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• School Hosts Lecture On Catholic Church Music

  Published September 1, 2005

  Dr. Albert Ahlstrom, music director at Holy Spirit Church in Atlanta, will discuss “Catholic Church Music—The Legacy, Our Future” on Thursday, Sept. 15, at Holy Spirit Preparatory School as part of the school’s lecture series. The lecture begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Liberal Arts Building on the Upper School campus located at 4449 Northside […] Full Story

• Fall Festival Features Fun For Everyone

  Published September 1, 2005

  The seventh annual Mary Our Queen Church Fall Festival is set for the first weekend in October, and the grounds and multi-level parking lot of the church will soon be brimming with amusement rides and games, arts and crafts, food, flea market finds, entertainment, “fun” runners and auction bidders. The first Mary Our Queen festival […] Full Story

• Legion Of Mary Retreat Offered Oct. 15

  Published September 1, 2005

  In the Year of the Eucharist the annual Legion of Mary retreat of the Atlanta South Curia will take place at St. Peter’s Church in LaGrange on Saturday, Oct. 15, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. After recitation of opening prayers and the rosary, Father Balappa Selva Raj, pastor, will celebrate Mass. Coffee, light refreshments, […]

• Catholic Hospital Commemorates 125 Years Of Healing

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published September 1, 2005

  In 1880, the year Thomas Edison’s electric street lamps were first installed commercially, sisters from Savannah lit an enduring light of healing mercy for the sick in Atlanta. Sister of Mercy Cecilia Carroll and three other sisters were called by Bishop William Gross from their convent in Savannah with a mission to minister to the […] Full Story

• Cologne Trip Memorable For Atlanta Hispanic Group

  Published August 29, 2005

  Over a period of nine months, a group of Hispanic young adults from 25 parishes, led by the Atlanta Office of Hispanic Youth and Young Adult Ministry, joyfully prepared to experience World Youth Day 2005 in Cologne, Germany. They gathered monthly to study the various messages that Pope John Paul II had given since the […] Full Story

• Golf Tournament To Benefit Tyrone Parish Choir

  Published August 18, 2005

  St. Matthew Church will hold its annual golf tournament on Monday, Sept. 12, at the River’s Edge Golf Course in Fayetteville. Proceeds from the tournament will go toward upgrades to the church’s choir facilities on Kirkley Road in Tyrone. Now in its eighth year, the fun-filled golf tournament will feature a $1 million hole-in-one shootout. […]

• Crisis At Local Hospital Elicits Pastoral Response

  Published August 18, 2005

  At about 6 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 15, at Saint Joseph’s Hospital a man shot and killed his wife, who was a patient in an intensive care unit, and then turned his gun on himself and committed suicide, prompting a swift medical and pastoral crisis response by the Catholic health-care institution. Fulton County Police Department […]

• ‘Red Mass’ Gathers Educators As School Year Starts

  By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
  Published August 18, 2005

  Catholic educators from across the archdiocese came together at St. Brigid Church Aug. 8 to kick off the new school year with a special blessing from the Holy Spirit. Teachers, principals, faculty and staff gathered for the Mass with the excitement of children on their first day of school. They talked excitedly, greeting their colleagues […] Full Story

• Ulster Project Plants Seeds Of Peace In Teens

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published August 18, 2005

  The grass is looking greener for eight Irish teens who spent July in Atlanta learning about peace-building, conflict resolution and leadership, and recently traveled back to their Protestant and Catholic communities in Northern Ireland to share and live out what they’ve learned. The day after their return—July 28—youth participating in the Ulster Project heard heartening […]

• Atlanta Conference Expected To Draw 20,000 Teens

  Published August 18, 2005

  Catholics from the Archdiocese of Atlanta and throughout the country are busy in preparation, prayer and planning for the National Catholic Youth Conference, which will be held in Atlanta Oct. 27-30. Archdiocesan officials and steering committee members for NCYC have been meeting for the past several months to plan for the biennial event, which is […]

• Fundraiser For Cancer Home To Be Held Oct. 1

  Published August 18, 2005

  The Auxiliary of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home will hold its annual fundraiser to benefit the revered, long-established Atlanta institution on Saturday, Oct. 1, at the Renaissance Waverly Hotel. This luncheon, held for the 49th time this year, is the major fundraiser for the home, which has given free aid to those stricken with […] Full Story

• Scouting Day Of Reflection Planned

  Published August 18, 2005

  All Catholic Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, sixth grade and up, and adult Scouts are invited to attend a Day of Reflection on the Eucharist on Saturday, Aug. 27, at St. Brendan Church, Cumming. Sponsored by the Atlanta Archdiocesan Catholic Committee on Scouting, the day will begin at 11 a.m. and conclude with the celebration […] Full Story

• Marietta Church To Host Music Ministry Workshop

  Published August 18, 2005

  Musicians around the archdiocese are invited to a renewal of their liturgical ministry at a daylong workshop planned for Saturday, Oct. 29, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at St. Joseph Church, Marietta. Dr. Elaine Rendler-McQueeney and Lourdes Montgomery will be the main presenters at the event. This workshop is open to presiding ministers, eucharistic ministers, greeters, […]

• New Cleveland Church Is Historic Accomplishment

  Published August 18, 2005

  Building a new church turned out to be no simple task for the parish community of St. Paul the Apostle. During the construction process, they endured a devastating fire and the wrath of Mother Nature, but the July 27 dedication of the grand-scale country church that was created made the obstacles seem like nothing more […]

• Pueri Cantores Choir Festival To Be Held

  Published August 4, 2005

  Catholic school and parish choirs are invited to register now for the Pueri Cantores Festival and Mass, which will bring together several hundred singers ages 7-18 from the Archdiocese of Atlanta and Dioceses of Savannah and Charleston on Nov. 6 at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Savannah. Bishop J. Kevin Boland will […] Full Story

• Abortion Rights Plaintiffs Seek To Reverse ‘Doe’

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published August 4, 2005

  Norma McCorvey and Sandra Cano, the women who were the plaintiffs in the 1973 Supreme Court decisions that legalized abortion virtually on demand, have filed a petition with the high court to set aside the decisions or at least order a new trial on the merits for reversal. In February, accepting only 90 out of […] Full Story

• Jubilarian Seen As ‘Spiritual Father’ To Many

  By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
  Published August 4, 2005

  Looking into the kindly face of Father Richard Morrow, it is difficult to imagine him as a troublemaker. However, the senior priest, who this year is celebrating his 50th anniversary of ordination, just might owe his vocation to a fistfight. Hundreds of holy cards were printed in honor of Father Morrow’s golden jubilee, which he […] Full Story

• Pilgrimage Reminds Priest To ‘Bloom Where Planted’

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published August 4, 2005

  To thank God for his 20 years of priesthood, backpack-clad Father Marty Kopchik, MSFS, took a summer trip to Spain to hike along the rugged “Camino de Santiago,” one of the most important Christian pilgrim paths since medieval times, leading to the shrine of St. James the Apostle. In 2002 he had spent a sabbatical […]

• Victor Kramer Receives Award As Merton Scholar

  Published August 4, 2005

  Victor A. Kramer, Ph.D., professor emeritus of English at Georgia State University, was awarded the “Louis Award” for distinguished Merton scholarship at the ninth general meeting of the International Thomas Merton Society in San Diego on June 12. Kramer and his wife, Dewey Weiss Kramer, Ph.D., who live in Decatur, founded The Merton Annual in […]

• Warner Robins Parish Hosts Institute On RCIA

  Published August 4, 2005

  The North American Forum on the Catechumenate and the Diocese of Savannah are co-sponsoring a Beginnings and Beyond Institute in Warner Robins from Oct. 16-21. Designed for both novice and experienced parish initiation teams, the Beginnings and Beyond Institute presents the vision of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults and provides hands-on experiences of […] Full Story