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• SVdP Society, Catholic Charities To Collaborate More

  Published April 12, 2007

  The Atlanta Council of the St. Vincent de Paul Society and Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Inc. have announced their intention to explore new ways in which to increase collaboration to provide better services to people in need in metro Atlanta and north Georgia. As part of this new collaboration, Atlanta Council executive […] Full Story

• In Lacrosse Rivalry, Pius Carries A Big Stick

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
  Published April 12, 2007

  St. Pius X High School and Marist School met on the familiar turf of Pius’ George B. Maloof Stadium, but instead of football it was the spring sport of varsity lacrosse. In the April 2 match between the two schools, St. Pius X won by a score of 6-4 to move their record to 7-3. […] Full Story

• First Archdiocesan Pastoral Council Commissioned

  By SUZANNE HAUGH, Special To The Bulletin
  Published April 12, 2007

  The new Archdiocesan Pastoral Council will have “the ear” of Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory as he shepherds the Atlanta Archdiocese in the days ahead. The recent commissioning of the 23-member council fulfills the archbishop’s desire to assemble a consultative group of laity, which falls in line with canon law and further establishes “the rightful role” […] Full Story

• Chrism Mass Ministry Distributes Oils To Archdiocese

  By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
  Published April 12, 2007

  In a conference room below the Cathedral of Christ the King, Jackie Marcinko’s team is ready. White paper cloths cover three long tables, marked with instructions written in black marker. A little table, one constructed for children, surrounded by tiny chairs, is covered with containers of all shapes, sizes and varieties. There are empty mayonnaise […]

• The Journey To Easter

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
  Published April 12, 2007

  Each year thousands of people participate in the journey to become Catholic, moving with commitment, a sense of fulfillment and joy toward full membership in the Catholic community. In North Georgia this past Saturday, April 7, more than 1,500 entered the church during Easter Vigil liturgies, participants in sacramental rites of initiation through the waters […] Full Story

• Cathedral Players To Present ‘Children Of Eden’

  By JANE SIMONS, Special Contributor
  Published April 5, 2007

  Published: April 5, 2007 ATLANTA—Featuring music that ranges from gospel to rock to opera, “Children of Eden” tells the story of Creation and beyond. Christ the King’s Cathedral Players will present the inspirational musical on two weekends—April 20-22 and April 27-28—in the Cathedral’s Hyland Center. All proceeds will benefit the Buckhead Christian Ministry, which provides […]

• Marist Swimmer Soars At USA Championships

  Published April 5, 2007

  Marist School junior Kathleen Hersey won the 200-meter butterfly final with a time of 2:09.92 at the 2007 USA Swimming Spring Championships in East Meadow, N.Y., March 28. Hersey, who led the entire race, won by 2.48 seconds and was six seconds under the Olympic Trials cut. “Although some of the best U.S. swimmers were […]

• Head Of Religious Education, Faith Formation Retires

  By MARY ANNE CASTRANIO, Staff Writer
  Published March 29, 2007

  Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced that Deacon Lloyd Sutter has retired as senior administrator of the archdiocesan Department of Religious Education and Faith Formation, effective immediately. Barb Garvin, senior director of the Office of Youth Ministry, will serve as interim director of the department until a replacement is named. Deacon Sutter has served in […]

• Catholic Schools Fare Well In State Spelling Bee

  Published March 22, 2007

  Several students from schools located in the Archdiocese of Atlanta participated in the Georgia Independent Schools Association Spelling Bee in February. The first round of competition was held Feb. 8 at various locations around Georgia. Round one was a written competition devised of 110 words in which students were required to write in ink without […]

• Mystery Surrounding Heroic Priest Recalled

  By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
  Published March 22, 2007

  It’s the stuff of legends … a story passed down throughout generations. A young Irish priest serving in the midst of a war-torn Atlanta hears of the impending doom his city is to suffer. With only his faith as a shield, he makes his way to speak to Union forces and pleads with Gen. William […]

• St. Patrick ‘Used All He Had’ To Spread Faith In God

  By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
  Published March 22, 2007

  What does St. Patrick have to say to his spiritual descendants today? Father Frank McNamee said the missionary who converted Ireland to the Christian faith “used all that he had, while respecting a people and yet challenging a people in the Way of our Lord.” With the personal knowledge of one from County Galway who […]

• Nonprofit Receives Grant For Health Care In Haiti

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published March 22, 2007

  Dr. Charmaine Lewis was completing a residency at Emory University in 2004 when she noticed a bulletin blurb at Sacred Heart Church about a mission trip to Haiti through the ServeHAITI nonprofit that grew out of the parish. The internist, who is from Louisiana, speaks French fluently and had always been interested in medical missions. […]

• Annual Pilgrimage Focuses On Social Justice

  Published March 22, 2007

  People of all faiths are invited to attend the 27th annual Good Friday pilgrimage, with stops at 14 urban Atlanta Stations of the Cross on Good Friday, April 6. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory will offer the opening prayer at 9 a.m., when the interfaith pilgrimage begins at the State Capitol (on the Washington Street side, […]

• Parishioners To Gather For Immigration Advocacy

  Published March 22, 2007

  An archdiocesan workshop titled “Travelers Together: One Creator, One Family, One Journey,” focusing on immigration issues, resources and advocacy, will be held Friday, April 13, at 6:30 p.m. at Holy Cross Church, Atlanta. The leaders of the various immigrant communities in the archdiocese from Africa, Asia, Europe and Central and South America are encouraged to […]

• 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 […] Full Story

• 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 […] Full Story

• 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 […]

• 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 […]