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• Upcoming Conference For Separated, Divorced Catholics

  Published February 4, 2010

  Journey of Hope 2010, a conference for separated and divorced Catholics, will be held on Saturday-Sunday, Feb. 27-28, at the Marriott North Hotel, located at 200 Interstate North Parkway, Atlanta. Speakers and workshops will address the issues of healing, faith and life after divorce. The hosts for the event are Lisa Duffy and Vince Frese, […] Full Story

• Catholic Councilwoman Recalls Civil Rights History

  By SUZANNE HAUGH, Special To The Bulletin
  Published January 21, 2010

  A convert to Catholicism, Carolyn Long Banks carried her faith with her during the days when she organized sit-ins as a college student during the civil rights movement and the years she served her hometown as the first black councilwoman on the Atlanta City Council. Today the active mother and grandmother, a parishioner at St. […] Full Story

• Award Honors ‘A Gentle Soul’ Who Cares For Others

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published January 21, 2010

  Eva Romick learned the lessons of racial justice from the “good sisters” who taught her at her Ohio parochial school. Those lessons rippled through her life, from rooming with two black college students and service as a Peace Corps volunteer to promoting ecumenical efforts in her adopted community of Douglasville. Her grade school teachers, who […] Full Story

• Haiti Suffering Remembered At Annual King Mass

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published January 21, 2010

  The tragedy unfolding in Haiti was on people’s minds as the Atlanta Archdiocese remembered the life and work of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. The devastating earthquake on the island country and the deaths of an estimated 100,000 or more were spotlighted as Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, assisted by some 13 priests and five deacons […] Full Story

• New Web Site To Inform Catholics On State Politics

  Published January 21, 2010

  The Georgia Catholic Conference unveiled a new Web site just as the state lawmakers begin their work in crafting laws and dealing with red ink in state spending. The Web site allows people interested in state politics to sign up for alerts about key legislation and other important events at the Georgia Statehouse. The Georgia […] Full Story

• Dads Event To Feature Army’s Father Fred Wendel

  Published January 21, 2010

  This year, the annual Dads Morning of Recollection, sponsored by the fathers of Marist and Blessed Trinity High School, will be held on Saturday, Feb. 6, beginning at 8:30 a.m. at Marist School. Men of all faiths are invited to attend, to celebrate commitment to God, country and family. The featured speaker is Father Fred […] Full Story

• Holy Cross To Stage Annual Musical To Benefit Poor

  Published January 21, 2010

  The Holy Cross Theatre Ministry will present “Kiss Me, Kate” as its 26th annual musical the last weekend of January and the first weekend of February. The Broadway musical, which is a take on William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew,” will venture into a land of overbearing lords, not-so-submissive ladies, lyres and liars. This […] Full Story

• Peace Activist Father John Dear To Lead Retreat

  Published January 21, 2010

  An in-depth spiritual retreat with noted speaker, author and peace activist, Jesuit Father John Dear, will be offered at St. Jude the Apostle Church on Friday and Saturday, March 5-6. All are invited to attend. The retreat, entitled “The Road to Peace: Gospel Nonviolence in a World of Violence,” is being sponsored by Pax Christi […] Full Story

• Many In Archdiocese Active In Haiti Disaster

  By MARY ANNE CASTRANIO, Staff Writer
  Published January 21, 2010

  The latest situation report from Catholic Relief Services describes the state of emergency in the island nation of Haiti following a catastrophic earthquake Jan. 12, including mob attacks on aid workers following the earthquake, information about evacuations out of the capital city of Port-au-Prince, news on partnerships with Caritas, food distribution, movement of goods and […] Full Story

• Black Catholic Ministry To Host MLK Celebration

  Published January 7, 2010

  The Atlanta Archdiocesan Office for Black Catholic Ministry is planning a weekend celebration from Friday, Jan. 15, through Sunday, Jan. 17, to honor and celebrate the life of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. whose national holiday is officially recognized on Jan. 18 this year. The theme of this year’s celebration is “In […] Full Story

• Annual Mass For Unborn To Be Held Jan. 22

  Published January 7, 2010

  The Respect Life Ministry of the Archdiocese of Atlanta is sponsoring the annual Mass for the Unborn on Friday, Jan. 22, at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. All are invited to the day’s events, which include Mass at 10 a.m., preceded by a Rosary for Life at 9:30 a.m. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory will […] Full Story

• St. Pius’ Annual Dads Event Marks 19 Years

  Published January 7, 2010

  Msgr. Richard Lopez is too modest to acknowledge it but he is somewhat of an institution at St. Pius X High School, Atlanta. That’s partially because of his annual Dad’s Morning of Recollection, an event that enables fathers to come together to discuss fatherhood, work and faith. All fathers, whether or not members of the […] Full Story

• CTK To Host Noted Pro-Life Speaker

  Published January 7, 2010

  Cheryl Ringuette Ciamarra will be the featured speaker on “Building a Culture of Life” at the Cathedral of Christ the King Circle of Life Speaker Series on Friday, Jan. 15, at 7:15 p.m. All are welcome to attend. Ciamarra, who resides in Birmingham, Ala., has worked on behalf of human life since 1990. She founded […] Full Story

• Compassion Toward Sick, Dying Is Vocation Of Love

  

  By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
  Published January 7, 2010

  The Hawthorne Dominican sisters dressed in white habits with black veils and rosaries draped at the waist gather for Mass at 6:30 a.m. in the chapel at the home where they care for terminally ill patients with cancer. Their chaplain, Father Joseph Mullakkara, MSFS, reflects on the Scriptures of the day, the parable of two […] Full Story

• Soupremes Have Cooked Shelter Dinners For Decades

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published January 7, 2010

  Tonight’s menu is turkey tetrazzini, cold green bean salad, along with dinner rolls as the kitchen at Our Lady of the Assumption School takes on the buzz of a restaurant. Instead of going to tables of paying customers, this meal is headed to feed men who live on the streets. The Soupremes prepare meals weekly […] Full Story

• Growing Mission of Divino Niño Dedicated In Duluth

  

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Special To The Bulletin
  Published December 24, 2009

  Driven by fire from its former strip shopping center home, the Divino Niño Jesús Mission in Duluth celebrates this Christmas the gift of its spacious new house of worship on a pine-shaded plot near the Chattahoochee River—reflecting how blessings can arise from the ashes of misfortune. The Spanish mission, founded in 2001, first rented space […] Full Story

• Catholic-Orthodox Communities Join For Prayer

  By FATHER PAUL BURKE, Special To The Bulletin
  Published December 24, 2009

  Catholic Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and His Eminence, Alexios, the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Atlanta, along with clergy and the faithful of both churches joined together on Sunday, Dec. 13, in prayer and music at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation to commemorate the Nativity of the Lord. It was the latest gathering as […] Full Story

• Knights Of Peter Claver Mark 100 Years Of Service

  

  By Knights Of Peter Claver Mark 100 Years Of Service
  Published December 10, 2009

  On the heels of the Knights of Peter Claver national 100th anniversary Mass in New Orleans, the local chapter of the nation’s largest lay organization for African-American Catholics celebrated in its own way with a Founders Day Mass and dinner. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory served as the main celebrant for the Knights of Peter Claver […] Full Story

• Atlanta Chancery To Move From Midtown

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
  Published December 10, 2009

  The Atlanta Archdiocese is moving out of its Midtown neighborhood after close to 40 years. The new headquarters for the nearly 750,000 Catholics in North Georgia will be in Smyrna, just outside the Perimeter and near Cumberland Mall. The move puts the archdiocesan office about 12 miles from its current home at 680 West Peachtree […] Full Story

• Father Miceli, Retired Pastor Of St. Mary’s, Dies

  

  Published December 10, 2009

  Father James A. Miceli, who served as pastor of St. Mary Church in Rome from 1990 until June 2009 when he retired, died on Dec. 8. He was 60. Ordained a priest on May 24, 1975 by Archbishop Thomas A. Donnellan, Father Miceli served the archdiocese for several years as an administrator, but most of […] Full Story