Georgia
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Calling All Volunteers For The Eucharistic Congress
Published May 5, 2005
Sue Stubbs, the volunteer coordinator for this year’s Eucharistic Congress, is looking for many dedicated and enthusiastic volunteers to help out at this event, which brings over 20,000 attendees to the Georgia International Convention Center. The assistance of a great number of people is always required, as the event is quite large and put on […]
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Cancer Home Doing Christ’s Work, Archbishop Says
By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
Published May 5, 2005Quietly he walked over to each one of them. They showed him pictures of their families. They shook his hand. They told him about their experiences in the war. Some were too weak to get out of bed. Others sat up and joked with him. And one by one, he blessed them all. Archbishop Wilton […] Full Story
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Mother’s Courage, Steadfast Love Honored
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
Published May 5, 2005Fifty years ago Leovigilda Ramírez Mansour was a 28-year-old in Bogota, Colombia. She told her father that she was going on a vacation on the coast, but, in a day and age when women and even men lived at home until they married, she actually boarded a plane to the United States, seeking a better […]
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Preparing For First Communion Together
Published May 5, 2005
Approximately 280 students, parent volunteers and teachers from St. Catherine of Siena School, Kennesaw, St. Joseph School, Marietta, Queen of Angels School, Roswell, and St. Mary School, Rome, came together April 13 for the fifth annual Jesus Day Retreat, a day of fun, sharing and reflection for second-graders preparing to make their first Communion. Held […]
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Archbishop Celebrates Gift Of Scouting
By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
Published May 5, 2005A bell choir processed up the aisle and Immaculate Heart of Mary Church became awash in khaki and olive green as Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory celebrated his first Archdiocesan Scout Mass in Atlanta. Held on the Solemnity of St. Joseph, March 19, the Mass brought together Scouts from throughout the archdiocese. Archbishop Gregory celebrated the … Continue reading Archbishop Celebrates Gift Of Scouting
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Kennesaw Scouts Receive Catholic Emblems
Published May 5, 2005
On March 6, at St. Catherine of Siena Church, 27 Cub Scouts and Junior Girl Scouts were awarded their Catholic religious emblems. The boys are from Cub Scout packs 422, 540, 733, 999 and 1916 in the Mountain Lake District. The girls are from Junior troops 20203, 20264 and 2149. These Scouts worked diligently for […] Full Story
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Annual Event Focuses On The Power Of Eucharist
By MARY ANNE CASTRANIO, Staff Writer
Published May 5, 2005As the summer months begin, bringing opportunities for leisure and recreation to all those who revel in the beautiful days of the season, the Archdiocese of Atlanta will once again offer a different kind of opportunity for Catholics around Atlanta and the South—one focused on Catholic spirituality and the compelling importance of the Eucharist—at the […]
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Catholic Social Services Awarded Grant
Published April 28, 2005
Catholic Social Services, Inc. recently received a grant of almost $94,000 as part of the 2004 Violence Against Women Act Grant Program (VAWA), and in a special ceremony held recently at the State Capitol, Gov. Sonny Perdue praised CSS as having a model domestic violence program in the State of Georgia. Catholic Social Services provides […]
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Georgian Honored By Role At Pope’s Mass
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
Published April 28, 2005When Georgia seminarian Justin Ferguson of the Pontifical North American College in Rome learned last Friday that he was selected to proclaim the word of God to some 350,000 gathered at St. Peter’s Square for the installation Mass of Pope Benedict XVI, he felt—to say the least—“very honored.” He could be seen walking around the […]
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New Pope Seen As Strong Successor To John Paul II
By ERIKA ANDERSON and PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writers
Published April 28, 2005Students at Holy Redeemer School in Alpharetta watched on television as Pope Benedict XVI emerged April 19 from behind curtains onto a balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, a real life history lesson, principal Mary Reiling said. “The children had the wonderful opportunity to watch the new pope come out and bless the people in St. […] Full Story
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Scriptures Grace Pope’s Election, Archbishop Says
By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
Published April 28, 2005The Scripture readings for the week focused on the Good Shepherd, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory said April 20, and how timely that as the Catholic Church receives Pope Benedict XVI as her new pope, Catholics have clearly in mind the qualities the Lord expects of those “who have the courage to tend the flock in […] Full Story
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Fairburn School Celebrates Cultural Diversity, Service
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
Published April 28, 2005The community of Our Lady of Mercy High School remembered the exemplary Christian witness and outreach of Pope John Paul II to God’s children of many nations and religions around the world as it celebrated its annual multicultural Mass with special guests Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios of the Greek Orthodox […] Full Story
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2005 ‘Encuentro’ To Focus On Hispanic Pastoral Plan
Published April 28, 2005
The archdiocesan Hispanic Ministry Office will hold “The Hispanic Ministry Encounter (Encuentro) 2005” on Saturday, May 7, from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. During this daylong event, the pastoral plan for Hispanic people in the Atlanta Archdiocese will be developed. This year the Encounter will be held at the Academy of Medicine, 875 West Peachtree Street, NW, […] Full Story
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Monks Offer Retreat For Those Past ‘Halfway Mark’
Published April 28, 2005
Have you ever wondered whether your spiritual life could improve with age? Have you always postponed doing something just for your own relationship with God because you were so busy working and taking care of others? Did a retreat once seem like a luxury for saints, while now it sounds like a restful chance to […]
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Transfiguration Church ‘CareerCare’ Helps With Job Transitions
Published April 28, 2005
CareerCare is a ministry at Transfiguration Church in Marietta that supports all those who are in career transition either through unemployment, misemployment or a desire to change their current job situation. Spiritual support and job skills workshops are held on Monday nights and networking group meetings are held on Tuesday mornings. Spiritual support workshops are […]
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OLA Principal To Be Honored At Special Mass
Published April 21, 2005
A special Mass in honor of recently retired principal Joan Tiernan will be held at Our Lady of the Assumption School on Sunday, April 24, at 12:30 p.m. Tiernan, who joined the staff in 1979, served as the principal of the school for over 12 years. She retired in early March. All are invited to […]
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Archbishop Emphasizes New Pope’s Gifts, Abilities
By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
Published April 21, 2005Pope Benedict XVI brings great intellectual gifts to his service as pope, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory said, as well as forthrightness, accessibility, understanding of the church’s most recent crisis, and pastoral qualities that might not be as widely known. “I think the cardinals selected someone that they knew, that they trusted, that they had had […]
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From Sharing Chocolates To Final Goodbye, Parishioner Recalls Her Spiritual Shepherd
Published April 21, 2005
Marta McGlade feels like she’s mourning the death of her own father with the passing of Pope John Paul II and cherishes the memories she has of visiting with him while working for four years in Rome. She traveled back to Rome almost yearly to attend papal audiences, received an apostolic blessing for her marriage, […]
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Atlanta Priest Travels To Rome To Bid Farewell
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
Published April 21, 2005When Polish-born Father Adam Ozimek learned of the death of Pope John Paul II, he knew he had to go to Rome to say goodbye to the Holy Father, with whom he had visited several times through arrangements by his close childhood friend, Msgr. Mietek Mokrzycki, the Holy Father’s personal assistant. So he took a […]
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Student Art Project Becomes A Memorial
By ALISON BATLEY
Published April 21, 2005The pope mosaic was originally designed as a gala project at Pinecrest Academy, but I believe God intervened because he wanted it as a Pope John Paul II memorial for the school. The tribute began in the fall of 2004 in the 10th-grade sculpture classes. Each student sculpted an individual six-inch square clay tile of […]