Atlanta
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Kids Juggle Fun, Faith And Imagination In KidTrack
By MARY ANNE CASTRANIO, Staff Writer
Published June 22, 2006Approximately 360 children attended this year’s KidTrack at the 2006 Eucharistic Congress, led by the dynamic duo of APeX Ministries, Brad Farmer and Gene Monterastelli. Attendees ranged from rising kindergarteners to fifth-graders and comprised an enthusiastic and active set of participants, matched only by the enthusiasm and energy of the volunteers who were there to […]
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Newly Ordained Men Settle Into Priestly Ministry
By MARY ANNE CASTRANIO, Staff Writer
Published June 20, 2006In the weeks since their ordinations in May, the three newly ordained priests for the Archdiocese of Atlanta—Father Rafael Ángel Carballo-Arroyo, Father Yuen Servanez-Caballejo and Father José Luis Hernández-Ayala—have settled with joy into ministry at their respective parishes. Ordained to the priesthood on Saturday, May 27, at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta, by […]
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New Track Enriches All Who ‘Listen In’
By MARY ANNE CASTRANIO, Staff Writer
Published June 16, 2006The people in the room watched, enraptured, as the tall, expressive speaker made the words of faith in Christ come alive using the mesmerizing gestures of American Sign Language. A soft-voiced female interpreter spoke the words aloud for those in the room not fortunate enough to understand the language. This year’s Eucharistic Congress on June […]
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Healing Team Member Touches Hearts With Strings
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
Published June 15, 2006Gail Pappacostas stroked her Celtic harp and soothed the quietly grinding tension in a unit where patients await invasive cardiovascular procedures at Saint Joseph’s Hospital, while health care professionals busily attended to the patients in the room. “I was hoping you would come today,” manager Gloria Morandante, R.N., told the harpist as she passed by. […]
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Brothers Introduce Prayer Of Taizé Community
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
Published June 15, 2006An Indian and a German monk from the ecumenical, international Christian community of Taizé in southern Burgundy, France, founded in 1940 to foster peace among Christians of all nationalities, visited the Archdiocese of Atlanta in May while on a pilgrimage to Alabama, with hopes of forming stronger ties with the United States. Brother Felix, originally […]
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Organ Festival Dates Set
Published June 15, 2006
Celebrating the ecumenical spirit of music in four Atlanta churches, the 2006 Atlanta Summer Organ Festival will feature four exciting concerts by renowned organists during four successive weeks in July. This year is the 12th year of the festival. All concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. and will last approximately one hour. The concerts will each […]
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Father Neil Herlihy Ordained To Serve Archdiocese
By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
Published June 2, 2006Father Neil J. Herlihy was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Atlanta on May 28 at the Cathedral of Christ the King as those who know him very well—from his mother, brothers and sister, to his friends from parish ministries in Marietta—witnessed and prayed, filled with obvious affection and pride. Father Herlihy has the […]
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Holy Spirit Prep’s First Senior Class Graduates
Published June 1, 2006
The first alumni of Holy Spirit Preparatory School have left the building. They’ve also left a legacy. On May 19, 22 students—Holy Spirit’s first senior class—graduated, in a ceremony held at Holy Spirit Church. Holy Spirit Prep’s upper school campus was opened in 2004. The strains of the familiar yet inspiring “Pomp and Circumstance” echoed […]
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Family Life Ministry, ‘Smart Marriages’ Events Come To Atlanta In June
Published June 1, 2006
The archdiocesan Family Life Office will host the National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers conference June 21-22 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in downtown Atlanta. The NACFLM conference is a pre-conference of the Smart Marriages conference, which will be held June 22- 25 at the Marriot Marquis. In a letter to priests of the […]
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Marriage Encounter Weekend Set For June 16-18
By KAREN GORZYNSKI, Special Contributor
Published June 1, 2006In today’s busy world, it is becoming harder and harder for couples to carve out time just for themselves. One great way to get away—and get connected—is to attend a Marriage Encounter weekend. The next Marriage Encounter weekend in the Atlanta area will be held June 16-18 at the Radisson Hotel at Northlake. World Wide […]
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Jubilee Mass For Priests
Published June 1, 2006
Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory will celebrate the annual Jubilarian Mass for priests on Wednesday, June 7, at 10:30 a.m. at the Cathedral of Christ the King. Eight priests will be honored at the Mass, including five silver jubilarians—those marking 25 years of the priesthood, and three celebrating their golden jubilees or 50 years of priestly […]
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Nine Receive Graduate Theology Degrees Through Jesuit Extension Program
Published June 1, 2006
Nine students from the Archdiocese of Atlanta who have attended the Spring Hill College Atlanta extension site received their master of theological studies from Spring Hill College in Mobile, Ala., on Sunday, May 14. The nine and their parishes are: John Bott, St. Brigid Church, Alpharetta; Dot Danchetz, Good Shepherd Church, Cumming; John Harvey, St. […]
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2006 Congress To Build Faith, Inaugurate Jubilee
By MARY ANNE CASTRANIO, Staff Writer
Published June 1, 2006The 11th annual Eucharistic Congress will, as always, offer the inspiring opportunity to hear bold and engaging speakers, to participate in heartfelt prayer and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, to sing divine music that connects the spirit and the voice, and to experience a moving Mass with the community of the faithful gathered to worship […] Full Story
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Australian Alan Ames Will Speak At Healing Service
Published May 28, 2006
This year’s Eucharistic Congress will once again feature a healing Mass and service on Friday evening, June 16, opening this dynamic annual event in the archdiocese with a special focus on the power of Christ and the Blessed Sacrament in healing those who are in need. All are invited to attend the service, which will […]
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St. Catherine Of Siena School Wins Fourth-Grade Battle Of Books
Published May 25, 2006
St. Catherine of Siena School, Kennesaw, won the fourth-grade level competition in the Battle of the Books archdiocesan championship held May 4 at Christ the King School. St. Catherine of Siena School participated in the competition with children in third-grade through sixth-grade levels. St. Catherine of Siena participants included Garrett Blinkhorn, Nick Casaburri, Danielle Chandler, […]
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Archbishop Discusses ‘Da Vinci Code’ Film
Published May 25, 2006
Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory recently shared his thoughts in a question-and-answer session about “The Da Vinci Code,” a controversial movie that debuted at movie theatres on May 19. Based on Dan Brown’s popular novel, the film had a successful opening weekend, earning about $224 million worldwide while receiving generally negative reviews from movie critics and […]
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‘Pure Fashion’ Spurs Rousing Revolution Of Modesty
By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
Published May 25, 2006A revolution isn’t always started by a bunch of angry rebels. Sometimes it’s instigated by a gaggle of girls in pretty dresses. At the seventh annual Pure Fashion show, held April 30 at the Georgia World Congress Center, girls of all ages—mothers and daughters, grandmothers, sisters—and a few dads and brothers, joined together to celebrate […]
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CSS Employee Receives Liberty Bell Award
Published May 25, 2006
The Atlanta Bar Association (ABA) recently recognized Sue Colussy, program director for Immigration Services of Catholic Social Services, Inc., with the 2006 Liberty Bell Award for outstanding service to the community by strengthening the American system of freedom under the law. Colussy received the award on May 5 during the annual ABA award breakfast. The […]
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Ethicist Discusses ‘Slippery Slope’ Of Cloning
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
Published May 25, 2006Imagine this: A doctor takes the nucleus from a patient’s skin cell and fuses it with an egg cell to create a human clone. Then the cloned embryo isn’t just destroyed for the harvesting of stem cells to treat the patient without risk of immune system rejection, which is called “therapeutic cloning.” Instead, the doctor […]
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IHM ‘Eagles’ Train For Peachtree Jr.
Published May 18, 2006
Every Tuesday and Thursday morning from 7:15 to 7:45 about 35 students meet on the field behind Immaculate Heart of Mary School. The children, many training for their second Peachtree Junior Road Race, typically run 1.5 to 2 miles every morning to prepare for the June 3 race inside Piedmont Park. “Training for the Peachtree […]