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Base Chapel Closing A Loss For Military Families
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published June 23, 2011Seventy years of history ended at Cantonment Chapel as Father Fred Wendel closed the front door of the small, white Catholic chapel at Fort McPherson. During the closing ceremony June 7, Father Wendel, an Army chaplain, stopped briefly at the reconciliation room, the twelfth Station of the Cross, parts of the church important to Catholic […]
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Priest Assignments
Published June 23, 2011
Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following new priest assignments. First Pastoral Assignments Father Joshua Allen, ordained June 18 to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Atlanta, has been given his first pastoral assignment as a parochial vicar at St. Theresa Church, Douglasville, for the months of July and August 2011. In September 2011 […] Full Story
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Father Dhabliwala Begins First Pastorate
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published June 23, 2011Father Neil Dhabliwala said his experience as a parochial vicar at the Cathedral of Christ the King was good training for his new role as a first time pastor of St. Luke the Evangelist Church, Dahlonega. He started in the post in March. “I am looking forward to working with all the different communities and […]
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LaSalette Father James D. Caffery Dies
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published June 23, 2011LaSalette Father James D. Caffery died on Friday, June 17, after a brief illness. He was 78 years old. The priest, who was in his 51st year of ordination, died at St. Francis Hospital, Hartford, Conn., where he was hospitalized for pneumonia on June 15. Known to people as “Fr. Caff,” he was the former […]
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Marist Baseball Team Successfully Defends Title
Published June 23, 2011
Marist School took both games of a May 28 doubleheader from Whitewater High School of Fayetteville to repeat as Class AAAA state baseball champions. In the first game, Marist fell behind 3-0, but in the fourth inning they were able to pull within one run after RBIs by seniors Chesny Young and Daniel Spingola. In […] Full Story
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Pius Boys Soccer Team Named National Champs
Published June 23, 2011
The St. Pius X High School boys soccer team has been named the Powerade Fab 50 national champions. Pius became the first team in Georgia to complete the season atop the Powerade Fab 50, which is compiled by ESPN Rise for High Schools. St. Pius X completed the season with a record of 20-0-1. They also […] Full Story
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Father Arellano To Celebrate Sacred Heart Mass
Published June 23, 2011
A Tridentine Latin Mass is to be celebrated Friday, July 1, at the Cathedral of Christ the King by Father Edgardo “Bing” Arellano. The Mass for the solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus will be celebrated at 9 p.m. by Father Arellano, the international spiritual director of the Alliance of the Holy Family, International. […]
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SE Music Symposium Will Focus On New Missal
Published June 23, 2011
The Southeastern Liturgical Music Symposium will gather musicians interested in sacred music. Its focus will be on the opportunities and challenges as the church implements the new translation of the Roman Missal later this year. The symposium begins on Friday, Aug. 19, at 7 p.m. and continues on Saturday, Aug. 20, from 8 a.m. to […] Full Story
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Theology On Tap Flowing On Summer Nights
Published June 23, 2011
The popular Theology on Tap speaker series is going on throughout the summer, featuring priests, a woman involved in the nonprofit world, and even a bishop. The casual atmosphere at these evening events draws young adults 18 to 40 to gather in local bars and restaurants for a conversation about faith and how it applies […]
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Three New Priests Ordained June 18
By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
Published June 23, 2011Once engrossed in microbiology, chemistry and investment banking, three men who found their vocation in Christ were ordained priests of the Archdiocese of Atlanta on Saturday, June 18. Archdiocesan seminarians, more than 60 priests, Auxiliary Bishop Luis R. Zarama and Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory joined the candidates in a procession that entered the Cathedral of […] Full Story
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Catholic Foundation Announces Spring Grants
Published June 9, 2011
The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia recently awarded 25 grants totaling $100,000. These grants provide support to a variety of causes throughout the Archdiocese of Atlanta. The following 18 grants came from the General Grants Program, which is funded by the Foundation’s General, Goizueta, Community Services and Nellie Dodd McAdams Endowment Funds. The preschool at […]
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Deacon Assignment
Published June 9, 2011
Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following change in deacon assignment. Deacon Thomas J. Metzger has been transferred from St. Augustine of Hippo Church, Covington, to serve at St. Anna Church, Monroe, effective June 6.
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Archbishop announces New Priest Assignments
Published June 9, 2011
Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following priest assignments. The assignments are effective July 7, 2011, unless otherwise noted. PASTORS Father Joseph Liem Nguyen, who has been serving as national advisor for the Vietnamese in the United States, has been appointed pastor of St. Francis of Assisi Church, Blairsville. Father Richard Wise, pastor of […]
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‘Jesus Had Fun,’ Says Father Martin, Of Faith, Joy
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published June 9, 2011Like many best-selling authors, Father Jim Martin faced one last difficulty in writing his newest book. What to call it? It’s about joy and humor in the spiritual life. Father Martin thought of “Sarah’s Laugh” with its link to the Genesis story of the elderly Sarah laughing at the promise of angels that she would […] Full Story
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Stepping Out In Faith: Two Ordained Deacons
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published June 9, 2011Nearly 20 members of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Church surrounded Rev. Mr. Mark Starr, heads bowed in prayer. Ordained to the diaconate for less than an hour, the former parishioner at the Douglasville parish offered a prayer for the group of friends, from white-haired senior citizens to gangly teens. “He has so many […] Full Story
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Easter Celebrated On North Georgia Campuses
By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
Published May 26, 2011College campuses are a place to find and nurture the Catholic faith. That’s the story told this Easter at Catholic centers at Georgia Tech, the University of Georgia, Emory University and the Atlanta University Center, where young adults experienced their first sacraments. “Every year I find my confidence in God’s grace strengthened by the RCIA […] Full Story
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Retired St. Thomas More Principal, Gail Msezane, Dies
Published May 26, 2011
Gail Patrick Msezane, retired principal of St. Thomas More School, Decatur, died May 1 at home in the presence of her family. She was 66. Mrs. Msezane was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. She graduated from the University of Saskatchewan and pursued a career as an educator, first as a teacher and progressing to her […] Full Story
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Joan Tiernan, Former OLA Principal, Dies
Published May 26, 2011
Joan M. Tiernan, Ph.D., of Atlanta, died May 15 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. She was 60. A loving wife, mother, teacher and excellent role model, Mrs. Tiernan taught seventh- and eighth-grade math, joining the staff at Our Lady of the Assumption School as a math teacher in 1979. She became principal at the […]
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Living Room Founder To Attend HIV/AIDS Service
Published May 26, 2011
Father Juan Anzora, parochial vicar at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Atlanta, will be a featured speaker at an HIV/AIDS memorial service, and Dominican Sister Mary Jane Lubinski, founder of one of the city’s largest HIV/AIDS nonprofits, is expected to attend. The service will be held Saturday, June 4, at Trinity United Methodist Church, 265 […]
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Catholic Schools Represented At State Track Meets
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
Published May 26, 2011The 2011 Georgia High School Association (GHSA) boys state track and field meet took place in Jefferson May 5-7 and the girls meet took place in Albany May 12-14. In Class A competition Fayetteville’s Our Lady of Mercy High School boys finished fourth overall. In the 100-meter dash Mercy’s Pierce Vincent finished third with a […] Full Story
