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• Brothers Introduce Prayer Of Taizé Community

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published June 15, 2006

  An Indian and a German monk from the ecumenical, international Christian community of Taizé in southern Burgundy, France, founded in 1940 to foster peace among Christians of all nationalities, visited the Archdiocese of Atlanta in May while on a pilgrimage to Alabama, with hopes of forming stronger ties with the United States. Brother Felix, originally […] Full Story

• Organ Festival Dates Set

  Published June 15, 2006

  Celebrating the ecumenical spirit of music in four Atlanta churches, the 2006 Atlanta Summer Organ Festival will feature four exciting concerts by renowned organists during four successive weeks in July. This year is the 12th year of the festival. All concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. and will last approximately one hour. The concerts will each […] Full Story

• Father Neil Herlihy Ordained To Serve Archdiocese

  By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
  Published June 2, 2006

  Father Neil J. Herlihy was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Atlanta on May 28 at the Cathedral of Christ the King as those who know him very well—from his mother, brothers and sister, to his friends from parish ministries in Marietta—witnessed and prayed, filled with obvious affection and pride. Father Herlihy has the […]

• Holy Spirit Prep’s First Senior Class Graduates

  Published June 1, 2006

  The first alumni of Holy Spirit Preparatory School have left the building. They’ve also left a legacy. On May 19, 22 students—Holy Spirit’s first senior class—graduated, in a ceremony held at Holy Spirit Church. Holy Spirit Prep’s upper school campus was opened in 2004. The strains of the familiar yet inspiring “Pomp and Circumstance” echoed […] Full Story

• Holy Trinity Church Plans Patronal Feast Day Mass

  Published June 1, 2006

  Holy Trinity Church will hold its annual outdoor community Mass on Trinity Sunday, June 11, at 8:30 a.m. at the Frederick Brown Amphitheater. The Mass on the parish feast day is an opportunity for all members of the community to celebrate together. It is a communal renewal of faith and the commitment to know, love […] Full Story

• Family Life Ministry, ‘Smart Marriages’ Events Come To Atlanta In June

  Published June 1, 2006

  The archdiocesan Family Life Office will host the National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers conference June 21-22 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in downtown Atlanta. The NACFLM conference is a pre-conference of the Smart Marriages conference, which will be held June 22- 25 at the Marriot Marquis. In a letter to priests of the […] Full Story

• Marriage Encounter Weekend Set For June 16-18

  By KAREN GORZYNSKI, Special Contributor
  Published June 1, 2006

  In today’s busy world, it is becoming harder and harder for couples to carve out time just for themselves. One great way to get away—and get connected—is to attend a Marriage Encounter weekend. The next Marriage Encounter weekend in the Atlanta area will be held June 16-18 at the Radisson Hotel at Northlake. World Wide […] Full Story

• Corpus Christi Priest Makes Time To Slow Down

  Published June 1, 2006

  Father Severino Lopez, CMF, recently retired after 14 years as parochial vicar at Corpus Christi Church in Stone Mountain where he served the parish’s multicultural community including as director of its Hispanic community. The 88-year-old bilingual priest has also served many other parishes during his 63 years with the Claretian religious order, founded by St. […] Full Story

• Jubilee Mass For Priests

  Published June 1, 2006

  Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory will celebrate the annual Jubilarian Mass for priests on Wednesday, June 7, at 10:30 a.m. at the Cathedral of Christ the King. Eight priests will be honored at the Mass, including five silver jubilarians—those marking 25 years of the priesthood, and three celebrating their golden jubilees or 50 years of priestly […]

• Nine Receive Graduate Theology Degrees Through Jesuit Extension Program

  Published June 1, 2006

  Nine students from the Archdiocese of Atlanta who have attended the Spring Hill College Atlanta extension site received their master of theological studies from Spring Hill College in Mobile, Ala., on Sunday, May 14. The nine and their parishes are: John Bott, St. Brigid Church, Alpharetta; Dot Danchetz, Good Shepherd Church, Cumming; John Harvey, St. […] Full Story

• 2006 Congress To Build Faith, Inaugurate Jubilee

  By MARY ANNE CASTRANIO, Staff Writer
  Published June 1, 2006

  The 11th annual Eucharistic Congress will, as always, offer the inspiring opportunity to hear bold and engaging speakers, to participate in heartfelt prayer and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, to sing divine music that connects the spirit and the voice, and to experience a moving Mass with the community of the faithful gathered to worship […] Full Story

• Australian Alan Ames Will Speak At Healing Service

  Published May 28, 2006

  This year’s Eucharistic Congress will once again feature a healing Mass and service on Friday evening, June 16, opening this dynamic annual event in the archdiocese with a special focus on the power of Christ and the Blessed Sacrament in healing those who are in need. All are invited to attend the service, which will […]

• St. Catherine Of Siena School Wins Fourth-Grade Battle Of Books

  Published May 25, 2006

  St. Catherine of Siena School, Kennesaw, won the fourth-grade level competition in the Battle of the Books archdiocesan championship held May 4 at Christ the King School. St. Catherine of Siena School participated in the competition with children in third-grade through sixth-grade levels. St. Catherine of Siena participants included Garrett Blinkhorn, Nick Casaburri, Danielle Chandler, […] Full Story

• Archbishop Discusses ‘Da Vinci Code’ Film

  Published May 25, 2006

  Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory recently shared his thoughts in a question-and-answer session about “The Da Vinci Code,” a controversial movie that debuted at movie theatres on May 19. Based on Dan Brown’s popular novel, the film had a successful opening weekend, earning about $224 million worldwide while receiving generally negative reviews from movie critics and […] Full Story

• ‘Pure Fashion’ Spurs Rousing Revolution Of Modesty

  By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
  Published May 25, 2006

  A revolution isn’t always started by a bunch of angry rebels. Sometimes it’s instigated by a gaggle of girls in pretty dresses. At the seventh annual Pure Fashion show, held April 30 at the Georgia World Congress Center, girls of all ages—mothers and daughters, grandmothers, sisters—and a few dads and brothers, joined together to celebrate […] Full Story

• Smyrna Parish To Celebrate 40th Anniversary

  By TONY PEARSON-CLARKE, Special Contributor
  Published May 25, 2006

  On a Sunday morning in the mid-1960s, about 300 people, excusing themselves as they carefully squeezed by one another into narrow rows of fixed seats, their shoes smacking with the stickiness of each step on the concrete floors, finally settled themselves into well-worn plush seats and reverently turned their attention to the front of the […]

• CSS Employee Receives Liberty Bell Award

  Published May 25, 2006

  The Atlanta Bar Association (ABA) recently recognized Sue Colussy, program director for Immigration Services of Catholic Social Services, Inc., with the 2006 Liberty Bell Award for outstanding service to the community by strengthening the American system of freedom under the law. Colussy received the award on May 5 during the annual ABA award breakfast. The […] Full Story

• St. Pius X Hispanic Community Prays For Vocations

  Published May 25, 2006

  On World Day of Prayer for Vocations, St. Pius X Parish initiated a new push for home prayer. During the Sunday Mass for Spanish-speaking people, a new mahogany carved crucifix was blessed as an icon to promote prayers for vocations in the homes of parishioners. Selected families will take the cross each week and use […] Full Story | En Español

• Ethicist Discusses ‘Slippery Slope’ Of Cloning

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published May 25, 2006

  Imagine this: A doctor takes the nucleus from a patient’s skin cell and fuses it with an egg cell to create a human clone. Then the cloned embryo isn’t just destroyed for the harvesting of stem cells to treat the patient without risk of immune system rejection, which is called “therapeutic cloning.” Instead, the doctor […] Full Story

• IHM ‘Eagles’ Train For Peachtree Jr.

  Published May 18, 2006

  Every Tuesday and Thursday morning from 7:15 to 7:45 about 35 students meet on the field behind Immaculate Heart of Mary School. The children, many training for their second Peachtree Junior Road Race, typically run 1.5 to 2 miles every morning to prepare for the June 3 race inside Piedmont Park. “Training for the Peachtree […] Full Story