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• Voices of the Nigerian Catholic Community Choir

  Published October 4, 2011

  I set out for the inaugural Mass of the Pan African Catholic Organization of the Atlanta last weekend. Wandering around before the service began, I found a choir of women, wearing colorful clothes, practicing for the upcoming Mass. You can hear the choir below. Here’s my lede for the story: Worshippers recited prayers in five […] Full Story

• What I Saw:

  Published September 1, 2011

  Song at a funeral for an Atlanta Catholic priest by anelson-1 I attended the funeral of Marist Father Larry Schmuhl last week, and I wrote about it in the Sept. 1 “Georgia Bulletin.” There’s a custom I first noticed at other funerals for priests. And I don’t know if it’s part of the funeral rite […] Full Story

• Sharing A Common Date In August

  Published August 11, 2011

  Today, August 11, is the feast of Italy’s St. Clare. This young woman left her life of nobility to follow St. Francis of Assisi and give her life over to God. St. Clare is also the founder of the order of nuns known as the Poor Clares. Back on Palm Sunday of this year the […] Full Story

• A Monk For The Ages

  Published August 5, 2011

  Last week writer Andrew Nelson and I went out to the Monastery of the Holy Spirit, Conyers, to interview and photograph Father Luke Kot, someone I would only describe as a real gem and living legend in monastic circles. It was a week before his 100th birthday. I arrived about 40 minutes ahead of our […] Full Story

• Happy Birthday to Father Luke!

  Published August 3, 2011

  Today, Wednesday, Aug. 3, Father Luke Kot, a monk at the Trappist Holy Spirit Monastery in Conyers, turns 100. You can see the multimedia slide show photographer Michael Alexander and I did when he was a young man at 98. We’ve done a few of the slideshows and this remains one of my favorites. –Andrew

• Photographing Sisters of Distinction

  Published July 28, 2011

  One of my assignments this month has been tracking down five of the six sister jubilarians celebrating between 25 and 60 years of service with their respective religious orders. I set out to take their portraits with one light in order to capture various moods and expressions. The first sister I photographed was Missionary Sisters […] Full Story

• Trip to Dalton

  Published July 20, 2011

  Shrine on the campus of St. Joseph Church, Dalton I drove to Dalton to meet with Father Paul Williams on Friday, July 15. He is the pastor of St. Joseph Church, a parish that is about 90 percent Hispanic. The story focused on the STATE immigration law, HB 87. That evening hundreds of Hispanics gathered […] Full Story

• Revive! @ Eucharistic Congress 2011

  Published June 27, 2011

  Here’s the remarks by Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory at the Revive! celebration on the first evening of Eucharistic Celebration 2011.

• Adoration Chapel

  Published June 27, 2011

  There’s a constant stream of women, men, and children into the conference room set aside for prayer and eucharistic adoration at the Georgia International Conference Center, long time home for the Eucharistic Congress. The Atlanta Archdiocese just marked the 16th annual celebration on June 24th and 25th. Estimates are that more than 20,000 people attend. […] Full Story

• Catholic Chapel Closes on Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Ga.

  Published June 15, 2011

• Video Interview with Father James Martin

  Published June 2, 2011

  Father James Martin, a Jesuit priest and best-selling author, visited Atlanta during the last week in May. He did a Q & A with young people at the Ignatius Jesuit Retreat House in Atlanta. Some 60 people came to hear him speak. After talking for close to two hours, posing for photos and signing his […] Full Story

• Pretty Good Mission Statement

  Published May 31, 2011

  The great thing about the Web is how way leads on to way. You can forget where the trail started. That’s how I stumbled on this essay at a publication called Ekklesia: A New Way of Thinking. As someone who has hung out with the Religion Newswriters Association (RNA) types for a half century, I’d […] Full Story

• The Wall of Scholars

  Published May 27, 2011

  Newman Scholar portraits hang on the wall at Lyke House. Before the seniors at the Atlanta University Center marched to the sound of “Pomp and Circumstance” and the underclassmen returned home, Lyke House – the Catholic Center at Atlanta University announced its 2011 Newman Scholar. Since 1992 a Newman Scholar has been named at the […] Full Story

• Chapel Blessing

  Published May 26, 2011

  SMYRNA – The Atlanta Archdiocese celebrated the blessing of its new chapel Thursday, May 26, at the Chancery.Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory was the main celebrant, along with Aux. Bishop Luis R. Zarama and several priests and deacons. These photos were taken with my iPhone and then filtered through a couple photo apps. -Andrew From upper […] Full Story

• Ordination at Holy Spirit Monastery

  Published May 2, 2011

  I had the good fortune to spend some time at the Holy Spirit Monastery recently. The assignment was to write about the ordination of a monk. CONYERS – With prayers and ancient rituals, the monks at Holy Spirit Monastery and friends celebrated the ordination of Brother Augustine Myslinski to the priesthood.Friends and colleagues crowded the […] Full Story

• Lent Recipe — Update

  Published March 28, 2011

  UPDATE The dish was a hit. Words like “wow” and “yum” were thrown around. What I liked is the zip in the food from the red pepper. It gave the meal a bit of a zing. I hadn’t been expecting that, even though I made it. It was a very easy to make and took […] Full Story

• Immigration Rally

  Published March 25, 2011

  Atlanta – Thousands of rallied against tough illegal immigration bills at the Georgia Statehouse Thursday, March 24. Opponents of the law say the law will promote racial profiling, hurt the state’s economy as law enforcement is given broader powers to enforce immigration laws. Here’s some photos and a video at the end taken with a […] Full Story

• March Madness is contagious at the high school level too

  Published March 3, 2011

  **UPDATE** St. Pius X High School was defeated by Dalton High School in the quarterfinals of the state basketball tournament 50-36. St. Pius finished the season with a record of 25-6. My high school, DuPont Manual, defeated Mercy Academy 55-52 to win their region championship. Now they advance to the Sweet Sixteen round of the […] Full Story

• Published March 1, 2011

  I am having a hard time gearing up for Lent, which begins Ash Wednesday, March 9th. It’s easy to get into the introspective mood that the holy season demands. Scratch that. It’s easy when it’s cold, overcast and just plain icky to get into the introspective mood that the holy season demands . The weather […] Full Story

• Your light must shine, even in the darkness

  Published February 7, 2011

  Yesterday my wife and I decided to go to the later Mass (11:30 a.m.) at St. Anthony of Padua Church, Atlanta, and it turned out that the Gospel reading, the homily and God’s sense of humor brought it all home to us in a practical fashion. In yesterday’s Gospel from Matthew 5:13-16 Jesus challenged us […] Full Story