Georgia
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New Archdiocesan Religious Education Director Chosen
By SUZANNE HAUGH, Special To The Bulletin
Published August 23, 2007The Assumption has a special significance in the life of Dennis Johnson Jr., who began his new position as the director of the archdiocesan Office of Religious Education on this feast day. It is also the day his son, David Carlos, now 8, was baptized. In July, David Carlos was climbing the stairs in their […]
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‘Meet And Greet’ Planned For New Religious Ed Director
Published August 23, 2007
The archdiocesan Office of Religious Education will hold three open house sessions on Thursday, Sept. 6, for interested Catholics to come and meet the new director of religious education, Dennis Johnson Jr. The “meet and greet” open house sessions are set for 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 […] Full Story
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‘Scott’s Run’ Event To Aid Victimized Children
Published August 16, 2007
For the sixth year, Catholic Charities of Atlanta will host the fundraising race event called “Scott’s Run.” The 5K run and 1-mile walk will take place at the Carter Center on Saturday, Oct. 6, beginning at 8 a.m., rain or shine. Proceeds from the event will benefit Catholic Charities’ Children’s Project, a program dedicated to […] Full Story
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Catechists In NW Parishes Relish Day Of Learning
By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
Published August 16, 2007They walked back and forth, pounding the blazing hot pavement between St. Peter Chanel Church and Blessed Trinity High School throughout the day. Despite the record high temperatures outside, the more than 200 men and women who attended the Catechist Faith Formation Day Saturday, Aug. 4, chatted excitedly to each other as they walked to […] Full Story
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Bearing Witness Program Stirs Powerful Emotions
By REBECCA RAKOCZY, Special To The Bulletin
Published August 16, 2007Powerful, amazing and troubling: that’s the overall response of the 35 Catholic educators from the Archdiocese of Atlanta and dioceses of Savannah and Louisville, Ky., who participated in the first “Bearing Witness” ™ program in the Southeast held at St. Pius X High School. Created in 1996 by the Anti-Defamation League in Washington, D.C., as […] Full Story
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Steubenville Atlanta Brings Teens Together In Faith
By STEPHEN O’KANE, Special To The Bulletin
Published August 16, 2007As in years past, the Steubenville Atlanta youth conference provided an atmosphere for teens—and adults—to give praise and worship to God in the way they feel called. The event, organized and sponsored by Life Teen, offered upbeat music, inspirational speakers and the ability to experience Jesus in the most holy Eucharist, and urged the attendees […]
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Lawrenceville Parish Breaks Ground for Expansion
Published August 16, 2007
St. Lawrence Church broke ground for a church expansion and office renovation on Monday, July 16. The celebration began in the present church building with Evening Prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours, after which the assembly processed outdoors near the place where construction will soon begin. After prayers of blessing for the building project […] Full Story
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‘Garden Party’ To Benefit The Sullivan Center
Published August 16, 2007
Dick Williams, newspaper columnist and host of The Georgia Gang on FOX 5 will emcee “A Garden Party” fundraiser for The Sullivan Center Inc., directed by Sister Marie Sullivan, OP, which provides help with dignity to individuals and families in crisis in the Atlanta area. The gala on Saturday, Sept. 22, from 7:30 to 10:30 […] Full Story
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Weeklong Institute Fashions Teen Leaders
By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
Published August 16, 2007Gregg Morgan isn’t just on fire—he’s melting. And he has a pretty daunting task ahead of him. “I feel like I’m standing in the Sistine Chapel and I’m that painter guy—what’s his name? Oh right! Michelangelo!” he said with an enthusiastic laugh. Gregg and some 75 other Catholic teenagers have just completed a week of […] Full Story
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Coming To Life
Published August 2, 2007
Fifty-one concrete panels that will make up the exterior of the new St. Peter Chanel Church were lifted into place in July. The parish, which started as a mission in 1998, has been exceeding its projections for growth every year. The new church will seat approximately 1,300 people. The existing church, which will be converted […] Full Story
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Superior Speaks Of Christ’s Call To Love Others
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published August 2, 2007PThe highest official in the Legionaries of Christ urged members of the religious congregation and its lay members to follow the Gospel message, to love in word and action. “We are called to love. We are called to love in deeds, and not just in words. We are called to love our enemies, and not […]
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Thousands Feel ‘Grace Flowing’ At National Encounter
By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
Published August 2, 2007Joanna Brunson of Columbus had attended many religious conferences but joked she had never seen so many “people with children and strollers in (her) life.” Brunson was among the approximately 4,000 people who attended the 11th Youth and Family Encounter, organized by priests of the Legionaries of Christ and members of Regnum Christi, an apostolic […] Full Story
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Mexican Actor Shares Conversion Story, ‘Bella’ Movie
By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
Published August 2, 2007A video shown at the 11th Youth and Family Encounter of Eduardo Veràstegui shows girls, young and old, crying over him, blowing him kisses, screaming and rushing to get near him as he greets his adoring fans. But the video changes from the frenetic pace of fandom when the Mexican actor begins to speak of […]
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‘We Walk By Faith’ Taken Literally By Pilgrims
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published August 2, 2007Delores Kovacik looked like one of the millions of tourists that visit Atlanta. But after paying the $1.75 MARTA fare to travel from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to the city center, Kovacik and her three traveling companions promptly gave their few remaining dollars away to start their sojourn here. Kovacik was a modern pilgrim with […] Full Story
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Prayer Service, Programs Offered For Abuse Victims
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published August 2, 2007Catholics and people of faith can express sympathy with victims of abuse, their families and the hurting community at a prayer service of consolation on Monday, Aug. 13. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory will lead the evening service, which begins at 7 p.m. and will be held at the Cathedral of Christ the King, located at […] Full Story
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Initiative To Give Young Adults Place To Share Journeys
By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
Published August 2, 2007Small group programs have been wildly successful in non-denominational churches throughout the metro-Atlanta area—so successful, in fact, that many young adults have left the Catholic Church because of them. David Kosko knows about this firsthand. When a friend of his invited him to a local non-denominational small group program, Kosko felt immediately welcomed. It was […] Full Story
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Emory Exhibit Shows Emergence Of Christianity
Published August 2, 2007
Visitors to the Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University can travel back to the earliest days of Christianity as they stroll through the exhibit “Cradle of Christianity.” The exhibit uses important biblical artifacts to depict emerging Christian life concurring with Jewish tradition at that time. “The exhibit concretely and dramatically illustrates the gradual evolution […] Full Story
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AACCW Plans 51st Annual Convention In Atlanta
By JEAN DRISKELL, Special To The Bulletin
Published August 2, 2007The Atlanta Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women (AACCW) will hold its 51st annual convention Sept. 28-30, at the Holiday Inn Select on Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Atlanta. This year’s theme is “A Woman’s Journey: To Teach, Serve and Empower.” “The convention is an opportunity for the women of the archdiocese to come together to experience fellowship […] Full Story
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Empowered By The Spirit
Published August 2, 2007
Approximately 220 leaders of Hispanic ministry from 41 parishes came together July 7 to refocus on the spiritual core of what they do and the vital importance of the Holy Spirit in making it fruitful. They attended the 2007 Archdiocesan Hispanic Ministry Encounter (Encuentro) at St. Andrew Church, Roswell. The daylong program, planned by the […] Full Story
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Priests Offered Insights For Multicultural Parishes
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published August 2, 2007More than 40 years after the first contemporary Latino Catholic immigrants arrived in Atlanta, English-speaking and Spanish-speaking worshippers are still getting to know each other. “We are strangers trying to live together in the same house. We need to accept that,” said Msgr. Luis Zarama, vicar general for the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Church celebrations between […] Full Story