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Susan Buffington To Speak At Magnificat Aug. 18
July 19, 2007All women of the archdiocese are invited to the Saturday, Aug. 18, Magnificat breakfast at which Susan Buffington will speak. A member of All Saints Church in Dunwoody, the speaker is married and the mother of three children, and hopes to share the gratitude she has for her faith and the miracles she has seen […]
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Couples Married 50, 60 Years To Be Honored
July 19, 2007The Family Life Office is looking for the brides and grooms of 1957 and 1947. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory would like to honor theses couples on their 50th or 60th year of marriage with an invitation to a Golden/Diamond Wedding Anniversary Mass on Saturday, Oct. 6, at noon at St. Brigid Church in Alpharetta. A […]
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Sacred Heart Marks 25 With Tri-lingual Mass
July 19, 2007Parishioners of Sacred Heart Church celebrated a tri-lingual Mass June 9 to mark the 25th anniversary of when the mission became a parish. Members from the Anglo, Vietnamese and Spanish-speaking communities within the parish came together for the celebration called “Unity in Diversity” and under the motto of “Moved by the Gospel to Live Together/Build […]
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Marist’s Brady McCaffrey To Play In Ohio
July 19, 2007Marist School graduate Brady McCaffrey has committed to play basketball at Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio. McCaffrey, a three-year varsity basketball player for Marist, served as team captain and was the recipient of the team’s Most Valuable Player Award for the 2006-2007 season under first year head coach Greg McClaire. During McCaffrey’s junior year he […]
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Two New Priests Ordained To Serve In North Georgia
July 19, 2007Jaime Rivera-Cortijo worked in a fast food joint, the post office and as an IRS clerk before entering the seminary. “You name it, I did it. I was running from the call. I tried to do everything but it,” he said. Despite the twists and turns, the 34-year-old still found himself lying face down on […]
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Serra International Convention A First For Atlanta
July 6, 2007Area Catholics are invited to attend the 65th Serra International Convention Aug. 9-Aug. 12 at the Hilton Atlanta. This is the first time the international convention, which will have the theme, “Faith of the Family: Foundation of Vocations,” will be held here. Serra International is a nonprofit Catholic organization made up of laymen and laywomen […]
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Theology On Tap Meets At Fox Sports Grill
July 5, 2007The Young Adult Ministry (YAM) speaker series Theology on Tap will be held Wednesdays in July at Fox Sports Grill in Atlantic Station. Young adults, ages 18-40, single and married, are invited to attend. Each Theology on Tap session begins with gathering at 7 p.m. The program, including the speaker, followed by a question-and-answer session, […]
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Priests Reflect On Becoming American Citizens
July 5, 2007July 4, 2000, was an auspicious date for Msgr. Luis Zarama. It was the birthday of America—and the day he swore allegiance to his adopted country. The native-born Colombian, and now vicar general of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, had been in the United States for nine years, and the significance of becoming a citizen on […]
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‘Jesus Loves The Little Children’
July 5, 2007The chapel was drenched in delicious silence. My husband and I had joined four of Mother Teresa’s nuns in their tiny chapel to pray the rosary and then sit quietly before the Blessed Sacrament. On this particular day, a young mother had joined the group, along with her toddler. During the rosary, she managed to […]
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A Thankful People
July 5, 2007Have you ever been genuinely hungry? We all know that most kids are eternally hungry. But I refer not to a child’s seemingly perpetual appetite fueled more by the energy of their growing but to a hunger that is actually life-threatening in its severity. I don’t imagine any of us have ever been that hungry. […]