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Holy Spirit Prep’s First Senior Class Graduates
June 1, 2006The first alumni of Holy Spirit Preparatory School have left the building. They’ve also left a legacy. On May 19, 22 students—Holy Spirit’s first senior class—graduated, in a ceremony held at Holy Spirit Church. Holy Spirit Prep’s upper school campus was opened in 2004. The strains of the familiar yet inspiring “Pomp and Circumstance” echoed […]
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Holy Trinity Church Plans Patronal Feast Day Mass
June 1, 2006Holy Trinity Church will hold its annual outdoor community Mass on Trinity Sunday, June 11, at 8:30 a.m. at the Frederick Brown Amphitheater. The Mass on the parish feast day is an opportunity for all members of the community to celebrate together. It is a communal renewal of faith and the commitment to know, love […]
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Family Life Ministry, ‘Smart Marriages’ Events Come To Atlanta In June
June 1, 2006The archdiocesan Family Life Office will host the National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers conference June 21-22 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in downtown Atlanta. The NACFLM conference is a pre-conference of the Smart Marriages conference, which will be held June 22- 25 at the Marriot Marquis. In a letter to priests of the […]
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Marriage Encounter Weekend Set For June 16-18
June 1, 2006In today’s busy world, it is becoming harder and harder for couples to carve out time just for themselves. One great way to get away—and get connected—is to attend a Marriage Encounter weekend. The next Marriage Encounter weekend in the Atlanta area will be held June 16-18 at the Radisson Hotel at Northlake. World Wide […]
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Corpus Christi Priest Makes Time To Slow Down
June 1, 2006Father Severino Lopez, CMF, recently retired after 14 years as parochial vicar at Corpus Christi Church in Stone Mountain where he served the parish’s multicultural community including as director of its Hispanic community. The 88-year-old bilingual priest has also served many other parishes during his 63 years with the Claretian religious order, founded by St. […]
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Jubilee Mass For Priests
June 1, 2006Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory will celebrate the annual Jubilarian Mass for priests on Wednesday, June 7, at 10:30 a.m. at the Cathedral of Christ the King. Eight priests will be honored at the Mass, including five silver jubilarians—those marking 25 years of the priesthood, and three celebrating their golden jubilees or 50 years of priestly […]
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Nine Receive Graduate Theology Degrees Through Jesuit Extension Program
June 1, 2006Nine students from the Archdiocese of Atlanta who have attended the Spring Hill College Atlanta extension site received their master of theological studies from Spring Hill College in Mobile, Ala., on Sunday, May 14. The nine and their parishes are: John Bott, St. Brigid Church, Alpharetta; Dot Danchetz, Good Shepherd Church, Cumming; John Harvey, St. […]
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2006 Congress To Build Faith, Inaugurate Jubilee
June 1, 2006The 11th annual Eucharistic Congress will, as always, offer the inspiring opportunity to hear bold and engaging speakers, to participate in heartfelt prayer and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, to sing divine music that connects the spirit and the voice, and to experience a moving Mass with the community of the faithful gathered to worship […]
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Australian Alan Ames Will Speak At Healing Service
May 28, 2006This year’s Eucharistic Congress will once again feature a healing Mass and service on Friday evening, June 16, opening this dynamic annual event in the archdiocese with a special focus on the power of Christ and the Blessed Sacrament in healing those who are in need. All are invited to attend the service, which will […]
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We All Drink From The Cup Of Joy And Sorrow
May 25, 2006“Happiness is a Warm Puppy” is a rather charming kids’ book by Charles Schulz, the inventor of the “Peanuts” comic strip. As a child, I took the title to be gospel truth because whenever I was in the presence of a plump, velvety puppy, I felt that I’d found true bliss. Unfortunately, my mother saw […]