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• Holy Cross Presents ‘Good News!’ As Annual Fundraiser

  By WINNIE SCHERER-Special To The Bulletin
  Published January 19, 2006

  “Here we ‘show’ again!” is the familiar catchphrase around Holy Cross Church at this time of the year. The North Atlanta parish has been blessed with musically talented people who are willing—and eager—to use their talents to support the work of Friends of St. Martin de Porres, a food ministry based at Holy Cross. This […]

• CSS Director Accepts New Post In Tennessee

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published January 19, 2006

  Sandra Hollett will leave the helm of Catholic Social Services on Jan. 31 with a sense of peace at having led the nonprofit from “crisis to accreditation” and through an expansion of services, most recently a new emergency relief program for Hurricane Katrina evacuees. Hollett has submitted her resignation as executive director of CSS, effective […]

• Catholics Gather To Remember Dr. King’s Dream

  By ERIKA ANDERSON-Staff Writer
  Published January 19, 2006

  In downtown Atlanta, a city often referred to as the “birthplace of civil rights,” Catholics joined together Jan. 14 to celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and to pray for a continued commitment to the work that he pursued in his short life. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory celebrated the annual King Mass, […]

• Archbishop Began Service In Washington, Charlotte

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
  Published January 13, 2006

  Archbishop John F. Donoghue’s service in Atlanta was the culmination of all his beloved work for the church, from his first assignment as priest at a Maryland blue-collar congregation of young families whose church he helped to expand, to his service as bishop of Charlotte, N.C., where he restructured the school system and called for […]

• Archbishop Appoints Deans

  Published January 12, 2006

  Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the appointment of priests who will serve three-year terms as Deans of three of the Deaneries of the archdiocese. Archbishop Gregory has appointed them after consulting with the priests of each of the Deaneries. It is the first time the process has been used in which priests of the […]

• Archdiocesan Events Gather Hispanic Young Adults

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published January 12, 2006

  Peru native Connie Francia always told herself that she was too busy to attend church activities outside of Mass with being a full time pre-med student and having a hospital job, but then she signed up along with her boyfriend for a Juventud con Cristo retreat that enlightened her path. The Spanish retreat, sponsored last […]

• Event Supports Proliferation Of Pro-Life Message

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR,Staff Writer
  Published January 12, 2006

  Keynote speaker Pia de Solenni, Ph.D., affirmed at the annual Catholic fundraiser for the Georgia Right to Life media campaign that one of the most effective actions people can take is to support these television ads, which reach women where they are, with a nonjudgmental pro-life message, in the comfort of their living room. And […]

• Victor Marulanda, Deacon Candidate, Dies

  By GRETCHEN KEISER,Staff Writer
  Published January 12, 2006

  A Colombian widower who was about a month away from ordination to the permanent diaconate in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Victor A. Marulanda, died Jan. 2. He was 52 years old and had been involved in ministry to the Hispanic community in several parishes, most recently at St. Lawrence Church in Lawrenceville. Deacon Loris Sinanian, […] Full Story

• Masses, Activities To Promote Pro-Life Position

  Published January 12, 2006

  To commemorate the 1973 landmark abortion decision of Roe v. Wade, the archdiocesan Pro-Life Office will sponsor the annual Mass for the Unborn Jan. 23 at 10 a.m. at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. In addition, a number of other events are planned to mark the historic date and provide an opportunity for Catholics […] Full Story

• Prince Of Peace Dedicates New Church … In New Place

  By ERIKA ANDERSON-Staff Writer
  Published January 12, 2006

  Gathered in their new home, a little over 10 miles from their former one, parishioners of Prince of Peace celebrated as Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory dedicated their newly built church Jan. 7. Parishioners assembled in the expansive narthex, bathed in the January sunlight that streamed through the many windows as building committee chairman Joe Meredith […] Full Story

• Archdiocese To Honor Dr. King With Series Of Events

  Published January 5, 2006

  The Office for Black Catholic Ministry in the Archdiocese of Atlanta will sponsor the 22nd annual eucharistic service honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 14 at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception from 2 to 4 p.m. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory will be the principal celebrant and homilist for the Mass and will […] Full Story

• One-Man Show Speaks With C.S. Lewis’ Words

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR,Staff Writer
  Published January 5, 2006

  In May 1977 actor Tom Key had just seen his first one-person theatrical production when he was asked by Stamford University in Birmingham, Ala., to read poetry by C.S. Lewis, an author whose works he had devoured in graduate school. Instead he conceived and wrote a one-man production on the life of the acclaimed writer. […] Full Story

• Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Get Support

  By ERIKA ANDERSON-Staff Writer
  Published January 5, 2006

  Every Tuesday a group of men and women gathers in a small classroom at Transfiguration Church. As the members greet each other, the small talk quickly centers around the children in their lives. “Where’s your lovely wife, Joe?” one asks another. “She’s at home,” he replies. “We’ve got two sick little ones.” “Tell me about […] Full Story

• New Education Building Blessed At Kennesaw Parish

  By ERIKA ANDERSON-Staff Writer
  Published January 5, 2006

  Parents, students, faculty and a parish community celebrated as the new school and parish educational facility at St. Catherine of Siena Church was dedicated by Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory on Dec. 20, 2005. The dedication came three months after it was originally scheduled, after Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue canceled school to conserve fuel in late […] Full Story

• All Saints Parish Mission Begins Sunday, Jan. 30

  Published December 27, 2005

  Conventual Franciscan Friar Father Jude Michael Krill will lead a mission at All Saints Church in Dunwoody from Sunday, Jan. 30, through Tuesday, Feb. 1. The theme of the mission is “Finding Our Security in God.” A description of the mission’s focus states that, as Christians “we are called to hear the voice of God […] Full Story

• Overflowing Mission Starts Building Fund

  Published December 22, 2005

  Our Lady of the Americas Mission this year could only accept some 700 children in its religious education program and had to turn hundreds more away due to the lack of space in their converted warehouse church facility. So when Father Fernando Molina-Restrepo was assigned to the mission this summer, he immediately knew what he […] Full Story

• Deacon Leaves Multifaceted Legacy Of Love

  Published December 22, 2005

  One wouldn’t have to go far to find someone in the Archdiocese of Atlanta who has attended a retreat at Marian Meadows, a short drive from Atlanta in Dawsonville. Not many, however, may know of the beautiful love story and the test of faith for the man and his family that gave life to the […] Full Story

• Prayers Raised For A World Living With AIDS

  By BRENDA TIRADO TORRES-Special To The Bulletin
  Published December 22, 2005

  “Comfort my people.” This is the message that Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory conveyed to Catholic AIDS ministers of the Archdiocese of Atlanta in his homily during the Mass for a World Living With AIDS celebrated Dec. 4 at Sacred Heart Church in Atlanta. The Mass ended the “Week of Prayer for a World Living With […] Full Story

• AIDS Ministry Is Elevated To Archdiocesan Office

  By BRENDA TIRADO TORRES-Special To The Bulletin
  Published December 22, 2005

  During the Mass for a World Living With AIDS, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory announced that he had established the Office of HIV/AIDS Ministry to serve as the official agency of the local church for the pastoral care of persons living with and affected by the disease. AIDS ministry in the archdiocese started in the early […]

• Catholics Pray For A World With AIDS

  By BRENDA TIRADO TORRES-Special To The Bulletin
  Published December 22, 2005

  For the first time since HIV/AIDS ministries were established in the archdiocese, the Catholic community in North Georgia was invited to join AIDS ministers in prayer for all who have died from AIDS-related complications, as well as for those around the world who live with or are affected by the disease. From Nov. 26 to […] Full Story