Georgia
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In Midlife A Dream To Be A Missionary Is Realized
By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
Published December 8, 2011Halfway around the world and immersed in an unfamiliar culture, St. Jude the Apostle parishioner Carmen Hilmes still recognizes the oneness of faith in God. “The universality of our faith has been awe-inspiring,” said Hilmes, who has been stationed as a missionary in the Cambodian capital city of Phnom Penh since September. She is serving […] Full Story
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Lay Missionary ‘Meets God’ In Eyes Of Poor, Suffering
By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
Published December 8, 2011Catherine Giller always had a heart for mission work. Though she feels that God may have been leading her to it years ago, she did not always recognize the signs. “I believe that God put before my eyes ‘mission’ in various forms throughout my life, but that my eyes were not always open,” Giller said. […] Full Story
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Priest Assignment
Published December 8, 2011
Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following change in priest assignment. Father Alvaro D. Avendano has been assigned as parochial vicar at St. Mark Church, Clarkesville, and at St. Helena Mission, Clayton, effective Dec. 1. He will reside at St. Helena’s.
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Feeding Hungry Continues Drexel Mission At Lourdes
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published December 8, 2011Aproned volunteers pile plates with the day’s menu of spicy chicken sausage, collard greens and creamed potatoes. The “guests” of the Lourdes Lunch Ministry add to their crowded plates as they choose from a table heavy with breads and pastries before taking a seat. Servers walk around with steaming cups of coffee, water and lemonade. […] Full Story
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Catholic Foundation Gives Thanks With New Society
By REBECCA RAKOCZY, Special To The Bulletin
Published December 8, 2011Paula and Charles Gorgolione wanted to create a lasting gift in memory of Charles’ mother. The couple had inherited some money and wanted to “do good with the money to remember her by.” The retired Catholic elementary school teacher and vocational high school instructor were already involved in helping Catholic Charities Atlanta’s ministries. So when […] Full Story
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Two Honored For Serving Others In Court System
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published December 8, 2011DeKalb County Senior Judge Robert Castellani for years faced a courtroom with what seemed to him to be a revolving door of drug-addicted defendants committing crime after crime. Defendants faced probation and jail but kept coming back in front of him, he said. The work was “unrealistic and ineffective,” said Castellani, who served on the […] Full Story
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St. Michael Teens Join National Pro-Life Effort
By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
Published December 8, 2011Teens at St. Michael Parish are busy this season. Not just with preparations for upcoming holidays but also with their involvement in the national pro-life movement. Beginning in September, the youth group at the Gainesville parish became involved by holding a drive to collect baby items for Catholic and pro-life pregnancy crisis centers as part […] Full Story
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BT Chaplain has experience to lead by example
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published December 8, 2011ROSWELL–Father Paul Berny is the new chaplain at Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell. This assignment is another chapter in his long service to the church, which started when he was ordained in 1972. Originally from Buffalo, N.Y., Father Berny has served in parishes around the Atlanta Archdiocese and retired as pastor of Prince of Peace […] Full Story
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Jesuit Retreat House Dedicates New Center
Published December 8, 2011
A newly constructed resource building at the Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center was recently dedicated on Tuesday, Oct. 25. The dedication was the capstone of the completion of the new J. Robert Fitzgerald Resource Center and also celebrated renovations to the retreat house, including an upgraded entrance and lobby atrium. The 4,000-square-foot resource center accomplished […] Full Story
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Parishioners Create Church Stained Glass Windows
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published December 8, 2011For the volunteers at this Forsyth County church, the chance to work with a craftsman gave them the opportunity to add beauty to Good Shepherd Church. The work wasn’t easy, but the novice volunteers had fun creating the stained glass windows. “My husband says all our DNA are in the windows,” said Tina Wright, who […] Full Story
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SVdP Provides Care To Growing Numbers
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published December 8, 2011Nearly one out of every five Georgia residents now lives in poverty. Figures from the U.S. Census Bureau show some 1.83 million people in Georgia living below the poverty line, some 18.7 percent of the state. It is the highest level since 1993. Volunteers at the St. Vincent de Paul Society see their faces, people […] Full Story
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Thousands Of Students Gather To ‘Add To The Chain’
By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
Published November 24, 2011Thousands of feet of paper chains were hoisted towards the ceiling of the Georgia Dome on November 11, with each link representing an act of kindness performed by a student in the Atlanta area. Eight thousand of those students were on hand for the Add To The Chain event, sponsored by 11Alive News. Add To […] Full Story
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Celebrations To Honor Our Lady Of Guadalupe
Published November 24, 2011
Following is a list of celebrations scheduled at parishes around the archdiocese to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe, whose feast day is Dec. 12. For churches not listed, contact the parish office for more information. Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta Friday, Dec. 9, Feast of St. Juan Diego – Chattahoochee Central Mobile Village. 6 […] Full Story
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Agnes Driskell, AACCW Founder, Dies At 93
Published November 24, 2011
Agnes McKniff Driskell, a longtime parishioner of Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Decatur and one of the founders of the Atlanta Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women, died Oct. 22 at the age of 93 from complications due to late stage Alzheimer’s disease. Mrs. Driskell came to Atlanta from England in November 1946 to marry […] Full Story
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Holy Spirit captures football championship
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
Published November 24, 2011ATLANTA–Holy Spirit Preparatory School supporters and students witnessed the varsity football team win its first championship in the school’s 15-year history, as they defeated the Christian Heritage Lions of Dalton 28-21 Nov. 11. With 6:08 remaining in the first quarter, Christian Heritage struck first when quarterback Trevor Brown threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to tight […] Full Story
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Priest Assignments
Published November 24, 2011
Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following priest assignments. Father Thomas J. Meehan, pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus Basilica, Atlanta, has also been appointed to serve for a three-year term on the Archdiocesan Priests’ Retirement Committee, effective Nov. 11. Father Steven Yander, chaplain at Saint Joseph’s Hospital, Atlanta, has also been appointed to […] Full Story
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Focus On Eucharist Brings Gifts For Local Church
By GRETCHEN KEISER and STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writers
Published November 24, 2011As Archbishop John F. Donoghue began his episcopacy in the Atlanta Archdiocese, from the very beginning he stated that his focus would be on Eucharistic Renewal. And this focus on devotion to the Blessed Sacrament brought about some of his greatest legacies to the church in North and Middle Georgia: perpetual adoration, the Eucharistic Congress […]
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Archbishop Donoghue on Eucharistic renewal
Published November 24, 2011
ATLANTA–In 2008, Archbishop John F. Donoghue answered questions in writing, explaining why he placed such emphasis on perpetual adoration and the Eucharist when he came to the Atlanta Archdiocese in 1993 and his thoughts about the importance of the Eucharistic Congress. Suzanne Haugh asked the questions for The Georgia Bulletin. The questions and the archbishop’s […] Full Story
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Archbishop Saw Catholic Schools As Key To Future
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published November 24, 2011A crowning achievement in the Atlanta Archdiocese by retired Archbishop John F. Donoghue started as a 100-acre cow pasture. The land in Roswell where Blessed Trinity High School, Queen of Angels School, St. Peter Chanel Church and St. George Village retirement community sit was farmland when it was purchased. Father Frank McNamee was the administrator […] Full Story
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Focus On Eucharist Brings Gifts For Local Church
By GRETCHEN KEISER and STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
Published November 24, 2011As Archbishop John F. Donoghue began his episcopacy in the Atlanta Archdiocese, from the very beginning he stated that his focus would be on Eucharistic Renewal. And this focus on devotion to the Blessed Sacrament brought about some of his greatest legacies to the church in North and Middle Georgia: perpetual adoration, the Eucharistic Congress […] Full Story
