Georgia
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At Hearing, 1,000 Oppose Waste Transfer Station
By STEPHEN O’KANE, Staff Writer
Published January 1, 2009Father Francis Tuan Tran, administrator of the Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church, stood in solidarity with nearly 1,000 of his parishioners Dec. 16, hoping numbers would help prevent approval of a new waste transfer station next to the mission. The priest addressed the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners at a public hearing, pleading with board members […] Full Story
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Marist advances to championship game in dome
Published December 11, 2008
Marist School did what any Coach Alan Chadwick football team does most seasons and that’s play the game to the end. Marist was in a dogfight all night Dec. 5 with Rome High School and it took a touchdown run by senior wide receiver Kevin Allman on the final play of the game to propel […]
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Mass Helps Those With AIDS And Those Who Minister
Published December 11, 2008
The Sunday evening service at Holy Cross Church included this reading from the prophet Isaiah: “Comfort, give comfort to my people, says your God.” Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory led the worship at the crowded church as Catholics gathered on Dec. 7 to mark the Archdiocesan Mass for a World Living With AIDS, an annual commemoration […] Full Story
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Father McNamee Named To Cathedral Parish
Published December 11, 2008
Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has appointed Father Frank McNamee to serve as the new pastor of the Cathedral of Christ the King, effective Jan. 1, 2009. The announcement was made on Nov. 29. Father McNamee will succeed the late Msgr. Thomas Kenny, who died in late October. Msgr. Kenny was the Cathedral rector for 18 […] Full Story
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Father Rau Will Become Pastor Of St. Peter Chanel
Published December 11, 2008
Father Peter Rau had been named as the new pastor of St. Peter Chanel Church, succeeding Father Frank McNamee, who will become the pastor of the Cathedral of Christ the King. Both appointments will be effective Jan. 1, 2009. Father Rau has been the pastor of Good Shepherd Church in Cumming since 1996 and previously […] Full Story
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Priest Assignment
Published December 11, 2008
Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following change in priest assignment. Father Peter J. Rau, pastor of Good Shepherd Church, Cumming, has been assigned as pastor of St. Peter Chanel Church, Roswell, effective Jan. 1, 2009.
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Deacon Assignments
Published December 11, 2008
Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following changes in deacon assignments. Deacon Victor L. Taylor has been assigned to serve at St. Michael the Archangel Church, Woodstock, effective Nov. 24. Deacon John J. Barone has returned to active ministry and will serve at St. Mark Church, Clarkesville, effective Jan. 1, 2009.
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St. Peter Chanel Dedication Caps Its First 10 Years
Published December 11, 2008
Just two days after Thanksgiving, parishioners of St. Peter Chanel Church gathered together to give thanks for their new church. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory celebrated the dedication Mass for St. Peter Chanel Saturday, Nov. 29, with more than 30 priest concelebrants, including the pastor, Father Frank McNamee, and Archbishop-emeritus John F. Donoghue. The new, Gothic-style […] Full Story
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Blessed trinity ups its record to 5-0
Published December 11, 2008
Two teams with records going in the opposite direction met on the basketball court Dec. 5, as 4-0 Blessed Trinity High School hosted 0-3 St. Pius X High School. The records had little significance in the early going. In fact, at the end of a low-scoring first quarter, Blessed Trinity held a slim 7-6 lead. […]
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Hundreds Join Archbishop At Silver Jubilee Mass
Published December 11, 2008
An elaborate procession, complete with candles, incense and more than 120 priests, began a reverent and nostalgic Mass honoring Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory on his silver jubilee as a bishop. Clutching programs that proclaimed the archbishop’s episcopal motto, hundreds of friends and colleagues, as well as nine bishops from the Southeast region and around the […]
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Priest Assignment
Published December 4, 2008
Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following change in priest assignment. Father Francis G. McNamee, pastor of St. Peter Chanel Church, Roswell, has been assigned as pastor of the Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta, effective Jan. 1, 2009.
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14-Hour day a snapshot of archbishop’s routine
Published December 4, 2008
A recent 14-hour day spent with Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory began with prayers in an intimate chapel and stretched into a dark drive home as an excited radio announcer declared the Philadelphia Phillies baseball’s world champions. In between, the archbishop heard a youngster proclaim he knew the archbishop’s grandchildren (chalk it up to a case […]
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Four Bishops, Once In Chicago Together, Share Jubilee
Published December 4, 2008
There’s no place like home, and when you can’t live there perhaps the next best thing may be sharing memories of it with friends. A cherished camaraderie has formed over the years for the four “Chicago guys” ordained auxiliary bishops together on Dec. 13, 1983. It continues even after they were sent by the church […] Full Story
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His Appointment ‘Broadened Vision Of The Church’
Published December 4, 2008
For many in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory goes by just that name. For others, particularly from his hometown of Chicago, it’s just Wilton. From his middle-school days at St. Carthage Grammar School to his ministry as one of the auxiliary bishops there, friends and acquaintances with Chicago roots recalled Archbishop Gregory’s […] Full Story
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Friendships Built At Seminary Working Side By Side
Published December 4, 2008
Chicago pastor Father Dominic Grassi was ordained a priest with Father Wilton Gregory in 1973. Along with two other seminary classmates, they became inseparable, “the four horsemen of the apocalypse, the four musketeers,” Father Grassi said. As seminarians, they worked as chaplains at a juvenile detention center, taught religion classes at a nearby high school […] Full Story
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Archbishop Works Hard To Stay Close To Priests
Published December 4, 2008
While the need for vocations to the priesthood continues to rise, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has taken steps toward staying close to those priests who have already answered the call to serve the Archdiocese of Atlanta. By keeping the lines of communication open, and making himself accessible in several ways, the archbishop hopes to continue […] Full Story
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Actions Show ‘He Is With Us,’ Hispanic Leaders Say
Published December 4, 2008
Celebrating an Our Lady of Guadalupe Mass on a chilly December night in the dilapidated warehouse that formerly housed Our Lady of the Americas Mission, affirming in Spanish their place in the church of Atlanta to many struggling immigrants packed inside. Traveling to Mexico City’s Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe to bring back 16 […] Full Story
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As USCCB President, He Was Tested Under Fire
Published December 4, 2008
In November 2001, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops had little on the horizon. In two months’ time, a whirlwind of sexual abuse allegations of children by priests and the inaction of some bishops to stop it shook the confidence of the laity. In the spotlight would be then Bishop Wilton D. Gregory, the first […]
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Pastoral Council, Planning Among His Initiatives Here
Published December 4, 2008
In his first four years as the shepherd of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has made some major contributions to this growing local church, reaching out to all sections of the population. Those who work closely with the archbishop have testified to the care and concern he shows for his flock, and […] Full Story
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To Friends, He’s ‘The AB’ On Golf Course, At Home
Published December 4, 2008
They call him “the AB.” Or just Wilton, which he prefers. He doesn’t wear his collar and exchanges his crosier for a set of clubs. But when Archbishop Wilton Gregory gets on a golfing green, his buddies swear to his uncanny ability to pop lost balls out of treetops—an ability that they can only call […] Full Story
