Georgia Bulletin

Cartersville

• Cartersville parish honors founding families, priests

  

  Published May 14, 2015

  CARTERSVILLE—The families who started St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Cartersville were welcomed with a special Mass on Friday, April 24. Father Joseph Aquino, the last LaSalette priest to serve the parish, traveled from Sulphur, Louisiana, to celebrate the Mass with Father Juan Anzora, the pastor. Approximately 130 parents, children and grandchildren attended the celebration […] Full Story

• Archbishop Romero inspires priest starting his first pastorate in Cartersville

  

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Special to the Bulletin
  Published August 7, 2014

  CARTERSVILLE—In his sixth year of priesthood, Father Juan Francisco Anzora feels right at home in his first pastorate at St. Francis of Assisi Church, having come a long way by faith from his home in a farming village in El Salvador. Father Anzora and nine siblings grew up on a farm outside the capital of […] Full Story

• Priest re-enacts Mark’s Gospel in Cartersville

  Published March 20, 2014

  On the first Friday of Lent, Father Joseph Morris, the Catholic chaplain of Kennesaw State University, performed the Gospel of St. Mark in its entirety at St. Francis of Assisi Church,  Cartersville. Father Morris has performed this presentation for a number of years. Father Morris came to the church community at the invitation of the parish […] Full Story

• Pastor represents archdiocese at Missionary Congress

  Published November 22, 2013

  Msgr. Dan Stack, pastor of St. Francis of Assisi Church, Cartersville, will be packing his suitcase soon. He’ll represent the Atlanta Archdiocese at the Fourth American Missionary Congress being held in Maracaibo, Venezuela, from Nov. 26 to Dec. 1. Its theme is “Missionary disciples of Jesus Christ in a secular and multicultural world,” with the […] Full Story

• St. Francis Of Assisi, Cartersville, Dedicates New Church

  By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
  Published April 12, 2012

  Hundreds of parishioners, friends and neighbors of St. Francis of Assisi Church crowded the sanctuary of their new church during a Mass of Dedication celebrated by Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory on March 28. The Mass marked the end of years of hard work, capital campaigns and the fulfillment of a dream held by parishioners for […] Full Story

• Cartersville parish begins building new church

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published April 14, 2011

  With pens in hand, parishioners of St. Francis of Assisi Church signed a 17-foot cross before it was erected as the faith community celebrated a milestone. Parishioners broke ground on a building project to enlarge their church, doubling its size and making room for a gathering area. “This is just an absolute dream we’ve had […] Full Story

• Cartersville Parish Begins Work On New Church

  Published March 17, 2011

  We are building a house for the Lord. In the book of Exodus, on seeing the “burning bush,” Moses said to himself, “I must go over to look at this remarkable sight.” The parishioners of St. Francis of Assisi Church invite all to join them for a remarkable sight: the groundbreaking for their new church […] Full Story

• In Mexico, Priest Learns About His Own Parishioners

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published March 18, 2010

  Father Daniel Stack has spent the fall and winter learning to navigate life in Mexico, figuring out baffling traffic laws, timing when his residence has hot water and reveling in the hospitality. Like finding himself in a home of strangers in a custom called “cradling the Christ Child” where they put a doll of the […] Full Story

• Cartersville Man Keeps Soldiers Connected

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published May 21, 2009

  Miles Chesley remembered the lonely days of a young man in the armed forces. Serving in the Navy, he found any piece of mail was exciting, even something like a seed catalog was notable, he said. It wasn’t that the mail was uplifting, but that someone actually thought of him and took the time to […] Full Story

• Wise Men Visit Cartersville

  Published January 17, 2008

  Each year the members of St. Francis of Assisi Church observe the feast of the Epiphany with the arrival of three wise men and their caravan. This year’s Epiphany, which was celebrated Sunday, Jan. 6, included a caravan of “wise” volunteers from the parish family, as well as camels, sheep and doves provided by the […] Full Story