Georgia Bulletin

Atlanta

• Families Expand Rapidly As Relatives Need Shelter

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published September 8, 2005

  North Georgia Catholics are pulling together, opening their homes and taking action to help those evacuated from New Orleans and the rest of the Gulf Coast slammed by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. Immaculate Heart of Mary parishioner Marion Orr picked up her sister, Lisa Moran, a nurse in the intensive care unit at Tulane […] Full Story

• NCCW Convention Planned For Atlanta

  Published September 8, 2005

  The National Council of Catholic Women (NCCW) will hold its 2005 national convention at the Hilton Atlanta Sept. 15-18. Nearly 1,200 council members and guests are expected to attend. Hosted this year by the Atlanta Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women, assisted by the Savannah and South Carolina Councils of Catholic Women, the biennial convention will […] Full Story

• Georgia Catholics Respond To Gulf Coast Crisis

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published September 8, 2005

  Immediate actions being taken by the Archdiocese of Atlanta in the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Katrina include a special financial collection in every parish and the opening of archdiocesan Catholic schools to displaced children in an effort to alleviate victims’ suffering and help them rebuild their lives. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory asked every parish to […] Full Story

• HIV/AIDS Group Marks 10 Years Of Helping

  Published September 8, 2005

  Living Room will celebrate its 10th anniversary of helping people with HIV/AIDS to find and maintain affordable housing on Sept. 25 with a celebration at the Cathedral of St. Philip. A reception and award ceremony will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Great Hall. Preceding the celebration will be an Evensong prayer […] Full Story

• Archbishop To Celebrate Red Mass For Lawyers

  Published September 1, 2005

  Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory will celebrate the annual Red Mass for the St. Thomas More Society, the Catholic lawyers guild of Atlanta, at Sacred Heart Church on Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 6:30 p.m. The Mass will be followed by a reception and casual dinner in the parish hall. The history of the Red Mass for […] Full Story

• Brazilian Catholics Celebrate Foothold At St. Jude’s

  

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published September 1, 2005

  Members of an emerging Brazilian Catholic community savored their cultural traditions at a festival July 15 and 16 outside their home at St. Jude the Apostle Church, chatting in Portuguese, biting grilled barbecue meats called churrasquinho off skewers, and joining arm-in-arm for traditional folkloric dances. Donning ruffled dresses, ladies attired as farm girls prepared and […] Full Story

• ‘Jesus 2000’ Caribbean Drama To Be Performed At Blessed Trinity By Father HoLung & Friends

  Published September 1, 2005

  Father Richard HoLung and a Caribbean cast will perform an epic musical drama about the life of Jesus Christ entitled “Jesus 2000” at Blessed Trinity High School Theater in Roswell Sept. 30 and Oct. 1-2. Prepared for the millennial birthday of the Savior of the world, “Jesus 2000” is a joyous and spectacular celebration of […] Full Story

• School Hosts Lecture On Catholic Church Music

  Published September 1, 2005

  Dr. Albert Ahlstrom, music director at Holy Spirit Church in Atlanta, will discuss “Catholic Church Music—The Legacy, Our Future” on Thursday, Sept. 15, at Holy Spirit Preparatory School as part of the school’s lecture series. The lecture begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Liberal Arts Building on the Upper School campus located at 4449 Northside […] Full Story

• Legion Of Mary Retreat Offered Oct. 15

  Published September 1, 2005

  In the Year of the Eucharist the annual Legion of Mary retreat of the Atlanta South Curia will take place at St. Peter’s Church in LaGrange on Saturday, Oct. 15, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. After recitation of opening prayers and the rosary, Father Balappa Selva Raj, pastor, will celebrate Mass. Coffee, light refreshments, […] Full Story

• Catholic Hospital Commemorates 125 Years Of Healing

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published September 1, 2005

  In 1880, the year Thomas Edison’s electric street lamps were first installed commercially, sisters from Savannah lit an enduring light of healing mercy for the sick in Atlanta. Sister of Mercy Cecilia Carroll and three other sisters were called by Bishop William Gross from their convent in Savannah with a mission to minister to the […] Full Story

• Cologne Trip Memorable For Atlanta Hispanic Group

  Published August 29, 2005

  Over a period of nine months, a group of Hispanic young adults from 25 parishes, led by the Atlanta Office of Hispanic Youth and Young Adult Ministry, joyfully prepared to experience World Youth Day 2005 in Cologne, Germany. They gathered monthly to study the various messages that Pope John Paul II had given since the […] Full Story

• Crisis At Local Hospital Elicits Pastoral Response

  Published August 18, 2005

  At about 6 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 15, at Saint Joseph’s Hospital a man shot and killed his wife, who was a patient in an intensive care unit, and then turned his gun on himself and committed suicide, prompting a swift medical and pastoral crisis response by the Catholic health-care institution. Fulton County Police Department […] Full Story

• Atlanta Conference Expected To Draw 20,000 Teens

  Published August 18, 2005

  Catholics from the Archdiocese of Atlanta and throughout the country are busy in preparation, prayer and planning for the National Catholic Youth Conference, which will be held in Atlanta Oct. 27-30. Archdiocesan officials and steering committee members for NCYC have been meeting for the past several months to plan for the biennial event, which is […] Full Story

• Fundraiser For Cancer Home To Be Held Oct. 1

  Published August 18, 2005

  The Auxiliary of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home will hold its annual fundraiser to benefit the revered, long-established Atlanta institution on Saturday, Oct. 1, at the Renaissance Waverly Hotel. This luncheon, held for the 49th time this year, is the major fundraiser for the home, which has given free aid to those stricken with […] Full Story

• Pueri Cantores Choir Festival To Be Held

  Published August 4, 2005

  Catholic school and parish choirs are invited to register now for the Pueri Cantores Festival and Mass, which will bring together several hundred singers ages 7-18 from the Archdiocese of Atlanta and Dioceses of Savannah and Charleston on Nov. 6 at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Savannah. Bishop J. Kevin Boland will […] Full Story

• Abortion Rights Plaintiffs Seek To Reverse ‘Doe’

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published August 4, 2005

  Norma McCorvey and Sandra Cano, the women who were the plaintiffs in the 1973 Supreme Court decisions that legalized abortion virtually on demand, have filed a petition with the high court to set aside the decisions or at least order a new trial on the merits for reversal. In February, accepting only 90 out of […] Full Story

• Jubilarian Seen As ‘Spiritual Father’ To Many

  By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
  Published August 4, 2005

  Looking into the kindly face of Father Richard Morrow, it is difficult to imagine him as a troublemaker. However, the senior priest, who this year is celebrating his 50th anniversary of ordination, just might owe his vocation to a fistfight. Hundreds of holy cards were printed in honor of Father Morrow’s golden jubilee, which he […]

• Pilgrimage Reminds Priest To ‘Bloom Where Planted’

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published August 4, 2005

  To thank God for his 20 years of priesthood, backpack-clad Father Marty Kopchik, MSFS, took a summer trip to Spain to hike along the rugged “Camino de Santiago,” one of the most important Christian pilgrim paths since medieval times, leading to the shrine of St. James the Apostle. In 2002 he had spent a sabbatical […] Full Story

• Victor Kramer Receives Award As Merton Scholar

  Published August 4, 2005

  Victor A. Kramer, Ph.D., professor emeritus of English at Georgia State University, was awarded the “Louis Award” for distinguished Merton scholarship at the ninth general meeting of the International Thomas Merton Society in San Diego on June 12. Kramer and his wife, Dewey Weiss Kramer, Ph.D., who live in Decatur, founded The Merton Annual in […]

• Warner Robins Parish Hosts Institute On RCIA

  Published August 4, 2005

  The North American Forum on the Catechumenate and the Diocese of Savannah are co-sponsoring a Beginnings and Beyond Institute in Warner Robins from Oct. 16-21. Designed for both novice and experienced parish initiation teams, the Beginnings and Beyond Institute presents the vision of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults and provides hands-on experiences of […] Full Story