Georgia
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Christ the King School keeps serving MAC
Published December 11, 2014
ATLANTA—Christ the King School celebrated 28 years of service to the Midtown Assistance Center. Nearly 50 young people filled four vans and a jeep with items donated by school families for the nonprofit. The Peachtree Road school holds the record for the longest continuous service to the MAC. After working at MAC and before lunch, […] Full Story
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Solidarity School helps children learn English, prepare for kindergarten
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published December 11, 2014ATLANTA—Born in Mexico, Ameyaltzin Palomino came to the United States as a teenager speaking no English. She entered public school as an ESOL student, a special program to learn English for those with another native language. “I was 13 years old. It was hard,” said Palomino. It can be difficult academically and socially for ESOL […]
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St. Anthony’s members deliver Thanksgiving meals to seniors
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published November 27, 2014ATLANTA—If three years in a row makes a tradition, there is a new one at St. Anthony of Padua Church, Atlanta. Parishioners have gotten in their cars and delivered hot meals to shut-ins on Thanksgiving as part of the Meals on Wheels program. “The people are so happy and appreciative of it,” said Karen Burke, […] Full Story
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Sandwich-making tradition involves 200+ at St. John the Evangelist School
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published November 27, 2014HAPEVILLE—Loaves of bread, packages of cheese, ham and bologna covered tables in the gym, the cafeteria and the art room at St. John the Evangelist School in Hapeville. Hundreds of boys, girls, teens, and parents with glove-wrapped hands help put the sandwiches together. The goal was to make sandwiches for four Atlanta area shelters for […] Full Story
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Woodstock parishioners put their hearts into 450 Thanksgiving baskets
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published November 27, 2014WOODSTOCK—There are 450 requests for Thanksgiving baskets at St. Michael the Archangel Church, in Woodstock. With less than a week to delivery, only 290 baskets were filled with Thanksgiving items. “We’ll do what we have to do. God will provide,” said a volunteer, who asked not to be named. “This is a little thing I […] Full Story
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Mercy Care doctor: ‘I need to give back to the community’
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published November 27, 2014Luis Galvez, M.D., 58, has volunteered with Mercy Care for 20 years. A physician at Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital, he lives in Sandy Springs and attends Holy Spirit Church, Atlanta. He spoke of the imperative he feels as a physician to give back. Q. How do you serve at Mercy Care? A. I provide medical […]
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Jail cells transformed into Mercy units where ill homeless men recover
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published November 27, 2014ATLANTA—In the fall of 2012, Seth Weingarten was staying at the night shelter of the Atlanta Mission. A diabetic, Weingarten was running out of the medicines he needed. During the day, he would sit along Luckie Street in downtown Atlanta. “I didn’t feel lucky,” quipped Weingarten. “At the time my sugar was out of control. […] Full Story
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‘The quality of mercy is not strained’: Mercy Care brings healing to those in need
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published November 27, 2014ATLANTA—With the ambition of enlarging its health care safety net, Atlanta’s Mercy Care is having to reintroduce itself to the metro community. Once an offshoot of Saint Joseph’s Hospital, the nonprofit now stands on its own. “We have been the best-kept secret,” said Tom Andrews, the president of Mercy Care. “We don’t want to be […]
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Pope-saint continues to inspire Atlanta’s Polish Catholic Apostolate
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Reporter
Published November 27, 2014LAWRENCEVILLE—There were dishes of jarzynowa and krokiety, festive foods for a celebration. A T-shirt commemorated the canonization of Poland’s native son, St. John Paul II. Pennant-waving children entertained their parents and the crowd with native songs. St. Marguerite d’Youville Church was filled with Polish pride on Nov. 9 as the Catholic community gathered to mark […]
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Father Robert Barron: Daily Advent reflections
By FATHER ROBERT BARRON
Published November 27, 2014ATLANTA—Advent begins Sunday, Nov. 30, as Catholics quietly prepare spiritually for Christmas and the birth of the Christ child. Included here are meditations for the first three days of Advent, written by Father Robert Barron, a noted author and speaker, of Mundelein Seminary in Illinois. These are part of a series of daily meditations made […] Full Story
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United by Our Lady, transplanted Puerto Ricans sustain devotion to patroness
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published November 27, 2014SANDY SPRINGS—From generation to generation, devotion to the Blessed Mother has been part of daily life on the island of Puerto Rico. The Puerto Rican community of Atlanta celebrated Mass honoring Our Lady of Divine Providence—Nuestra Señora de la Divina Providencia—on Nov. 16 at St. Jude the Apostle Church in Sandy Springs. It was one […] Full Story
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Contest winner nets St. Vincent de Paul $1,000 in gas cards
Published November 27, 2014
ATLANTA—Brenda Price won this year’s GasBuddy “Outsmart the Pump” sweepstakes, meaning filling her gas tank for the next year will cost $0. Brenda and her husband, Allen, are volunteers at the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Georgia, serving at the Stone Mountain St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store. As a result, GasBuddy, an app […]
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St. Jude School community gives back
Published November 27, 2014
SANDY SPRINGS—St. Jude the Apostle School, in Sandy Springs, hosted its first Family Day of Service on Saturday, Nov. 1. Students and their families helped to support projects in their community, both near and far. They could send letters of support to soldiers, prepare meals for homeless shelters, write to those in prison, or collect […] Full Story
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Decatur students salute veterans Nov. 10
Published November 27, 2014
DECATUR—Students, teachers and staff at St. Thomas More School, Decatur, honored military veterans in an assembly on Monday, Nov. 10. The Decatur school community partnered with The Independence Fund, an organization that helps severely wounded veterans, to raise money to buy a track chair for a wounded Georgia veteran. The man received the machine, which […] Full Story
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Sophia Academy drives for first school bus
Published November 27, 2014
ATLANTA—Sophia Academy held its “Eagles on the Green” Tournament on Oct. 6 and raised $6,500 toward a goal of $35,000 to purchase its first school bus. The school is a Marist Catholic school, from preschool to high school, with an emphasis on small class sizes and specialized teaching, including the Orton-Gillingham reading and spelling approach. […]
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Parents of Atlanta seminarians honored
Published November 27, 2014
ATLANTA—Parents of Atlanta Archdiocese seminarians were treated in October to a special dinner. It was hosted by the Alter Christus Society and held at Holy Spirit Church, Atlanta. More than 100 guests came to the evening celebration where each family received a gift bag with a handmade bracelet, by Mary Selano of Faithful Servant Ministries, […] Full Story
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Mercy Sister who directed Saint Joseph’s nursing school dies
Published November 27, 2014
ATLANTA—Sister Mary Kristen Lancaster, RSM, the former director of Saint Joseph’s Infirmary Nursing School in Atlanta, died in Savannah on Oct. 10. She was 88 and had retired officially from St. Joseph’s Hospital, in Savannah, in August. Born on March 13, 1926 at St. Inigoes, Maryland, she was the youngest of three Lancaster sisters to […]
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St. Vincent de Paul Georgia expands on Lakewood Avenue
Published November 27, 2014
ATLANTA—With the help of a donation from SunTrust Bank, Inc., the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Georgia (SVdP) will open its newest Family Support Center at 1700 Lakewood Ave. in Atlanta in January 2015. SVdP will teach job training, job search skills, and economic and financial strategies for greater success and self-sufficiency at the […] Full Story
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Upcoming youth speaker will focus on the myths of pornography
Published November 27, 2014
ATLANTA—The Office of Formation and Discipleship of the Archdiocese of Atlanta will welcome national speaker Matt Fradd for three presentations Jan. 30-31, 2015, on virtue and exposing the myths of pornography. The presentations are for middle and high school teens and adults. Fradd experienced a profound conversion at World Youth Day in Rome in 2000 […] Full Story
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Upcoming collection for religious retirement fund
Published November 27, 2014
ATLANTA—The 2014 collection for the Retirement Fund for Religious (RFR) will be taken during Masses the weekend of Dec. 13-14 in the Archdiocese of Atlanta during the second collection. The Retirement Fund for Religious enables senior Catholic sisters, brothers and religious order priests to enjoy the dignified care they deserve as they continue to devote […]
