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Many In Archdiocese Active In Haiti Disaster
By MARY ANNE CASTRANIO, Staff Writer
Published January 21, 2010The 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 … Continue reading Many In Archdiocese Active In Haiti Disaster
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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 […]
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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
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Compassion Toward Sick, Dying Is Vocation Of Love
By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
Published January 7, 2010The 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 […]
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Soupremes Have Cooked Shelter Dinners For Decades
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published January 7, 2010Tonight’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 […]
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Growing Mission of Divino Niño Dedicated In Duluth
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Special To The Bulletin
Published December 24, 2009Driven 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 […]
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Catholic-Orthodox Communities Join For Prayer
By FATHER PAUL BURKE, Special To The Bulletin
Published December 24, 2009Catholic 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 […]
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Knights Of Peter Claver Mark 100 Years Of Service
By Knights Of Peter Claver Mark 100 Years Of Service
Published December 10, 2009On 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 […]
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Atlanta Chancery To Move From Midtown
By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
Published December 10, 2009The 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 […]
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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 […]
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After 44 Years As Priest, Msgr. Gracz Still Energized
By JEAN DRISKELL, Special To The Bulletin
Published December 10, 2009“A priest, in some ways, is expressing God to His people, and God uses other people to speak to us priests. It’s a dialogue,” Msgr. Henry Gracz, pastor of Atlanta’s Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, said about his experiences as a priest. “I love being in church with God’s people, searching out ways to continue […]
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St. Pius To Host 10th Annual Christmas Tournament
Published December 10, 2009
St. Pius X High School will host the tenth annual “Christmas Classic Basketball Tournament,” at its gymnasium Dec. 26, 28-30. The St. Pius X Christmas Classic is designed to bring together Catholic high school basketball teams from across the country for tournament competition. This year 16 boys and girls teams from nine different states will […]
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SVdP Atlanta Working Harder, Seeking Help
By MARY ANNE CASTRANIO, Staff Writer
Published December 9, 2009In a year marked by economic distress, the Atlanta Council of the St. Vincent de Paul Society saw an increase in contributions—an estimated $1 million more this year than last year. The published amount of public support and contributions for the Society in 2008 was $5,183,525—in 2009 that number increased to an estimated $6,250,269. Coinciding […]
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Liturgies To Remember Those Affected By HIV/AIDS
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published November 26, 2009Parishes in the Atlanta Archdiocese are observing World AIDS Day. A candlelight procession at Sacred Heart Church on Peachtree Street starts a Mass for people touched by HIV/AIDS. Organizers at the downtown church want to highlight the connection between the sufferings of Jesus and the suffering by people with the disease. Also, St. Philip Benizi […]
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Greek Orthodox, Catholic Churches To Celebrate Advent
Published November 26, 2009
The Greek Orthodox and Catholic communities are invited to join in an Advent Vesper service on Sunday, Dec. 13, at 7 p.m. at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation. Both Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and Archbishop Alexios will officiate. The Cathedral is located at 2500 Clairmont Road, NE, Atlanta.
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Family Finds Hospice A Comfort In Time Of Need
By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
Published November 26, 2009Every night Dr. Anton Reel Jr. pushes a second hospital bed next to his wife’s and holds her hand as she falls asleep. It is a tradition to which he has held true throughout 64 years of marriage. He continues to speak encouragingly to his wife, who is now under home hospice care from Hospice […]
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Art Collection Illustrates Bible As History
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published November 26, 2009An art exhibit at Emory University’s Michael C. Carlos Museum examines how the Bible became a weapon in a propaganda war as political and religious changes swept through 16th-century Europe. The Protestants with their new faith challenged the authority of the Catholic Church, and each claimed authority with biblical tracts. The exhibit “Scripture for the […] Full Story
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After 54 Years, Priesthood’s ‘A Wonderful Life’
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published November 26, 2009Father Richard Morrow is one of the longest serving priests in the Atlanta Archdiocese, ministering here since 1955. Father Morrow is a walking history book, from his memories of being a Catholic priest in the Bible belt and sitting beside Ethel Kennedy as her husband, Robert, worked a room in west Georgia, to the changes […]
