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• Faith Lives Bloom From 40 Years Of Cursillo Weekends

  Published September 22, 2005

  When Father David Smith of Miami made a Cursillo weekend, he was a layman who heard his own divine calling after witnessing the transforming power of God in ordinary people’s lives. After the weekend the bilingual Floridian, who worked in exporting, discerned through his Cursillo “brothers” in 1976 his calling to the priesthood for the […]

• Cenacle Sisters Honor Foundress With Prayer Institute

  Published September 15, 2005

  The Cenacle Sisters are commemorating the bicentennial of the birth of the foundress of their order, St. Therese Couderc, by offering The Couderc Institute of Prayer, on Saturday, Oct. 8, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Alpharetta. This day-long seminar features the following workshops: “Praying with Scripture,” “Rediscovering Lectio Divina,” […] Full Story

• CSS, Vietnamese Parish, Catholic School Need Essentials

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published September 15, 2005

  Various Catholic and faith-based organizations assisting people displaced by Hurricane Katrina in the metro area need everything from phone cards to money for school children’s lunches, and are asking for support from the North Georgia Catholic community. Catholic Social Services, St. Peter Claver Regional Catholic School, Our Lady of Vietnam Church and MUST Ministries, a […]

• New Orleans Priest Says Resurrection Church Will Rise

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published September 15, 2005

  At St. Peter Chanel Church on Sept. 7, Father Michael Joseph Vinh Nguyen of Resurrection of Our Lord Church in New Orleans spoke to the congregation of his determination to repair his damaged parish, which had just undergone a major restoration last year, and to strengthen hope for his scattered flock in Christ. The Vietnamese […]

• Great-Grandmother Lives To Tell Her ‘Survivor’ Story

  Published September 15, 2005

  As 76-year-old Patricia Farrell lay on her back “like Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel” in the attic of her one-story New Orleans home with two flashlights, a radio and some tools, she prayed to God for her life and thought often of her beloved pastor Father Mike. She had seen Father Michael Joseph Vinh Nguyen […] Full Story

• New Pastor Has Archbishop’s Blessing, Parish Support

  Published September 15, 2005

  The hot, muggy summer morning with the threat of rain in the air did not deter over 500 people from attending Father Eric Hill’s installation as pastor of Sts. Peter and Paul Church by Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory at the 11:30 a.m. Sunday Mass on July 31. This is Father Hill’s first pastorate. “This is […]

• Blessed Trinity Collects $10K … Quickly

  Published September 15, 2005

  At Blessed Trinity High School’s “Miracle Minute” on Friday, Sept. 9, the students, faculty and staff collected over $10,500 dedicated to the Hurricane Katrina relief funds. The funds were divided among three charities: The Red Cross Relief Fund, Catholic Charities and the National Catholic Educational Association. The Miracle Minute is a chance for students to […]

• One Man’s Passion For Rosary Launches New Ministry

  

  Published September 15, 2005

  Greg Willits is 6 feet 5 inches tall, with a shaved head and a goatee. He’s hardly the type of guy one would imagine doing arts and crafts. But love for his faith has inspired Willits and in turn, hundreds of others, to become rosary-making soldiers. The Willits’ home sits in a cul-de-sac in a […]

• Football In Full Swing At Catholic High Schools

  Published September 15, 2005

  The local high school football season is going full tilt. On Aug. 26 St. Pius X High School, Atlanta, was victorious in the first all-Catholic gridiron showdown of the regular season against Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell, 31-7. The following week both teams lost by a 3-point margin. St. Pius rebounded in week four beating […]

• Atlanta Stands With Survivors In ‘Faith And Hope’

  By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
  Published September 15, 2005

  While Catholics around the archdiocese continue to make fervent and prayerful donations to the victims of Hurricane Katrina, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has been asked to take an official role in the recovery of the Gulf Coast region by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Spokane Bishop William S. Skylstad, president of the USCCB, has […] Full Story

• New Vicar General Given Sendoff With Roses

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published September 15, 2005

  After Father Luis Zarama accepted the invitation from Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory to serve as a vicar general for the archdiocese, he prayed a novena to St. Therese of Lisieux in preparation for the move from his beloved parish of 10 years, St. Mark’s Church in Clarkesville. According to tradition, a novena to St. Therese […]

• Families Expand Rapidly As Relatives Need Shelter

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published September 8, 2005

  North Georgia Catholics are pulling together, opening their homes and taking action to help those evacuated from New Orleans and the rest of the Gulf Coast slammed by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. Immaculate Heart of Mary parishioner Marion Orr picked up her sister, Lisa Moran, a nurse in the intensive care unit at Tulane […]

• E-Mail To Houma, La., Inspires Labor Day Caravan

  By SUZANNE HAUGH, Special Contributor
  Published September 8, 2005

  An e-mail and grace from God were all it took to send 11 young adults from the Life Teen community, archdiocesan Catholic high schools, and other archdiocesan ministries, and a priest to the afflicted area of Houma, La., Labor Day weekend with three mini-buses packed with supplies and a pick-up truck with enough extra gas […]

• Notre Dame Academy Opens With Marist Sponsorship

  Published September 8, 2005

  Debra Orr spent the first week of school at the new Notre Dame Academy holding her breath and hoping she had not forgotten anything essential to the school’s opening. By Friday of that week, however, things were still running smoothly and even the car pool had been successfully managed down to a six-minute run. So […] Full Story

• NCCW Convention Planned For Atlanta

  Published September 8, 2005

  The National Council of Catholic Women (NCCW) will hold its 2005 national convention at the Hilton Atlanta Sept. 15-18. Nearly 1,200 council members and guests are expected to attend. Hosted this year by the Atlanta Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women, assisted by the Savannah and South Carolina Councils of Catholic Women, the biennial convention will […]

• Georgia Catholics Respond To Gulf Coast Crisis

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published September 8, 2005

  Immediate actions being taken by the Archdiocese of Atlanta in the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Katrina include a special financial collection in every parish and the opening of archdiocesan Catholic schools to displaced children in an effort to alleviate victims’ suffering and help them rebuild their lives. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory asked every parish to […]

• HIV/AIDS Group Marks 10 Years Of Helping

  Published September 8, 2005

  Living Room will celebrate its 10th anniversary of helping people with HIV/AIDS to find and maintain affordable housing on Sept. 25 with a celebration at the Cathedral of St. Philip. A reception and award ceremony will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Great Hall. Preceding the celebration will be an Evensong prayer […] Full Story

• Archbishop To Celebrate Red Mass For Lawyers

  Published September 1, 2005

  Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory will celebrate the annual Red Mass for the St. Thomas More Society, the Catholic lawyers guild of Atlanta, at Sacred Heart Church on Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 6:30 p.m. The Mass will be followed by a reception and casual dinner in the parish hall. The history of the Red Mass for […]

• Brazilian Catholics Celebrate Foothold At St. Jude’s

  

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published September 1, 2005

  Members of an emerging Brazilian Catholic community savored their cultural traditions at a festival July 15 and 16 outside their home at St. Jude the Apostle Church, chatting in Portuguese, biting grilled barbecue meats called churrasquinho off skewers, and joining arm-in-arm for traditional folkloric dances. Donning ruffled dresses, ladies attired as farm girls prepared and […] Full Story

• ‘Jesus 2000’ Caribbean Drama To Be Performed At Blessed Trinity By Father HoLung & Friends

  Published September 1, 2005

  Father Richard HoLung and a Caribbean cast will perform an epic musical drama about the life of Jesus Christ entitled “Jesus 2000” at Blessed Trinity High School Theater in Roswell Sept. 30 and Oct. 1-2. Prepared for the millennial birthday of the Savior of the world, “Jesus 2000” is a joyous and spectacular celebration of […]