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Priest Assignments
Published October 16, 2008
Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following changes in priest assignments. Father Fausto Marquez, parochial vicar at St. Jude the Apostle Church, Sandy Springs, and Holy Spirit Church, Atlanta, has also been appointed as spiritual director of La Escuela de la Cruz, effective Oct. 2. Archbishop Gregory has confirmed the recommendation of Father Eddie […]
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Marist Runs Off Fifth Straight Victory
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
Published October 16, 2008After an opening season loss to St. Pius X High School, Marist School has gone about its business knocking off all subsequent contenders in its path. The team has been victorious in its last five games and is undefeated in region play. Marist furthered its cause Oct. 10 with a 37-7 win over Forsyth Central […]
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Legatus Chapter Offers Catholic Executives Fellowship
By ERIKA ANDERSON, Special To The Bulletin
Published October 16, 2008Tom Peterson used to suffer from what he calls “affluenza.” It was the desire to collect more and more tokens from the secular world—items such as cars and houses—that showed off his success to those around him. At the time, he was a self-proclaimed workaholic. He was a successful ad agency president who had no […]
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Gala Raises $60,000 For St. Vincent De Paul Society
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published October 16, 2008Volunteers with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul are to bridge the gap between the poor and the well-to-do, telling the life stories of the poor so society cares more, according to the president of DePaul University. Vincentian Father Dennis Holtschneider said the poor are largely ignored in this country. “But you know their […]
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Town Hall Meetings To Give Results Of School Surveys
Published October 16, 2008
Earlier this year, the Catholic University of America conducted online surveys to assist the Archdiocese of Atlanta with a strategic plan for its Catholic schools. Consultative meetings have been scheduled in five locations throughout the archdiocese to present the results of the data that the university has been analyzing. Town hall meetings, scheduled from 7 […]
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Archdiocese Impacted By Year 2 Of Strategic Planning: Working Groups Advise Archbishop In Four Key Areas
By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
Published October 16, 2008During the past year more than 50 women and men have been wrestling with the future of the Catholic Church in North Georgia. Through meetings, interviews and research, groups of lay people, pastors and archdiocesan officials have wrapped their arms around a church in flux, trying to look at the present condition with objective eyes […] Full Story
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Priest Assignments
Published October 9, 2008
Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following change in priest assignment. Father Pedro Poloche Rodriguez has been assigned to the Metropolitan Marriage Tribunal, effective Sept. 26. He has also been assigned to serve part-time as parochial vicar at Sacred Heart Church, Atlanta, where he will reside.
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Cindy Palmer Is November Speaker At Magnificat
Published October 9, 2008
Seeing her parents living their faith as she grew up and listening to the faith stories of the people—priests, sisters and good-hearted people—they brought around the family’s kitchen table has laid the foundation that Cindy Palmer has relied on in her own life. On Saturday, Nov. 8, Palmer, who grew up in Athens and Monroe, […]
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Catholics Asked To Support Good Works Of Church
By MARY ANNE CASTRANIO, Staff Writer
Published October 9, 2008As the 2009 Archbishop’s Annual Appeal campaign begins, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory acknowledged current economic uncertainty while asking Catholics to respond with their generous donations to support the ministries and programs of the archdiocese. In a letter sent to parishioners in the Atlanta Archdiocese this week, the archbishop stated, “Without a doubt these are challenging […]
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Steve Siler To Head Archdiocesan Stewardship Office
By STEPHEN O’KANE, Staff Writer
Published October 2, 2008Steve Siler, the director of development at St. Pius X High School in Atlanta for the past nine years, has been named as the new executive director of the Stewardship Office of the Archdiocese of Atlanta. A graduate of Notre Dame University in business and accounting, he will also bring to the office a familiarity […]
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LaSalette Father Hurley, Formerly Of Atlanta, Dies
Published October 2, 2008
Father Jim Hurley, a former parochial vicar at two parishes in the Atlanta Archdiocese, died Sept. 15. A LaSalette priest for more than 60 years, Father Hurley served in Connecticut, Florida and in Georgia. He was 90 when he died. Father Hurley came to the Archdiocese of Atlanta in February 1991 and worked at Our […]
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Marist Father Primeaux, Teacher, Author, Dies
Published October 2, 2008
Marist Father Patrick Dwayne Primeaux, 61, died Aug. 25 at the Marist community residence at Marist School. He had been struggling with cancer for a year. As his strength deteriorated over this past summer, he made the decision to leave his residence near St. John’s University in Queens, N.Y., where he had been teaching, and […]
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Catholic School Sees Small Rise In Clayton Students
Published October 2, 2008
The loss of SACS accreditation by the Clayton County school system has not led to a significant change in enrollment at neighboring Catholic schools. At Our Lady of Mercy High School in Fairburn, a few additional students from Clayton County entered this fall. Typically 20 to 25 percent of students at OLM are Clayton County […]
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Catholics Seek Support For Probe Of Fort Benning School
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published October 2, 2008Ten years after a Catholic archbishop in Guatemala was beaten to death for his work on human rights, four Atlanta priests, two sisters, and seven local members of the Catholic peace group Pax Christi are calling on Congress to deepen its investigation of the controversial Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation which one of his […]
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Foundation Awards Grants To Five Organizations
Published October 2, 2008
Five organizations across Georgia have received grants totaling $173,000 from the Catholic Foundation of North Georgia. The funds, which are one-time grants, have been awarded to support various programs and missions, from underserved students to the homeless. The Catholic Foundation provides these modest, competitive grants for programs in accordance with donors’ wishes. In announcing the grants, […]
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Judicial Year Opens With Prayer At Red Mass
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published October 2, 2008Priests in red vestments and judges wearing black gowns and scarlet scarves strode into Sacred Heart Church to mark the beginning of the judicial year. Scores of lawyers, elected officials and legal administrators filled the wooden pews of the Peachtree Street landmark Sept. 25 in the celebration of the Red Mass, a centuries-old tradition. Archbishop […]
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Deacon Assignments
Published September 25, 2008
Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following change in deacon assignment. Deacon Hector M. Vargas has resumed active ministry and has been assigned to serve at Holy Trinity Church, Peachtree City, effective July 24.
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Priest Assignments
Published September 25, 2008
Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following change in priest assignment. He confirmed the recommendation of Father Scott Reilly, territorial director of the Legionaries of Christ, and has assigned Father David Daly as superior of the Legionaries of Christ, effective Sept. 19. For canonical status, Father Daly has been appointed as a parochial vicar […]
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Pro-Life Message Will Be Held High Oct. 5
Published September 25, 2008
On the first Sunday of October, which has been declared Respect Life Sunday by the U.S. Catholic bishops, a number of Life Chains will be held around North Georgia. Life Chain is a one-hour, peaceful, prayerful and silent expression of support for unborn babies and their mothers. Those who participate are given prepared signs with […]
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Archbishop To Speak On Death Penalty At Emory
Published September 25, 2008
Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory will give the Decalogue Lecture on “The Catholic Church and the Death Penalty,” as part of a lecture series entitled “When Law and Religion Meet,” presented by The Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University. He will address the Catholic Church’s hard stance on capital punishment and […]
