-founder of Rachel’s Vineyard, a national post-abortion treatment/retreat program, as well as a […]
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Vocations Director Sees Priesthood As ‘Great Adventure’
April 10, 2008Father Luke Ballman, director of vocations for the Archdiocese of Atlanta, views the Catholic priesthood as a “great adventure” and has answered God’s call to help others discern if they are ready to accept the task. As someone who has been through the difficulty of discernment, Father Ballman knows about the process of becoming a […]
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To Care, To Love, To Serve: Three Sisters’ Lives
April 10, 2008As a high school student Sister Edwin Sheil was taught by nuns in her native Cleveland. She had no desire to follow her teachers, but she was interested in life as a sister. “I couldn’t see myself doing that. Correcting papers all night long was not for me,” said Sister Edwin, a member of the […]
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Men To Be Ordained Say Other Priests Inspired Them
April 10, 2008This May the archdiocese will witness the ordinations on successive weekends of eight new priests and seven transitional deacons, the largest groups of candidates in about five years. The new priests will be ordained on Saturday, May 31. The previous Saturday, May 24, the new deacons will be ordained and begin their last year of […]
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Immigration Lawyers To Sponsor Citizenship Day
April 10, 2008On April 19, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), in partnership with Catholic Charities and other organizations, will sponsor the second annual Citizenship Day, a single-day workshop with sites around the country providing assistance to lawful permanent residents eligible for naturalization. Chapter attorneys and trained volunteers will provide assistance at no cost at sites in […]
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Archdiocesan Festival Choir Presents Spring Concert
April 10, 2008The Archdiocesan Festival Choir of Atlanta celebrates its sixth season with a wildly diverse program “Alleluia—Songs of Devotion and Praise” on Saturday, April 26, at 8 p.m. at Holy Spirit Church, 4465 Northside Drive, NW. The program will feature several traditional Marian chants as well as motets by Bruckner, Biebl, Aichniger, Dupre and Thompson, and […]