Georgia
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New Spanish TV Channel To Broadcast Sunday Mass
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
Published July 7, 2005Last year Rafael Ortiz-Guzman was busy planning to launch Georgia’s first locally owned and operated Spanish television channel when he felt chest pains, checked into Saint Joseph’s Hospital and learned that he must immediately have heart bypass surgery. While educated in Catholic schools and raised in the church, the Puerto Rico native, 54, had not […]
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Couples Teach Natural Family Planning
Published July 7, 2005
Two course series in Natural Family Planning offering instruction in the sympto-thermal method will begin in July. Each course is made up of four classes. To register call the course instructors listed below. For more information about Natural Family Planning call Lynn Crutchfield in the archdiocesan Family Life Office at (404) 885-7450. Location: St. Michael […] Full Story
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Divorce Support Group Begins At Holy Spirit
Published July 7, 2005
Divorce is never easy. It often changes lives in dramatic and painful ways. But it can help to share the experience with others who are also trying to work through their feelings, with those who understand. Beginning Wednesday, July 20, Holy Spirit Church, 4465 Northside Drive, NW, Atlanta, will introduce a confidential support group for […] Full Story
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Program Honors Our Lady Of Mount Carmel
Published July 7, 2005
On the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Holy Spirit Church is honoring her with a morning celebration of song, poetry and prayer, concluding with Marian devotions. During the program, to be held Saturday, July 16, from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., music director Albert Ahlstrom, Ph.D., and singers from the Holy Spirit choirs … Continue reading Program Honors Our Lady Of Mount Carmel
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Atlanta Lay Dominican Founder Honored
Published July 7, 2005
The lay Dominicans of the Holy Cross Pro-Chapter honored Elaine (Lanie) LeBlanc, OP, Ph.D., on May 14 at Holy Cross Church on her 10th anniversary as a professed lay Dominican. Included in her anniversary gifts and cards were messages of thanks from Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and Father Marty Gleason, OP, Dominican Prior Provincial […]
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Msgr. Lopez Leads 14th Annual St. Pius Dads Day
By TOM BOYLE, Special Contributor
Published July 7, 2005About 125 fathers of present and former students of St. Pius X High School in Atlanta participated in this spring’s 14th annual Dads Day of Recollection. The event, which featured talks, discussions, Mass, lunch and the sacrament of reconciliation, was sponsored by the Home and School Association and arranged by Joe Conboy and other St. […]
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Dedicated Volunteer Paul Caruso Wins CSS Award
Published July 7, 2005
Catholic Social Services, Inc. recently presented the 2005 Archbishop John F. Donoghue Award to Paul Caruso of St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Alpharetta. The award was presented to Caruso on June 24 during a special Mass and breakfast celebration at his parish. CSS established the Archbishop Donoghue Award in 2003, honoring the previous archbishop’s commitment […] Full Story
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Rome Parish Celebrates Milestone
Published June 23, 2005
St. Mary Church will begin a series of celebrations to mark the 75th anniversary of the North Georgia church with a Mass celebrated by Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory on Saturday, June 25, at 5:30 pm. All parishioners, past and present, are invited to the Mass and to a reception immediately following. This year also marks […]
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Justice Requires Care For Hungry, Archbishop Says
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
Published June 23, 2005Preaching June 7 in Ebenezer Baptist Church, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory challenged listeners on National Hunger Awareness Day to respond to God’s call for justice and to work to feed the poor and address root causes of poverty as an essential part of fidelity to God. “When we as religious ministers invite people to see […]
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SVDP On Team Fighting Hunger
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
Published June 23, 2005Vincentians are fighting hunger one step at a time—by the sweat of their brow and the burn in their muscles. Celebrating $23,000 raised for the St. Vincent de Paul Society in this year’s Hunger Walk/Run at Turner Field, the Catholic lay-run charity held a barbecue June 15 at the Atlanta Community Food Bank to honor […]
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A DECREE OF ESTABLISHMENT
Published June 23, 2005
A DECREE OF ESTABLISHMENT The Catholic Church has been blessed with enormous growth in the area of White County. The Mission of St. Paul the Apostle in Cleveland has now grown to the point where it merits establishment as a parish. Therefore, having heard the Council of Priests of the Archdiocese, in order better to […] Full Story
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Georgia Attorney Culls Maritain Writings Into Book On Christianity In Public Square
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
Published June 23, 2005With discussion topics ranging from restriction of prayer at high school graduations to end-of-life issues and abortion, many people—from atheists to evangelicals—have something to say these days about the role of Christian values in public life and the separation of church and state. Attorney James P. Kelly III of Alpharetta over the last decade has […]
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Kelly Uses Beliefs To Address Issues For UNESCO
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
Published June 23, 2005Jacques Maritain was one of the principal founders of and French ambassador to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Attorney Jim Kelly now draws upon the French Catholic philosopher’s wisdom as a member since Jan. 1 of the U.S. National Commission to UNESCO, which provides expert advice in five program areas of education, […] Full Story
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Monastery Pioneer Father Charles Zell Dies
Published June 23, 2005
Father Charles Zell, OCSO, one of the pioneers of the Monastery of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit, died in the monastery infirmary June 16. He was 92. The body of Father Charles was received in the monastery church on Friday, June 17, and the Mass of Resurrection and burial were held June 18 with […]
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Series Offers Speakers, Fellowship For Young Adults
Published June 23, 2005
The archdiocesan Young Adult Ministry is sponsoring another season of Theology on Tap for single and married adults ages 18-40. The series will be held on Wednesday nights in July and September. On each evening of the program, gathering for dinner and drinks begins at 7 p.m., the program starts at 7:30 p.m., and a […] Full Story
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Apologetics Series To Begin At Christ The King
Published June 23, 2005
The Cathedral of Christ the King will offer the Reason to Believe Apologetics series beginning on Friday, July 8, at 7 p.m. This six-week series of seminars will be held on Fridays—July 8, 15, 22, 29 and Aug. 5 and 12. All are invited to come and hear new speakers address current issues that concern […]
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Downpour Doesn’t Dampen Church Groundbreaking
By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
Published June 23, 2005To the casual observer, the scene may have been a depressing one. Hundreds of people standing in an open field in the pouring rain huddled together under umbrellas. However, June 7 was cause for celebration, despite the stormy weather, as parishioners of St. Mary Magdalene broke ground for their first permanent church building. An impressive […] Full Story
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Local Artists Converge On Monastery For ‘Paint Out’
Published June 16, 2005
Plein Air Painters of Georgia, Inc., some of the state’s most talented and well-known outdoor painters, with their invited guest artists, will bring their paint boxes and easels to the Monastery of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit June 18-26 to draw on its beauty for creative inspiration and to delight those interested in the […]
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Healing Mass Elicits Fervent Prayer, Reverence
By MARY ANNE CASTRANIO, Staff Writer
Published June 16, 2005The doors opened in the early evening, and the people streamed into the great hall, ready to be filled and inspired by prayer, seeking whatever solace they could find. Those attending the Friday evening healing Mass and prayer service at the Eucharistic Congress included the young and the old and the middle-aged, families and singles, […]
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7,000 People Attend Spanish-Language Track
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
Published June 16, 2005In the Spanish track of the 2005 Eucharistic Congress, speakers urged the more than 7,000 Hispanics attending to offer themselves completely to God in the Eucharist and to be transformed and nourished anew through Christ to carry out their unique missions in North Georgia. A backdrop of flags from over 20 Latin American nations and […] Full Story