Georgia
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Holy Cross To Stage Annual Musical To Benefit Poor
Published January 21, 2010
The Holy Cross Theatre Ministry will present “Kiss Me, Kate” as its 26th annual musical the last weekend of January and the first weekend of February. The Broadway musical, which is a take on William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew,” will venture into a land of overbearing lords, not-so-submissive ladies, lyres and liars. This […] Full Story
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Peace Activist Father John Dear To Lead Retreat
Published January 21, 2010
An in-depth spiritual retreat with noted speaker, author and peace activist, Jesuit Father John Dear, will be offered at St. Jude the Apostle Church on Friday and Saturday, March 5-6. All are invited to attend. The retreat, entitled “The Road to Peace: Gospel Nonviolence in a World of Violence,” is being sponsored by Pax Christi […] Full Story
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Many In Archdiocese Active In Haiti Disaster
By MARY ANNE CASTRANIO, Staff Writer
Published January 21, 2010The latest situation report from Catholic Relief Services describes the state of emergency in the island nation of Haiti following a catastrophic earthquake Jan. 12, including mob attacks on aid workers following the earthquake, information about evacuations out of the capital city of Port-au-Prince, news on partnerships with Caritas, food distribution, movement of goods and […] Full Story
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Black Catholic Ministry To Host MLK Celebration
Published January 7, 2010
The Atlanta Archdiocesan Office for Black Catholic Ministry is planning a weekend celebration from Friday, Jan. 15, through Sunday, Jan. 17, to honor and celebrate the life of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. whose national holiday is officially recognized on Jan. 18 this year. The theme of this year’s celebration is “In […] Full Story
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Annual Mass For Unborn To Be Held Jan. 22
Published January 7, 2010
The Respect Life Ministry of the Archdiocese of Atlanta is sponsoring the annual Mass for the Unborn on Friday, Jan. 22, at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. All are invited to the day’s events, which include Mass at 10 a.m., preceded by a Rosary for Life at 9:30 a.m. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory will […] Full Story
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St. Pius’ Annual Dads Event Marks 19 Years
Published January 7, 2010
Msgr. Richard Lopez is too modest to acknowledge it but he is somewhat of an institution at St. Pius X High School, Atlanta. That’s partially because of his annual Dad’s Morning of Recollection, an event that enables fathers to come together to discuss fatherhood, work and faith. All fathers, whether or not members of the […] Full Story
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CTK To Host Noted Pro-Life Speaker
Published January 7, 2010
Cheryl Ringuette Ciamarra will be the featured speaker on “Building a Culture of Life” at the Cathedral of Christ the King Circle of Life Speaker Series on Friday, Jan. 15, at 7:15 p.m. All are welcome to attend. Ciamarra, who resides in Birmingham, Ala., has worked on behalf of human life since 1990. She founded […] Full Story
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Parishioners Find Pen Pals In Prison
By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
Published January 7, 2010Some people write letters to their friends and family. Others have pen pals halfway across the globe. But when a prisoner named Buck approached Paul Caruso during a prison ministry visit and said he had never received a letter in over 15 years of being locked up, Caruso knew there was a ministry to be […] Full Story
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Compassion Toward Sick, Dying Is Vocation Of Love
By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
Published January 7, 2010The Hawthorne Dominican sisters dressed in white habits with black veils and rosaries draped at the waist gather for Mass at 6:30 a.m. in the chapel at the home where they care for terminally ill patients with cancer. Their chaplain, Father Joseph Mullakkara, MSFS, reflects on the Scriptures of the day, the parable of two […] Full Story
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Seamless Garment Is Haven For Expectant Mothers
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published January 7, 2010This modest white home mirrors the other small houses on the street, except for a small plaque which greets people at the front door: “Peace be to this house.” And to the women who call it home, they find that peace. Maybe for the first time. “I’m not alone. Someone cares,” said Tenisha Dorlus, cradling […]
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Youth, Young Adults Provide Christmas For Families
By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
Published January 7, 2010Many adults still cherish childhood memories of waking up on Christmas to find an array of colorfully wrapped gifts beneath an elaborate tree. This Advent, young adults in the archdiocese came together for the sixth year in hopes of creating Christmas memories for children who otherwise would not have that experience or even the essentials. […]
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She Puts Herself In Refugees’ Shoes
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published January 7, 2010Hanging on the wall in Gini Eagen’s small office is a print of Our Lady of Guadalupe, a Madonna and child in an African setting, a drawing of flowers by a death row inmate she has visited for nine years. A large globe fills a corner. It was a gift from a former pastor as […] Full Story
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‘Our Family’ Teaches English, Life Skills In Parish
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published January 7, 2010The women scribble in three-ring binders as the teacher gently corrects a mispronunciation of the word birth. “You have to get your tongue out and spit,” says Martha Paris, a former school principal who waves her hands in the air and points to the stumbling student. The students laugh as they coax their uncooperative tongues […] Full Story
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Soupremes Have Cooked Shelter Dinners For Decades
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published January 7, 2010Tonight’s menu is turkey tetrazzini, cold green bean salad, along with dinner rolls as the kitchen at Our Lady of the Assumption School takes on the buzz of a restaurant. Instead of going to tables of paying customers, this meal is headed to feed men who live on the streets. The Soupremes prepare meals weekly […] Full Story
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Parish Food Drive Structured To Aid Missionaries
By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
Published January 7, 2010The world is shrinking, and dire Third World poverty is no longer out of sight for North Georgians. It is just to the south in Haiti and Jamaica or Central America. Mission trips have created deep links between churches here and Catholic missionaries there. But how do you help when the scope of the need […] Full Story
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St. Vincent De Paul Takes On McDonough Food Pantry
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published January 7, 2010Cheerios cereal, mac-n-cheese boxes, beets and apple juice brought the plastic bag to the breaking point. The bags wait for the monthly giveaway at the food pantry run by St. Vincent de Paul Society volunteers at St. James the Apostle Church, McDonough. “We try to put so much stuff in it and they tear,” said […] Full Story
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Volunteers Make Christmas Connections A Success
Published December 24, 2009
Cold, wet weather did not dampen the spirits of people working in the parking lot at St. Bernadette Church for a children’s Christmas celebration. On Saturday, Dec. 19, community leaders welcomed youth volunteers from St. Pius X High School and Transfiguration Church who came to play with the children and organized hundreds of gifts for […] Full Story
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Growing Mission of Divino Niño Dedicated In Duluth
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Special To The Bulletin
Published December 24, 2009Driven by fire from its former strip shopping center home, the Divino Niño Jesús Mission in Duluth celebrates this Christmas the gift of its spacious new house of worship on a pine-shaded plot near the Chattahoochee River—reflecting how blessings can arise from the ashes of misfortune. The Spanish mission, founded in 2001, first rented space […]
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Catholics Around Archdiocese Honor Marian Feast Day
By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
Published December 24, 2009With coats on and hoods up, a dozen or so people stood in the chilly air outside the St. Pius X Church social hall, praying the rosary in Spanish before a shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe. It was one of several shrines on the church’s grounds that day. Meanwhile, others inside the social hall […] Full Story
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New St. Catherine Labouré ‘a sign of love’
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published December 24, 2009Years of dreaming and planning ended Sunday, Dec. 6, as Catholics crowded the new church of St. Catherine Labouré Mission for its dedication. The slathering of the wooden altar and blessing of the walls of the building with blessed oil by Bishop Luis R. Zarama were part of the two-hour ceremony. “You need to feel […] Full Story
