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• Grammy Winners Highlight Celtic Christmas Concert

  Published December 8, 2005

  Top regional performers will join two Grammy Award-winning artists—Celtic and banjo virtuoso Alison Brown and Bill Whelan, composer of the musical “Riverdance”—in contributing to the 13th annual Atlanta Celtic Christmas Concert on Dec. 17 and 18 at 8 p.m. at Emory’s Schwartz Center for Performing Arts. Over the past 12 years the Atlanta Celtic Christmas […]

• Mercy Student Wins State Heisman Award

  Published December 8, 2005

  Brett Bartels, a student from Our Lady of Mercy High School in Fairburn, recently received recognition as the male state winner for the 2005 Wendy’s High School Heisman Award. Bartels, an active parishioner at Holy Trinity Church in Peachtree City, was chosen from the 592 nominated high school seniors in the state of Georgia as […] Full Story

• Archbishop Celebrates Mass At Oldest Cemetery

  By JAMES GRIFFIN, special Contributor
  Published December 8, 2005

  Standing where Bishop John England and other bishops and priests have stood for two centuries, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory presided at Mass at Locust Grove Cemetery on Saturday, Nov. 5. The Mass for All Souls is a long tradition at Locust Grove Cemetery, which is the former site of Our Lady of Purification Church, a […] Full Story

• St. Anna Quilters Sew Help For Cancer Home

  Published December 8, 2005

  A group from St. Anna Church has formed the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Quilters, raising nearly $1,000 with a quilt raffle benefiting Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cancer Home in Atlanta. The members of the group worked together on the quilt each week for five months and are challenging quilters at other churches to […] Full Story

• Archdiocese Celebrates Our Lady Of Guadalupe Feast

  Published December 8, 2005

  The following is a list of churches around the archdiocese holding celebrations in Spanish in honor of the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Dec. 12. The celebrations honor Mary as patroness of the Americas, a title arising from her appearances in 1531 to St. Juan Diego on Tepeyac hill outside Mexico City. […] Full Story | En Español

• Charities Scramble To Help Neediest Evacuees

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published December 8, 2005

  There’s no more rooms at the inn for Hurricane Katrina evacuees. Many of the poorest evacuees in Atlanta still call Catholic Charities daily, fearful of what comes next as they must vacate hotel and motel rooms by January that up till now were paid for by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The Catholic Charities office […] Full Story

• Rotary Address Evokes Harvest As Call To Generosity

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published December 1, 2005

  Published: December 1, 2005 ATLANTA—Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory delivered the Thanksgiving address to the Atlanta Rotary Club, where he challenged community leaders to reflect upon the abundant harvest of blessings they’ve received and during Advent and beyond to bless others out of that gratitude, planting seeds of hope for those in need. He spoke on […] Full Story

• Exonerated Inmates To Expose Death Penalty Injustices

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published December 1, 2005

  Juan Roberto Melendez-Colon held a rope in his hands preparing to strangle himself in his Florida prison cell, but something held him back. He lay down and in his sleep he dreamed that he was swimming again as he loved to do as a boy in the tranquil aqua waters of the Caribbean. “The sun […] Full Story

• Poor Defense Lands Innocent Man On Death Row

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published December 1, 2005

  Condemned to death based on highly questionable and circumstantial evidence, Ray Krone, director of communications and training for Witness to Innocence, is the 100th person to be exonerated from Death Row. In 2002 he was released after 10 years in prison, celebrating with a seafood dinner and a milkshake. He was actually lucky as, unlike […] Full Story

• St. Brigid Boys Soccer Team Wins League Championship

  Published December 1, 2005

  The under-10 boys soccer team from St. Brigid Church is showing signs of success both on the soccer field and off. The team recently won the Atlanta Metro Catholic League Championship. And in addition to their winning soccer spirit, the team has helped work toward a victory for children’s cancer. In lieu of the standard […] Full Story

• High Tea To Benefit Ulster Project Atlanta

  Published December 1, 2005

  Published: December 1, 2005 ATLANTA—Ulster Project Atlanta will host a high tea before the 13th annual WB Yeats Foundation’ Celtic Christmas Concert Saturday, Dec. 17, in the fellowship hall of Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta from 5-7 p.m. The church is located next door to the Schwartz Memorial Performing Arts Center on the Emory University […]

• Marist Cross Country Teams Take Home State Honors

  Published December 1, 2005

  Marist School’s boys and girls cross country teams competed at the state finals in Carrollton on Saturday, Nov. 5, finishing in first and second place respectively. The Marist boys team, led by senior John Whitcomb, ran their way to their fourth straight state championship. When front-runner senior Iain Turnbull became sick with mononucleosis in mid-October, […] Full Story

• New Judicial Vicar, Director Named For Tribunal

  By MARY ANNE CASTRANIO, Staff Writer
  Published December 1, 2005

  Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced that Father William J. King, JCD, will serve the Archdiocese of Atlanta as the judicial vicar for the Metropolitan Tribunal. Father King has served as the judicial vicar of the Diocese of Harrisburg, Pa., since 1990 and has a distinguished record of priestly service in pastoral, academic and leadership […]

• ‘Radio Holy Spirit’ Begins Broadcasting

  Published November 24, 2005

  Over the summer, Holy Spirit Preparatory School installed a radio station and built a recording studio. The first broadcast and sign-on ceremony was held Oct. 25. The student-operated radio station broadcasts information bulletins regarding school events and activities during morning and afternoon drive times, allowing parents to hear school news as they drop off and […]

• Roswell Parish To Hold Advent Mission

  Published November 24, 2005

  St. Peter Chanel Church will hold its Advent parish mission Dec. 3-7. The mission will be led by Father Jack Durkin, chaplain at St. Pius X High School in Atlanta. Father Durkin, a cradle Catholic, was born in Darby, Penn., and grew up in Asheville and Charlotte, N.C. He attended Wake Forest University on a […] Full Story

• Candlelight Vigil To Focus On At-Risk Youth

  Published November 24, 2005

  Atlanta will be one of nearly two dozen cities across North and Latin America to participate in the 15th annual Covenant House Nationwide Candlelight Vigil for Homeless Youth on Dec. 7. Participants are invited to gather from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Centennial Olympic Park Amphitheatre. Covenant House, the largest privately funded youth care agency in […]

• Renowned Priest Speaks On Adoption

  Published November 24, 2005

  In honor of National Adoption Awareness Month, Father George Clements, founder and president of One Church One Child, Inc., recently spoke at an adoption celebration at St. Anthony of Padua Church. Sponsored by One Church, One Child of Georgia, Inc., and the Georgia Department of Human Resources (DHR) Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS), […] Full Story

• Jewish-Catholic Choir To Perform Sacred Music Concert

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published November 24, 2005

  A combined Jewish and Catholic choir will present a Sacred Music Concert of Jewish and Christian Texts on Thursday, Dec. 15, at The Temple, in honor of the 40th anniversary on Oct. 28 of the landmark “Nostra Aetate,” a Second Vatican Council declaration that affirmed a more positive relationship of the Church to non-Christian religions […] Full Story

• Sweet Treats Available Year-Round At Monastery

  By JANE WILSON, Special Contributor
  Published November 24, 2005

  At the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers, on the basement floor of the monastery proper, is a room marked by a sign reading “The Fudgery.” Inside this room, the monks create a variety of smooth and creamy fudge designed to tempt the sweet tooth of every candy lover. The fudgery is the brainchild […] Full Story

• Aerial Angels Of Mercy Respond To Hurricane Crisis

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
  Published November 17, 2005

  When Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast nearly three months ago and the larger relief agencies responded to victims on the ground, Angel Flight of Georgia (AFGA), a small nonprofit group located in the administration building of Atlanta’s DeKalb Peachtree Airport, took to the air to offer assistance to those in need. For over 20 […] Full Story