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Annual Event For Fathers At St. Pius Draws Crowd
marzo 2, 2006About 115 fathers of present and former students of St. Pius X High School participated in the 15th Annual Dads Day of Recollection on Saturday, Jan. 21. The event, which included talks, discussions, Mass, lunch and the sacrament of reconciliation, was sponsored by the St. Pius Home and School Association. Attendees heard Msgr. Richard Lopez, […]
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Students Invited To Participate In CCHD Arts Contest
marzo 2, 2006The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) is sponsoring the 2006 Multimedia Youth Arts Contest, and students in grades seven through 12 in Catholic schools or religious education and youth ministry programs are eligible to participate. The theme for this year’s contest is “Unlock Opportunities: End Poverty.” The contest gives young people an opportunity to […]
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Melkite Church Blesses Icons, Those Who Serve
marzo 2, 2006Father John Azar, pastor of St. John Chrysostom Church, recently commissioned Father Dimitri Leussis to create or “write” new icons on the walls of the Atlanta Melkite church. In the tradition of Orthodox Christianity, icons are said to be written because making them is not a form of art but more a form of prayer, […]
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National Reform Must Address Undocumented Workers
marzo 2, 2006Sue Colussy and other attorneys in the Catholic Legal Immigration Network believe that a more comprehensive national approach to immigration reform contained in the bipartisan McCain-Kennedy bill in the U.S. Senate will be more effective than an enforcement-only approach. Budget spending on enforcement is now six times as much as it was in 1986, but […]
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Catholic Leaders Enter Legislative Fray On Immigration
marzo 2, 2006Many in the trenches of ministry to poor Hispanics across North Georgia feel that the people who risked their lives to come here with nothing are not “the illegals,” they are the undocumented. Sister Margarita Martin, ACJ, and two other sisters, all Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, live in a largely Mexican trailer […]
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Los Obispos De Georgia Escriben Sobre La Reforma Migratoria
marzo 2, 2006Carta Pastoral del Reverendo Wilton D. Gregory, Arzobispo de Atlanta, y del Reverendo J. Kevin Boland, Obispo de Savannah, Relacionada con la Reforma sobre Inmigración Los Estados Unidos siempre ha sido un país que construyeron muchos pueblos inmigrantes que acarrearon con ellos la riqueza de las culturas y de la diversidad de todas parte del […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (December 8, 2005)
diciembre 8, 2005The word itself sounds quite specialized, but it’s really quite ancient and very simple in its implication: intergenerational. It means that people find things to do and share together that involve the young and the old and those in between. Intergenerational is really just another word for family! Most people will suggest that there are […]
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Advent Rituals Lead Us To The Christ Child
diciembre 8, 2005Some people find rituals mighty dull. They can’t understand why Catholics say the same prayers every Sunday at Mass and sit and stand at predictable moments. When Advent comes along, these folks notice Catholics doing the same things they always do: getting out the Advent wreath, lighting the candles and saying identical prayers from last […]
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Celebraciones De Nuestra Señora De Guadalupe
diciembre 8, 2005A continuación encontrarán una lista de las iglesias de la arquidiócesis que tendrán celebraciones en español en honor a la fiesta de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, el 10, 11 y 12 de diciembre. Las celebraciones honran a Maria, Patrona de las Americas, y sus apariciones en 1531 al indio San Juan Diego en la loma […]
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El Arzobispo Solicita Una Colecta Especial Para Que La Iglesia Ayude A Los Necesitados
septiembre 8, 2005Jueves, 1 de Septiembre, 2005 Mis Hermanos y Hermanas en Cristo: Las vistas del desastre que ha impactado las vidas de nuestros vecinos en la Costa del Golfo de los Estados Unidos han tocado nuestros corazones. Muchas personas ya han venido para Atlanta y sus vecindarios buscando amparo y asistencia. Muchos de ustedes ya están […]