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• 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 […]

• 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 […] Full Story

• 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 […]

• 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 […]

• 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 […]

• ‘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 […]

• 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 […]

• 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 […]

• 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 […]

• 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 […]