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Atlanta

• City Honors Civil War Priest Who Saved Downtown Churches

  By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
  Published March 22, 2007

  Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin posthumously recognized Father Thomas O’Reilly with the Phoenix Award, which was placed by his marker at Atlanta City Hall on March 9. A small crowd gathered for the annual wreath-laying ceremony for Father O’Reilly at the marker dedicated to him. This year Father O’Reilly also received the Phoenix Award for his […]

• Play Dramatizes Theme Of Welcoming Strangers

  Published March 16, 2007

  Theatrical Outfit’s latest production, “The Immigrant,” which is being presented March 15-April 8, is a timely play about a young Jewish couple fleeing Russia in the early 1900s who land in a tiny community of Hamilton, Texas, strangers in a new land. But Southern Baptists Milton and Irma Perry set aside their own fears and […]

• IHM Parishioner Finds The ‘Nunsense’ In Life

  By JANE WILSON, Special To The Bulletin
  Published March 15, 2007

  For Nicole Nappo, the role of the Reverend Mother Sister Mary Regina in the Atlanta Lyric Theatre’s production of the musical comedy “Nunsense” is heaven-sent: It allows her to express her lifelong devotion to the Catholic Church through her love of musical theater. A longtime parishioner at Immaculate Heart of Mary, Nappo began her musical […]

• Both Vicars General Honored By Pope Benedict XVI

  By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
  Published March 15, 2007

  Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory announced March 7 that two priests who serve as vicars general of the archdiocese have been named Chaplains of His Holiness with the title of monsignor by Pope Benedict XVI. They are Msgr. W. Joseph Corbett and Msgr. Luis R. Zarama. “I am deeply grateful that our Holy Father has bestowed […] Full Story

• Dads Reflect On Role In Lives Of Their Children

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
  Published March 15, 2007

  Some 120 current, former, and even future St. Pius X High School dads gathered at the school for the 16th annual Dads Morning of Recollection Jan. 27. In his 26th year as a religion teacher at St. Pius X, Msgr. Richard Lopez has facilitated this event every year since it started. The morning began with […] Full Story

• New OLA Hispanic Ministry Reaches Neighborhoods

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published March 15, 2007

  Our Lady of the Assumption Church opened the wood doors of its elegant Gothic church for its first Spanish Mass on Feb. 18 to serve Hispanics in the area, fulfilling its mission to compassionately welcome and serve its community. As worshippers departed from the OLA Indonesian Mass and Hispanics in the area and their supporters […]

• Dancer Heads For Irish World Championships

  By SUZANNE HAUGH, Special To The Bulletin
  Published March 15, 2007

  Fourteen-year-old Catie Foley has accomplished the almost impossible. The St. Brigid’s parishioner has “hop-two-three’d” into the relatively small international pool of Irish dancers preparing to compete in the World Championships. And she’s done it as someone practically foreign to the elite ranks of the Irish dancing world—an American Southerner. “This little girl is amazing!” said […]

• Catholic Charities To Help With Citizenship Drive

  Published March 15, 2007

  The Georgia chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) is joining with over 20 other state chapters across the country to provide free assistance with the United States citizenship application process during a one-day event on March 24. Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Inc. will join AILA attorneys and trained volunteers to […] Full Story

• Catholics Converge On Capitol To Represent Church, Faith

  By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
  Published March 15, 2007

  Twenty-five fourth-grade and eighth-grade students from St. Peter Claver Regional School in Decatur were among the more than 100 Catholics who proudly stood overlooking the vast House of Representatives at the Georgia State Capitol as the representatives below turned and gave them a standing ovation. The St. Peter Claver students were among approximately 150 people […]

• Catholic Charities Employee Named ‘Unsung Hero’

  Published March 8, 2007

  The Emory School of Law Public Interest Committee (EPIC) gave its 2007 “Unsung Hero” Inspiration Award to Susan H. Colussy, program director for immigration services for Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Inc. The award was presented Feb. 13, during the group’s annual award celebration. EPIC, a student-led group at Emory School of Law, […]

• New Committee Focuses On Archdiocese’s Future

  By MARY ANNE CASTRANIO, Staff Writer
  Published March 8, 2007

  A diverse, cohesive group of Catholics from around the archdiocese has been convened as the Archdiocesan Planning Committee, forming in September 2006 at the request of Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory. Its mission is to study the needs, issues and growth of the Catholic Church in North Georgia and to provide sound advice for those leading […]

• New Archdiocesan Chief Financial Officer Named

  By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
  Published March 8, 2007

  The chief financial officer of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Gary Meader, plans to retire at the end of the fiscal year, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory announced March 2. The archbishop also announced that following an extensive search process, Bradley J. Wilson, the chief financial officer and treasurer for Coca-Cola Bottlers’ Sales & Services Co. in […]

• Gift Places Historic Gospel Text In Heart Of Church

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published March 8, 2007

  The evening of Jan. 20 Frank Hanna III, his wife Sally, and daughter Elizabeth descended into the vault holding the rarest documents of the Vatican Apostolic Library to view the Bodmer Papyrus XIV-XV, the oldest manuscript in existence of the Gospel of St. Luke and one of the two oldest of St. John’s Gospel. They […] Full Story

• Track Meet Runs The Course For Hunger

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
  Published March 8, 2007

  Track and field athletes from Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell, Marist School, Atlanta, Our Lady of Mercy High School, Fairburn, and St. Pius X High School, Atlanta, came together for the second annual Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory Invitational Track Meet, Feb. 24. The St. Vincent de Paul Society sponsors the meet, and the more than […] Full Story

• Annual Via Crucis Set For March 31

  Published March 8, 2007

  The second annual Via Crucis, a powerful experience of the Stations of the Cross, will be held March 31 at St. Pius X High School from 1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. The event provides an opportunity for a unique experience of the Lenten Stations of the Cross, with the traditional Stations intertwined with personal testimonies and clips […] Full Story

• CRS Regional Office Brings World’s Needs To Atlanta

  Published March 1, 2007

  At a dedication ceremony for the new Southeast Regional Office of Catholic Relief Services on Feb. 20, CRS president Ken Hackett invited Georgia Catholics to love their neighbors around the world by participating in CRS’s many educational, advocacy and support projects that benefit 99 countries. He noted how over the past couple of decades “our […] Full Story

• Traditional Irish Festivities Set For Two Weekends

  Published March 1, 2007

  Events to honor St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, will take place on March 9-10 and March 16-17 in Atlanta, sponsored by the Hibernian Benevolent Society, which was founded in 1858 by a group of Atlanta merchants to serve the less fortunate. The annual wreath-laying ceremony will be held on Friday, March 9, to […] Full Story

• Cathedral Choir To Present Stations In Sight, Sound

  Published March 1, 2007

  For centuries the Stations of the Cross have been one of the most popular of Lenten Catholic devotions, and for centuries artists—both visual and musical—have responded to the power of the Stations through magnificent paintings and song. On Friday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m., the Cathedral Choir, the Schola Nova and the Schola Cantorum of […] Full Story

• OLA School’s ‘Mr. J’ More Than A Janitor

  Published March 1, 2007

  Willie Jefferson, the beloved janitor at Our Lady of the Assumption School, marks his 20th year of service this month. Jefferson is a popular fixture at the Atlanta school. In the carpool line he greets parents and students in the morning and at the close of the school day. He is also in the cafeteria […] Full Story

• Catholic Charities To Host Seminar On Aging

  Published February 22, 2007

  The Senior Ministry program of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Inc. will co-host a seminar, “The Sacred Journey: Principles of Successful Aging,” on Thursday, March 8, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The seminar will be held in midtown Atlanta, at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, 731 Peachtree St., NE. The facilitator […] Full Story