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• End-Of-Life Program To Be Offered At All Saints

  Published February 19, 2004

  A free workshop entitled “Preparation For Departure: Practical Things You Need To Know Before The End Of Life” will be offered by the Bereavement and Health Ministries at All Saints Church. The program will take place on Saturday, Feb. 21, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the All Saints recreation building, classroom 204. Topics […]

• Athens Fun Run Benefits St. Joseph School

  Published February 19, 2004

  St. Joseph School in Athens held its Fifth Annual 5K Jog and Fun Run on Saturday, Jan. 24. With 634 runners from ages 6-78, the race raised over $14,000 for the school. Additionally, $643 (one dollar from each entry plus donations) was donated in memory of Clute Nelson, a former St. Joseph student, to the […]

• Sharpsburg Churches Plan Ecumenical Service

  Published February 19, 2004

  An ecumenical Ash Wednesday service will be held by St. Mary Magdalene Church and Coke’s United Methodist Chapel on Wednesday, Feb. 25. The special program will be held at 7 p.m. at Coke’s Chapel on Lower Fayetteville Road, near the intersection of state road 154. This ecumenical service has been shared by the congregations of … Continue reading Sharpsburg Churches Plan Ecumenical Service

• Valentine’s Day Ball Sponsored By Marriage Encounter

  Published February 19, 2004

  On Feb. 7, couples from the Marriage Encounter organization celebrated their marriages at the World Marriage Day Valentine Ball, held at the Chamblee-Dunwoody Holiday Inn. This year’s event was the 19th annual such event celebrated in Atlanta to honor the institution of marriage. World Marriage Day, the second Sunday in February, focuses on the uplifting […] Full Story

• Rite Of Election To Gather Candidates, Catechumens

  Published February 19, 2004

  Children, men and women preparing to be initiated into the Catholic Church at Easter will take one of their final steps on Saturday, Feb. 28, at the Georgia International Convention Center at 10:30 a.m. during the annual Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion. The celebration, sponsored by the Atlanta Forum on the Catechumenate, […]

• 11 New Deacons, Rest Of 2004 Class, Ordained

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published February 19, 2004

  As their 11 classmates, ordained the previous weekend, served as acolytes, the remaining 11 men of the class of 2004 were ordained to the permanent diaconate on Feb. 7 at the Cathedral of Christ the King. Friends and family of the men packed into the church, where they expressed joy in seeing the men make […]

• Archbishop’s Visit Highlights Holy Spirit Prep Celebration

  Published February 5, 2004

  Holy Spirit Preparatory School kicked off Catholic Schools Week by sponsoring the annual Msgr. Edward J. Dillon Catholic Trivia Bowl. On Monday morning, Jan. 25, 14 students in second to fifth grade and eight students in sixth to 10th grade answered questions that were far more advanced than trivial. Lower school students assembled first to […] Full Story

• Program Gives Middle-Schoolers Chance To Rise Up

  By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
  Published February 5, 2004

  It’s an age group not often singled out by the church, but the Archdiocese of Atlanta is trying to change that with a new ministry for middle-school students. Lynn Ory, youth minister at St. Oliver Plunkett Church in Snellville, and Brian Walsh, youth minister at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Smyrna, now serve as […] Full Story

• St. Joseph School Student Is America’s Top Young Scientist

  Published February 5, 2004

  Joseph Stunzi is a typical eighth-grade boy. He likes computers. He plays the guitar. On a chilly January day in his science class when his teacher, Mary Partridge, asks him and a classmate to don safety goggles for an experiment, he giggles along with the rest of his fellow classmates. And when he grows up, […] Full Story

• St. Patrick’s Events Include Mass, Parade, Wreath-Laying

  Published February 5, 2004

  To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, the Hibernian Benevolent Society of Atlanta is planning a number of events during the month of March, including the 121st St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The Annual Wreath-Laying Ceremony at the Father Thomas O’Reilly Memorial at the old Atlanta City Hall will be held on Friday, March 12, at 1 p.m. […]

• 2003 D’Youville Award Presented to St. Francis Table

  Published February 5, 2004

  A volunteer group from the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception was the recipient of the 2003 Marguerite d’Youville Award given each year by the Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart to the individual or group that best exemplifies the charism of their founder. St. Francis Table is a soup kitchen run by a volunteer group […]

• Morality Will Be Focus of Teen Program On Feb. 27

  Published February 5, 2004

  On Feb. 27, from 7-9 p.m. at Blessed Trinity High School, parents and their high school teens are invited to hear retired professional basketball player A.C. Green share his inspiring story of chastity in the NBA. “High Fidelity” will feature Green, as well as fellowship, adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and music provided by Kevin […]

• Faith and Service Light The Way At St. Andrew

  By BETTY SCHOENBAECHLER, Special Contributor
  Published February 5, 2004

  St. Andrew Catholic Church is known for its tremendous spirit of generosity laced with pure Catholic tradition. These qualities appeal to the 2,300 North Fulton families who worship there. This family-oriented parish is located at 675 Riverside Road on a scenic stretch of the Chattahoochee River. Pastor Father Frank Richardson, who was assigned to this […] Full Story

• Msgr. Kirk, Vatican Diplomat To Romania, Dies At 92

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published February 4, 2004

  Raised in a Methodist Church in Athens, Msgr. John Columbus Kirk went on to become a Catholic priest and then a member of the Vatican’s Diplomatic Corps in Bucharest, Romania, during its harsh, post-war communist takeover until being expelled from that country on false charges of espionage. Msgr. Kirk died on Jan. 12 at the […] Full Story

• Free Throw Tournament Hosted By Blessed Trinity

  Published January 29, 2004

  Blessed Trinity High School will serve as the site for a youth free throw championship sponsored by Transfiguration Church’s Knights of Columbus Council 10362 on Saturday, Jan. 31. The contest, which is open to all boys and girls ages 10-14, will begin at 9 a.m. Contestants will compete in age-specific classifications by gender, with the […]

• Pro-Life Groups Asked To Protect ‘Holy Innocents’

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published January 29, 2004

  On the 31st anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, Archbishop John F. Donoghue described the moral and legislative battle to ban abortion as part of a larger pro-life struggle in this country to ensure protection of all “holy innocents,” even the weakest and most forgotten. The annual Mass sponsored by the archdiocesan […]

• Teens Take Pro-Life Stance To State Capitol

  By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
  Published January 29, 2004

  Armed with letters for their political leaders urging them to support pro-life legislation, teens from the archdiocese piled into the Georgia Legislative Office Building to make a difference. Meeting with their political representatives was part of events of “Rise Up for Life Georgia,” a program which began with a Mass, prayer vigil and pro-life speakers […]

• Marchers Walk The Talk Of Pro-Life

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published January 29, 2004

  Along with some 5,000 others on the silent one-mile walk from the Capitol to mourn the 43 million babies aborted since Jan. 22, 1973, Terry Gibbs walked. She held a sign that read, “I chose adoption. Thank you God for giving me the strength. I will always love you Matthew.” One of her four children […] Full Story

• CCHD Youth Contest Uses Art To Promote Awareness

  Published January 29, 2004

  Lamar Brown, an eighth-grade student at St. Peter Claver Regional School in Decatur, is the winner of the Regional Catholic Campaign for Human Development Multimedia Arts Contest. Lamar’s poem, “Poverty Stricken Child,” won first place. This honor entitles him to a blue ribbon certificate and $100 award. The poem will be entered in the national … Continue reading CCHD Youth Contest Uses Art To Promote Awareness

• Annual Conference To Emphasize Eucharist, Mary

  Published January 29, 2004

  The sixth annual Archdiocese of Atlanta Marian Conference entitled “Mary, Woman of the Eucharist” will be presented at St. Benedict’s Church during the weekend of Feb. 20. Pope John Paul II replaced his customary letter to the priests on Holy Thursday 2003 with an encyclical letter on the Eucharist, “Ecclesia de Eucharistia,” which was addressed […] Full Story