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• Sister Briege To Speak At CTK

  Published November 26, 2009

  The Cathedral of Christ the King and the Atlanta chapter of Legatus will host a special presentation, “Miracles Do Happen, God in Action,” by Sister Briege McKenna, OSC. The event will take place on Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 7:30 p.m. All are invited to attend. Sister Briege was born in Ireland and entered the Sisters […] Full Story

• Collection Marked For Elderly In Religious Orders

  Published November 26, 2009

  Catholic parishes in the Archdiocese of Atlanta will conduct the 22nd annual appeal for the Retirement Fund for Religious on Dec. 13. This year’s collection theme is “Share in the Care.” The collection, coordinated by the National Religious Retirement Office (NRRO) in Washington, D.C., benefits thousands of elderly women and men religious whose communities lack […] Full Story

• Those in crisis find Sister Marie at their side

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published November 12, 2009

  If you want to know anything about Dominican Sister Marie Sullivan know this: On the afternoon civic leaders lauded her, she spent the morning with people who are homeless, linking them with employment, food and medical programs to help lift them up. Fifty years of service to men, women and children who risk having their […]

• CCHD Helps Strengthen Marginalized Communities

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published November 12, 2009

  Parishioners will be asked to give money to the Catholic Campaign for Human Development next weekend as part of the church’s national and local efforts to tackle the roots causes of poverty. Leaders of the Catholic campaign are facing increasing demands for help as the number of men and women without work reaches its highest […] Full Story

• Patriarch Urges People Of Faith To Care For Environment

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published November 12, 2009

  The spiritual leader of the world’s 300-million Orthodox Christians traveled here to spread his concern about a Christian’s responsibility to the environment. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I spoke at the crowded Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation, 2500 Clairmont Road, at an “ecumenical gathering of peace” on Thursday, Oct. 29. “We are not users but guardians […] Full Story

• Lyke House an oasis for students at six colleges

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published November 12, 2009

  Beneath towering pine trees and with a cold fall breeze blowing, college students, alumni and supporters from the Lyke House huddled in a horseshoe shape at the bronze grave marker of its namesake, Archbishop James P. Lyke. The crowd recited the morning prayer of Liturgy of the Hours with its ancient prayers and Scripture readings […] Full Story

• 2009 A Jubilee Year In Canton, Jasper, Lithonia

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published November 12, 2009

  Three churches in the Atlanta Archdiocese mark their silver jubilee as faith communities this year. They are Christ Our Hope Church, Lithonia; Jasper’s Our Lady of the Mountains Church; and Our Lady of LaSalette Church, Canton. Christ Our Hope, Lithonia Parishioners who stream into this Atlanta area church come from more than 50 countries, from […] Full Story

• Lengthy Marriages Celebrated At Annual Mass

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published November 12, 2009

  Couples repeated their “I do’s” at the annual archdiocesan Mass to celebrate marriage. St. Brigid Church, Johns Creek, hosted the brides and grooms, many years after they first walked down the aisle as young married couples. Certainly, there would have been more hair and fewer pounds the first time, but now there were grown children […] Full Story

• St. Mary Magdalene Relic To Visit Local Parishes

  Published November 12, 2009

  From the foot of the cross at Calvary to Frejus-Toulon, France, to Atlanta, Holy Spirit Church is excited and honored to participate in an historic event as the parish hosts a relic of St. Mary Magdalene later this month. The relic, a large piece of St. Mary Magdalene’s tibia, will be available for veneration in […] Full Story

• Aquinas Center Welcomes New Board Members

  Published November 10, 2009

  The Aquinas Center of Theology announced six new board members at an Oct. 21 board meeting on the Emory University campus. They are Patricia Allgood, chair at Vistage in Atlanta; David Blumenthal, professor of Judaic studies at Emory University; Stephen Crim, chief executive officer of American Safety Insurance; Randy Hain, managing partner of Bell Oaks; […] Full Story

• Lourdes Sustains Saint’s Founding Work

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published October 29, 2009

  Stand outside the three-story red brick and Stone Mountain granite building near the intersection of Auburn Avenue and Boulevard, in the heart of the Sweet Auburn neighborhood, to see what a canonized saint who visited here help build. The school-turned-parish center at Our Lady of Lourdes was paid for by St. Katharine Drexel, the heiress […] Full Story

• Shrine Is City Of Atlanta’s Oldest Parish

  

  By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
  Published October 29, 2009

  On Martin Luther King Jr. Drive near the state Capitol, visitors to Atlanta will most likely pass another building of importance—a church that has a significant place in Catholic history and in the history of Georgia. Atlanta Catholics completed their first church building in 1848. Not yet named, it was known simply as “the Catholic […]

• Signs Are Just One Way Church Shows Respect For Life

  

  By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
  Published October 29, 2009

  As early as 22 days after conception, a fetus produces a beating heart. A few weeks later, its stomach, esophagus and kidneys, among many other organs, begin developing as well. It is the belief that these young fetuses are fully human that drives Catholics throughout Georgia to stand up and support the many activities of […] Full Story

• Cardiologist Gives Insights Into Regenerative Medicine

  By REBECCA RAKOCZY, Special To The Bulletin
  Published October 29, 2009

  It was billed as a town hall-style meeting on “The Future of Catholic Healthcare in America.” But instead of raucous debate, the more than 70 attendees who came to Holy Spirit Preparatory School the evening of Sept. 17 became the rapt audience for Dr. Nicolas Chronos, a medical doctor and president of Saint Joseph’s Translational […] Full Story

• Knights Of St. Peter Claver To Hold Centennial Mass

  Published October 29, 2009

  To celebrate 100 years of Catholic action through Claverism, the Knights of Peter Claver, the Knights of Peter Claver Ladies Auxiliary and the Junior Knights and Junior Daughters of the Atlanta area are hosting a Founders Day Mass and a semi-formal celebration. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory is scheduled to be the principal celebrant at the […] Full Story

• St. Pius X Dominates Grady At The Dome

  

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
  Published October 29, 2009

  St. Pius X High School defeated Grady High School 37-13 in the inaugural game of the Atlanta Public Schools’ Domecoming Football Classic at the Georgia Dome, Oct. 24, to capture the Region 5-AAA, Division B sub-region championship for the second year in a row. Both teams entered the game with perfect records, but St. Pius […] Full Story

• Colleges Feed Adults’ Hunger For Catholic Theology

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published October 15, 2009

  By day, Maureen Alexander eyes numbers as an accountant, keeping track of IRS forms and watching the financial books for small businesses. By night, Alexander wrestled with the meaning of the Trinity, defended the incarnation of Jesus and studied the finer points of church ritual. This summer, after a two-year effort, she earned a Certificate […] Full Story

• ‘Go Roman’ At Georgia Tech Catholic Center

  By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
  Published October 15, 2009

  Between fall rush and football, where does faith fit in? On campuses around Georgia, chaplains have to be creative and undaunted by challenges as they provide a Catholic niche for students and faculty, using whatever resources they have at their disposal. At Georgia Tech, Father Tim Hepburn estimates there are about 3,800 Catholics in the […] Full Story

• Catholic Charities Atlanta Offers Flood Aid

  By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
  Published October 15, 2009

  While floodwaters have receded and many people have gotten back to life as usual, other metro Atlantans are dealing with massive amounts of property damage and loss due to the floods of 2009. Catholic Charities Atlanta is stepping up to the plate, hoping to provide aid and support in some of the hard-hit areas. “Catholic […] Full Story

• Coach Maloof Funeral Held In Prayerful Stadium

  By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
  Published October 15, 2009

  Thousands filled the football stadium at St. Pius X High School on Thursday, Oct. 8, not to cheer on one of the school’s many sports teams, but rather to honor the life of the influential man who created its program. George B. Maloof, a legend in St. Pius and Georgia high school football history, died […]