Georgia
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Students Offer Veterans Prayers, Songs Of Thanks
Published November 20, 2008
Throughout Atlanta archdiocesan schools, students, faculty and staff showed honor and respect for those who have served in the U.S. military by holding Veterans Day events featuring songs, speakers and prayer as avenues to express their thanks. While the ways these schools expressed their gratitude varied, the spirit of the events remained united—a time to […]
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Ceremony ‘Tops Off’ New Clayton Church
Published November 20, 2008
Onlookers watched Oct. 22 as a shiny new steeple and cross were placed at the top of the new church now being built to replace St. Helena’s current church building. Those in attendance for the topping off ceremony included parishioners, workmen, architect George Hlavenka and contractors from Ron Cantrell Construction, Inc. A topping off ceremony […] Full Story
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Marist Advances To Second Round Of Playoffs
Published November 20, 2008
Marist School survived to play another week in the state football playoffs after a 42-0 victory over Northgate High School, Newnan, Nov. 14. It was the second consecutive game in which the Marist team scored over 40 points and shut out its opponent at the same time. Marist scored 14 points in the first half […]
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Catholic Schools Sweep At State Cross Country Finals
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
Published November 20, 2008The boys and girls cross country teams of Our Lady of Mercy High School won the Class A state championship at Carrollton High School, Nov. 8. For the boys it was their third consecutive state title. The girls won their first title after finishing in the top three for the last four years. Mercy’s boys […] Full Story
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Art Chosen To Inspire Prayer At New St. Lawrence Church
Published November 13, 2008
Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory banged on the locked church doors with his hooked crosier, symbolically reopening the refurbished St. Lawrence Church. Waves of parishioners followed him in as members of the Gwinnett County parish celebrated the end of the 15-month project on Oct. 29. “It’s home,” said Jan Miller, a parishioner for three years. An […]
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Hispanic Ministry Head Aims For Service, Collaboration
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published November 13, 2008The new leader of the Hispanic Ministry Office wants to build closer relationships between the Spanish-speaking community, parishes and other archdiocesan offices. Jairo Martinez, 54, took over as director this summer after serving as the administrator in the office for the past five years. Father Jose Duvan Gonzalez, the previous director, took another assignment in […] Full Story
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Students, Alumni Dedicate Plaza To Beloved Chaplain
By STEPHEN O’KANE, Staff Writer
Published November 13, 2008Nearly 200 students and alumni of the Georgia Institute of Technology came together on Saturday, Oct. 25, to dedicate the Catholic Center plaza to the Catholic student center’s former spiritual guide, Franciscan Father Mario Di Lella. Father Tim Hepburn, who took over for Father Mario after he retired earlier this year at the age of […]
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Brazilian Community Celebrates Marian Feast With Joy
By STEPHEN O’KANE, Staff Writer
Published November 13, 2008Waving blue and white fabrics high above their heads in homage to the Blessed Virgin Mary, nearly 400 Brazilians clapped and sang in Portuguese, marking the beginning of the feast day Mass of Our Lady of Aparecida, the patron saint of Brazil. The Mass was a gathering of the growing Brazilian community in metro Atlanta, […]
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Lourdes Dominates Catholic Men’s Basketball League
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
Published November 13, 2008In its second season of existence, the Catholic Men’s Basketball League at Our Lady of Mercy High School is thriving. Just over 100 men from Atlanta-area parishes are running the 84-foot court in a competitive and friendly environment. The excitement of the previous season is back. Teams from Our Lady of Lourdes and Holy Trinity […]
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Dunwoody Wrests Region Title From St. Pius
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
Published November 13, 2008St. Pius dropped its first game of the football season and lost the region championship Nov. 7 to Dunwoody High School 20-14. St. Pius was going after its first regional title since 1968, but Dunwoody, who also came into the game undefeated, had its own hopes of wearing the crown. Just 2:07 into the game, […]
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Msgr. Kenny Remembered As ‘One Of The Finest’
By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
Published November 13, 2008Msgr. Thomas A. Kenny was remembered Nov. 5 and 6 as a priest who made each person feel as if he or she had a special claim on his heart and his prayers. Because of that bond so many felt, the vigil service and funeral Mass for Msgr. Kenny, who died Oct. 30 at his […]
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Rites Comfort Those Who Are Ill Or Dying
By SUZANNE HAUGH, Special To The Bulletin
Published November 6, 2008The Catholic faith accompanies the faithful throughout life and brings comfort and strength to those facing serious illness or death through its sacraments and rites. Anointing Of The Sick What many older Catholics grew up knowing as extreme unction is now called the sacrament of anointing. “The reason for the different name is because (extreme […]
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For Catholics, Cremation Allowed With Appropriate Respect
By SUZANNE HAUGH, Special To The Bulletin
Published November 6, 2008While the Catholic Church places great favor on the burial of the body of the deceased, cremation has become an accepted practice when “serious reasons” present a need for it and when one’s attitude maintains respect for the sacredness of the body and belief in the resurrection of the dead. While the practice was forbidden […]
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Old Cemeteries Form Intriguing Part Of State’s Past
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published November 6, 2008A group of volunteers will work to reclaim one of the rural historic Catholic cemeteries in Georgia, with a goal to restore stone markers to unmarked graves and return the burial ground to its original appearance. “It’s an obligation. As Catholics, one of our corporal works of mercy is to bury our dead and remember […] Full Story
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Arlington Cemetery Mass Commemorates All Souls’ Day
By STEPHEN O’KANE, Staff Writer
Published November 6, 2008Shaded beneath old Georgia pines amid the joyful songs of countless birds, nearly 75 people assembled in a secluded spot of Arlington Cemetery on Monday, Nov. 3, to remember the souls of all the bishops, priests, deacons and lay people of the archdiocese who have died and are buried there. With an altar set up […] Full Story
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Priest Assignments
Published November 6, 2008
Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following changes in priest assignments. Father Rafael Carballo has been assigned as administrator of St. Brendan the Navigator Church, Cumming, effective Oct. 21. Archbishop Gregory has confirmed the recommendation of Marist Father Ted Keating, provincial of the Society of Mary, and appointed Father John M. Walls, SM, as […]
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Msgr. Thomas Kenny Dies
Published November 6, 2008
The Archdiocese of Atlanta and its Cathedral parish of Christ the King lost a beloved priest Oct. 30 when Msgr. Thomas A. Kenny died in his home at the age of 69. A native of County Sligo, Ireland, who studied at All Hallows College seminary in Dublin, Msgr. Kenny had served in the archdiocese for […]
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New Cemetery Offers Eco-Friendly Option
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published November 6, 2008Jack Jameson was the kind of guy who when a bum knee hobbled him took to lying down in the dirt to work in his beloved flower garden. When the 81-year-old father of five died in his sleep, his family buried him where butterflies dance from flower to flower and the hum of crickets fills […] Full Story
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Anniversary Mass Celebrates Enduring Marriages
By STEPHEN O’KANE, Staff Writer
Published November 6, 2008Grasping each other’s hands and looking into the eyes they have known for so long, more than 120 jubilee couples renewed their wedding vows during a Mass at St. Brigid Church on Saturday, Oct. 25. Sponsored by the archdiocesan Family Life Office, the annual anniversary Mass brings together families and friends to witness something that […]
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Shared Stories Paint Portrait Of Couple’s Long Marriage
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published November 6, 2008They met in grade school in small town Connecticut and started to date after World War II. After John popped the question, he wanted to move the wedding date up, despite his mother’s concerns. Marion was 20 and he was two days shy of 21 when they married. They survived the 1958 flood that swept […] Full Story
