Georgia
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IHM School Receives $1 Million Bequest
Published March 18, 2010
Immaculate Heart of Mary School has announced an anonymous donation of $1 million from an alumnus to the school’s endowment fund in the form of a charitable remainder trust. IHM’s principal, Tricia DeWitt, said, “Building our endowment fund, which was established in 1990, became a priority for us last year as we celebrated our parish […] Full Story
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Youthful Presence At 2010 Catholic Day At Capitol
By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
Published March 18, 2010The bright red colors of Our Lady of Mercy High School stood out in downtown Atlanta on March 10, as the entire junior class of the Fayetteville school attended the fourth annual Catholic Day at the Capitol. Some 70 students arrived with school principal Danny Dorsel and chaplain Father Jimmy Adams. They attended a legislative […] Full Story
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Atlanta’s Irish Priests Have Shaped Archdiocese
By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
Published March 18, 2010Msgr. James Fennessy sat in his office at St. Jude the Apostle Church and smiled as he recalled the 1968 plane ride from Ireland to the United States, where he was preparing to serve as a newly ordained priest for the Archdiocese of Atlanta. As the plane was preparing to touch down in New York […]
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Priests, Seminarians Kick It Around
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
Published March 4, 2010A cold 42-degree afternoon was not enough to contain the competitive spirit of more than 20 priests and seminarians as they gathered on a St. Jude the Apostle Church field for a game of soccer Feb. 25. Father Richard Morrow, vicar for clergy, led the players in prayer before an all-out unleashing of soccer mania […] Full Story
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Catholic Day At Capitol Rescheduled For March 10
Published March 4, 2010
The fourth annual Catholic Day at the Capitol has been rescheduled for Wednesday, March 10, at the state Capitol in downtown Atlanta. Catholics in the Archdiocese of Atlanta and the Diocese of Savannah are invited to attend and exercise their baptismal call as advocates for public policy that protects those who are vulnerable and promotes […] Full Story
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Vatican Astronomer Discusses Elusive Truth Of Science
By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
Published March 4, 2010Many people might be surprised to learn that the Catholic Church has experts in astronomy, cosmology and planetary science as well as one of the world’s oldest astronomical research facilities. For Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno, curator of meteorites for the Vatican, it is a typical day at the office. Brother Consolmagno, a Detroit native and […] Full Story
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At Summit, Leaders Urged To Fight Poverty Harder
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published March 4, 2010Advocates for the poor exchanged “big ideas” on how to cut poverty in half in the United States at a leadership summit. Father Larry Snyder, president of Catholic Charities USA and a member of the White House Council of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, said the economic downturn has produced a “new poor,” families in the […]
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Vatican Names Atlanta’s Sacred Heart As Basilica
By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
Published March 4, 2010Sacred Heart Church in downtown Atlanta has been given the honor by the Vatican of being designated as a minor basilica. The honor was bestowed Feb. 22 by the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. A committee at the Peachtree Street parish, which is celebrating its 130th anniversary this year, […] Full Story
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Conference Explores Being Catholic In The Workplace
By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
Published March 4, 2010The second annual Atlanta Catholic Business Conference, held at St. Peter Chanel Church on Saturday, Feb. 20, brought together business leaders and professionals to discuss what it means to be Catholic in the workplace. Sponsored by the St. Peter Chanel Business Association, the Woodstock Business Conference Atlanta chapter and the Aquinas Center of Theology at […] Full Story
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Catholic Foundation To Manage Smith Family Fund
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published March 4, 2010The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia last year doubled to $18 million the funds under its management. The private family foundation of one of Atlanta’s most established Catholic families is among the new funds. The $2 million foundation started nearly 40 years ago by the late Alex Smith and his wife, Betty, is now managed […] Full Story
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Hunger Walk/Run To Benefit St. Vincent De Paul Society
Published March 4, 2010
Thousands of people will again join together to combat hunger at the 2010 Hunger Walk/Run. The event, which is sponsored by the Atlanta Community Food Bank, will benefit the St. Vincent de Paul Society, one of five community partners that receive a portion of the event’s proceeds. This year’s event is scheduled for Sunday, […] Full Story
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Young Adult Ministry Offers Lenten Speaker Series
Published March 4, 2010
The Office of Young Adult Ministry of the Archdiocese of Atlanta has again begun its annual Lenten coffeehouse, Holy Grounds, which brings speakers and young adults together to reflect on appropriate Lenten topics. Holy Grounds takes place at different locations throughout the archdiocese on Wednesday nights during Lent, beginning with the Wednesday after Ash Wednesday. […] Full Story
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Cathedral Choir To Present Lenten Program For Haiti
Published March 4, 2010
The Cathedral of Christ the King will present its Cathedral Choir in the second of three Lenten musical programs to raise funds for the disaster victims of Haiti. On Friday, March 12, at 7:30 p.m., the choir will present a blending of sight and sound in their presentation of “Visions of the Cross, Musical Meditations […] Full Story
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Catholic Charities To Host Regional Seminars in March
Published March 4, 2010
Catholic Charities Atlanta is offering free seminars in Gwinnett and Clayton counties in March. In Gwinnett County, parenting seminars will be offered at Our Lady of the Americas Mission, 4603 Lawrenceville Highway, Lilburn. A parenting class in Spanish will be offered in two parts on two consecutive Sundays, March 14 and 21, from 1-4 p.m. […] Full Story
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Outstanding Women, Youth Recognized At Annual Mass
By JEAN DRISKELL, Special To The Bulletin
Published March 4, 2010The women and senior high school youth of the Archdiocese of Atlanta were honored for their ministry and service to the church and their communities at the 33rd annual Recognition Day, sponsored by the Atlanta Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women. The ceremony, consisting of a Mass celebrated by Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, assisted by priests […]
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Poetry Book Honors Beloved Pastor’s Memory
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published March 4, 2010In the book titled “Who’s Calling?” Father William Maestri’s poetry holds a mirror to the reader to answer the question: Where is my place in the world? He wrote this, his first book of poetry, based on Scripture of Jesus’ life by putting it in a contemporary “concreteness of life.” “Faith is a response to […] Full Story
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Historic Number Of 2,062 Prepare To Enter Church
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published March 4, 2010Sanx Srinuanchan was a toddler when her family escaped from Laos as refugees in 1980 and arrived in New York sponsored by a Presbyterian Church organization. The family, which practices Buddhism, attended different Christian churches as she grew up, but never put down roots in any of them. It was a conversation with her boyfriend—now […]
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Catholic Charities To Hold Leadership Summit
Published February 18, 2010
A regional Centennial Leadership Summit sponsored by Catholic Charities USA will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 24, at the Loudermilk Center in downtown Atlanta. The daylong event is one of eight across the country leading up to the organization’s centennial gathering in Washington, D.C., in September. All policy-makers, community leaders and interested persons are invited […] Full Story
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Annual Education Banquet Honors Employees
By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
Published February 18, 2010On Saturday, Feb. 6, several hundred employees of Atlanta-area Catholic schools came together for a night of good company and great food, with a special focus on those who embody the ideals of a good Catholic school employee. Now in its third year, the Archbishop’s Banquet for Catholic Education was held at the Marriott Perimeter […]
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IHM Spanish Teacher Continues Teaching Tradition
By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
Published February 18, 2010Marta Lane grew up in a home where learning was greatly valued. She describes it as a “Q and A home,” where family members were always sharing trivia or little nuggets of information. The excitement for learning that was nurtured at that young age has stuck with Lane over time and throughout her 34 years […] Full Story
