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• Roswell Parish ‘Digs’ For New Worship Space

  Published October 12, 2006

  Guided by a construction worker, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory manned a backhoe loader and extended its mighty claw to scoop out a big chunk of dirt during a groundbreaking ceremony for permanent worship space at St. Peter Chanel Church, and then little boys ran up to rake their fingers through the raw earth. The archbishop […] Full Story

• Monastery Classical Concert Series Begins Oct. 8

  Published October 5, 2006

  A fall season of classical choral music will open at the Monastery of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit on Sunday, Oct. 8, with a program by the combined choruses from Paideia and Westminster Schools. Two of the best youth choruses in the Atlanta area will collaborate to form a 90-member combined chorus for the […] Full Story

• Atlanta Priests ‘Warmed’ By Joys Of Pet Ownership

  By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
  Published October 5, 2006

  Father Patrick Kingery … fell in love the instant he laid eyes on her. Eleven years later, their devotion to one another has not waned. She’s there every day when he gets home from his daily responsibilities as pastor of Holy Cross Church, ready to jump into his arms. One week after he began his […] Full Story

• Students Plant Pinwheels, Whirl For Peace

  Published October 5, 2006

  St. John the Evangelist School held a prayer service for peace in their hearts and in the world on Sept. 21 as part of an international art and literacy project called Pinwheels for Peace, where they planted pinwheels with messages of peace near the school’s entrance. During the service on the International Day of Peace, […] Full Story

• Going Deep With Mercy Football Coach

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
  Published October 5, 2006

  Bryan Pinabell is the new head football coach at Our Lady of Mercy High School, Fairburn. Pinabell, 35, came over from St. Pius X High School, Atlanta, where he served as the assistant defensive coordinator. He inherited a Mercy football program that was 0-10 in 2005 and 1-9 in 2004. Pinabell is a coach who […] Full Story

• Churches Join To Present ‘Titanic’ Production

  Published October 5, 2006

  In a unique ecumenical collaboration, performers from St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Alpharetta and Kingswood United Methodist Church in Dunwoody will present “Titanic the Musical” at Kingswood Oct. 12-15 and at St. Thomas Oct. 19-22. “Titanic the Musical” opened on Broadway in 1997, months before the blockbuster movie of the same name appeared. Enjoying a […] Full Story

• Holy Spirit Church To Host Expert

  Published October 5, 2006

  Holy Spirit Church will sponsor a talk by George W. Braswell, Ph.D., on “The Four Faces of Islam” on Saturday, Oct. 21, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The program will explore various beliefs within Islam and discuss the different types of Muslims. This is a program designed to help people to grasp the complexities […] Full Story

• Transfiguration Sponsors Rock Concert For Teens

  Published October 5, 2006

  The Church of the Transfiguration’s ChrisTeen program will present “Can’t Stop the Rock,” a concert featuring Christian band Color of Amber and local opening act The Taxi, on Sunday, Oct. 15. Tickets for the show are $7 before the weekend of the concert and $10 on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 14-15. “What I Need,” a […] Full Story

• Lawrenceville Parish To Honor Filipino Saint

  Published October 5, 2006

  The fourth annual feast day celebration of St. Lorenzo Ruiz, the first Filipino saint, will be held on Saturday, Oct. 14, at St. Lawrence Church, 319 Grayson Highway, Lawrenceville. The event will begin with a novena at 1:30 p.m. followed by a Filipino Mass at 2 p.m. to be celebrated by Father Chito Palang. A […] Full Story

• St Peter’s Offers Women’s Day Of Reflection

  Published October 5, 2006

  All women of the archdiocese are invited to St. Peter’s Church for a Women’s Day of Reflection on Saturday, Oct. 14. The day will begin with Mass at 9 a.m. and end at 6 p.m. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Kathleen M. Raviele, a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist in private practice in the Atlanta area for […] Full Story

• Parish ‘More Fest’ Offers Races, Games, Food

  Published October 5, 2006

  On Saturday, Oct. 14, the parish community of St. Thomas More in Decatur will hold its annual More Fest, with fun and fellowship from start to finish. The celebration begins with the 18th annual road race and fun run; registration is at 7:30 a.m. and race time is 8:30 a.m. A flea market of bargains […] Full Story

• Annual Appeal Urges Catholics To ‘Be His Hands’

  By MARY ANNE CASTRANIO, Staff Writer
  Published October 5, 2006

  With the theme “We Are His Hands,” the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal has kicked off with a personal request to the 102,000 Catholic households in North Georgia for financial donations to support the vital ministries of the archdiocesan church. The funds collected through this yearly campaign go directly to the ministries that form the compassionate pastoral […] Full Story

• Priest Convocation Fosters Dialogue, Unity

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published October 2, 2006

  Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and some 200 archdiocesan priests assembled for a convocation at Emerald Pointe Resort at Lake Lanier Islands Sept. 19-21 to experience fellowship and explore how to foster more unity among the increasingly diverse clergy of the growing church of North Georgia, a third of whom now come from around the world. […] Full Story

• Catholic School Football Teams Find Sweet Victory

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
  Published September 28, 2006

  As the midway point of the high school football season approaches, Roswell’s Blessed Trinity High School pushed its record to 3-0 with a 37-18 victory over South Atlanta Sept. 22. Blessed Trinity pounded out 343 rushing yards, combined with 63 passing yards. Sophomore running back Sam Burkhalter led the team in rushing with 109 yards […] Full Story

• Priests Remember Early Decades Of Atlanta Diocese

  By SUZANNE HAUGH, Special Contributor
  Published September 28, 2006

  The spread of Catholicism in Georgia is a fascinating story. This year the Archdiocese of Atlanta marks the 50th anniversary of its establishment as a diocese in 1956 by Pope Pius XII. (Not until 1962 would the Diocese of Atlanta be elevated to become the Archdiocese of Atlanta.) Four priests remain who were present to […] Full Story

• Westminster Choir To Sing In Praise At Cathedral

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published September 28, 2006

  Published: September 28, 2006 ATLANTA— The renowned Westminster Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys will begin its 2006 American tour in Atlanta with a concert at the Cathedral of Christ the King on Friday, Oct. 13, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Diocese of Atlanta. Every Sunday the Choir of Westminster Cathedral in […] Full Story

• Sally Grubbs, Secretary For Atlanta Archbishops, Dies

  Published September 28, 2006

  Sally K. Grubbs, retired personal secretary for the first five archbishops of Atlanta, died on Monday evening, Sept. 25. She was 87 years old. Mrs. Grubbs served for over 40 years of continuous service to the Catholic Church in Atlanta, beginning in 1961 with Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan, through the years of Archbishop Thomas A. […] Full Story

• Douglasville Parish To Hold Fall Festival

  Published September 28, 2006

  St. Theresa Church will hold its annual fall festival on Saturday, Oct. 7, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The festival, which is held on the Saturday closest to Oct. 1, feast day of the parish’s patron, St. Theresa of Lisieux, will feature live musical performances by a number of groups, children’s games and a […] Full Story

• Homeschoolers Sponsor Yard Sale For Orphanage

  Published September 28, 2006

  A Kennesaw-Acworth based chapter of Little Flowers and the Blue Knights, a Catholic homeschool club, will be sponsoring a multi-family, multi-church yard sale Oct. 6-7 in King’s Row subdivision to raise money for orphans in Bucharest, Romania. Proceeds from the yard sale will be used to repair a building for Romanian children, ages 5 and […] Full Story

• Construction Begins At Pinecrest

  Published September 28, 2006

  With three permanent brick buildings already in use, the sound of heavy equipment is filling the Pinecrest Academy campus yet again, with construction of a dedicated chapel building and two new sports fields. In a burst of generosity that caught the pre-K to 12th-grade school community by surprise, an anonymous benefactor offered to fund the […] Full Story