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• October Mission Offered At St. Pius X Church

  Published October 4, 2007

  “Celebrating God’s Gifts” is the theme for a four-evening parish mission beginning on Sunday, Oct. 7, at St. Pius X Church. Services will begin at 7 p.m. each evening through Wednesday, Oct.10. All are invited to attend. The mission will be led by Father James Friedel, an Augustinian priest who has a down-to-earth approach to […] Full Story

• Discernment Workshop For College Students, Young Adults

  Published October 4, 2007

  A workshop for those uncertain about what to do after college will be held Saturday, Oct. 13, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, 29 Boulevard, NE. The vocation director of the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters, Sister Patricia Rogers, will present the workshop, which will explore the discernment process, provide quiet time […] Full Story

• Cathedral’s ‘Festival’ Invites Parishioners To Belong

  By CHRISTINE FALLUCCO, Special To The Bulletin
  Published October 4, 2007

  “An event better than imagined”, said Msgr. Thomas Kenny, pastor, of Christ the King’s first Festival of Ministries held Aug. 18 and 19. Hundreds of parishioners filled the parish hall to learn of ministry options for using their talents to be the hands and feet of Jesus Christ to others. “It is the involvement of […] Full Story

• St. Mark’s Celebrates Queenship Of Mary

  Published October 4, 2007

  St. Mark Church marked the feast day of the Queenship of Mary on Sunday, Aug. 22, during Masses at the mountain church. Two of the parish’s first communion candidates crowned the statue of Mary and after communion, school teachers, administrators and school students came forward for a blessing from Father Abel Guerrero-Orta, as they began […] Full Story

• Atlanta’s Annual LifeChain Begins Respect Life Month

  Published October 4, 2007

  The Cathedral Pro-Life Committee and the Atlanta Pro-Life Office will sponsor the annual LifeChain to begin observance of October as Respect Life Month on Sunday, Oct. 7, in front of the Cathedral of Christ the King, 2699 Peachtree Road, NE, Atlanta. LifeChain is a one-hour silent prayer to end abortion, in solidarity with thousands across […]

• Archdiocesan Musician To Sing At Firefighters Memorial

  Published October 4, 2007

  Rick Reed, director of music and liturgy at Good Shepherd Church, Cumming, has been invited to perform one of his compositions at the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation’s annual Memorial Weekend, being held Oct. 5-7 in Emmitsburg, Md. The annual event honors firefighters from all over the United States who have been killed in the line […] Full Story

• Football Season Reaches Halfway Point

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
  Published October 4, 2007

  Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell, suffered its first loss of the season after going down in defeat at home to Chamblee High School 30-7. For the first time this season, running back Sam Burkhalter was held to under 100 yards rushing. Burkhalter finished the game with 70 yards on 17 carries and one touchdown. Blessed […] Full Story

• Winder Catholics Have ‘Beautiful’ New Church

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published October 4, 2007

  Water always flows in the large baptismal font that dominates the main entrance to the new St. Matthew’s Church. Worshippers dip their hands into the holy water and then step around the font into the spacious church, where the large clear windows look out onto lush greenery. The handcrafted structure with its gold-tiled Jerusalem cross […] Full Story

• New Trenton Mission Extends A Feeling Of Family

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published September 27, 2007

  Mary Striker drives her station wagon on to the grass lot beside the small red brick church on New England Road. It is 45 minutes before Sunday Mass starts. She’s got a handful of luscious green ferns and a pot of mums filling the back seat. Striker carries the plants to decorate the altar entering […] Full Story

• Jubilarian Sister Maria Jesus Called To New Work

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Special To The Bulletin
  Published September 27, 2007

  Sister Maria Jesus Sagaseta likes to tell children that she wears her Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus gold ring, with a little cross etched in it, because it reminds her that she’s married to God and lives for him. That unconditional love of God and obedience to her order has now led her […] Full Story

• St. Peter Chanel’s Missionary Spirit Fueled By Adoration

  Published September 27, 2007

  Every August for the last three years, St. Peter Chanel Church’s classroom 212 has become the “strategic operations theater” for the parish’s annual Haiti food drive. With an almost military-like precision, the 15-member committee has mobilized and delivered over 40,000 pounds of food and supplies to the Missionaries of the Poor’s (MOP) centers in Cap-Haitien, […] Full Story

• Blessed Trinity Extends Its Winning Streak

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
  Published September 27, 2007

  Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell, scored its first touchdown 1:50 seconds into the game and never looked back, to make it three wins in a row after defeating South Atlanta High School 38-0 at Grady High School stadium. Junior running back Sam Burkhalter led the ground attack with 206 yards on 24 carries. He also […] Full Story

• Web Seminar To Focus On Mental Illness

  Published September 27, 2007

  The NCPD Council on Mental Illness, an outreach program of the National Catholic Partnership on Disability (NCPD) is encouraging Catholic observance of the National Day of Prayer for Mental Illness, Recovery and Understanding on Oct. 9, as well as Mental Illness Awareness Sunday, Oct. 7. This national effort, which marks National Mental Illness Awareness Week […] Full Story

• St. Pius Presents ‘Wonderful World Of Children’

  Published September 27, 2007

  The “Pius Players” theater company will perform “The Wonderful World of Children,” a musical revue based on a variety of classic children’s stories. Performances take place Oct. 11-14 at the Monsignor Terry W. Young Center for the Performing Arts on the St. Pius X High School campus, 2674 Johnson Road, NE. The production, led by […] Full Story

• Fund Honors Father Pat Mulhern

  Published September 27, 2007

  A group of friends of Father Pat Mulhern have established a fund in his memory to support a performing arts experience for students at St. Thomas More School each year. “There were so many areas of God’s creation that Father Pat loved but paramount among them were his love for St. Thomas More School and […] Full Story

• Young Soldier Remembered As ‘Man Of Duty’

  By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
  Published September 27, 2007

  American flags lined Old Center Point Road, as the cadets of the Carrollton High School Air Force Junior ROTC stood at attention. And hundreds of mourners stood tearfully outside Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church as Sgt. Michael Hardegree was brought home. The 21-year-old member of the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division was killed Sept. […] Full Story

• Concert, Workshop To Feature Santiago Fernández

  Published September 20, 2007

  The Northeast Metro Deanery of the Archdiocese of Atlanta will feature nationally known liturgical musician and composer Santiago Fernández in a Friday evening concert and a Saturday workshop on Sept. 28-29. Both events will be held at Our Lady of the Americas Mission in Lilburn. The event is geared toward Hispanic choirs and musicians, but […]

• Three Lyke House ‘Sons’ Discerning Ministry

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published September 20, 2007

  They can be called sons of Lyke House. Three 20-something men in the past two years who worshipped at the Catholic center that serves the historically black institutions at Atlanta University Center have pursued religious life or priestly ministry. “I think there is something affirming about Lyke House,” said Desmond Drummer, who is 24 and […] Full Story

• Archbishop Issues Statement On Red Mass Luncheon

  Published September 20, 2007

  Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has decided not to attend an awards ceremony that will follow the Sept. 27 Red Mass celebration because of objections to the abortion stance of one of the honorees. Hosted by the independent St. Thomas More Society, the luncheon given by the Catholic lawyers group is recognizing three leaders in the […] Full Story

• Flannery O’Connor Letters Reveal Faith, Friendship

  By JANE WILSON, Special To The Bulletin
  Published September 20, 2007

  “I would like to know who this is who understands my stories.” With these words, Flannery O’Connor began a friendship that was to influence her outlook and touch her art for the rest of her life. It was July 1955, and the young writer had recently published her acclaimed short story collection, “A Good Man […] Full Story