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• ‘Created to Praise God’ is theme of annual AACCW convention 

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
  Published September 7, 2023

  The Atlanta Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women (AACCW) is hosting its 67th Annual Convention Oct. 13-15 at St. Peter Church in LaGrange.

• LaGrange assignment unforgettable experience for reporter

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published January 9, 2020

  Is it ever too late to try to right a wrong? Do you apologize for something done generations ago? That was the question faced by the police chief in LaGrange, Louis Dekmar. The chief in 2017 publicly apologized for a 1940 lynching in the community.

• LaGrange’s police chief honored by St. Thomas More Society

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published October 17, 2019

  The St. Thomas More Society, an organization of Catholics working in the legal profession and judiciary, honored Chief Louis Dekmar of LaGrange with its St. Francis of Assisi Award Oct. 10.

• St. Peter Church honors first responders with parish Blue Mass

  

  Published October 4, 2018

  LAGRANGE—First responders from the LaGrange community gathered at St. Peter Church for the parish’s Blue Mass on Wednesday, Aug. 22. Father Tim Gadziala, pastor of St. Peter, celebrated the Mass with more than 40 honorees from the LaGrange Police and Fire Departments, Troup County Sheriff’s Office and the ambulance service attending. LaGrange Police Department Chief […] Full Story

• Catholic schools, parishes shelter more than 80 in Jan. 28 storm

  

  Published February 6, 2014

  ATLANTA—School gym mats became makeshift beds. Classroom displays were raided for blankets and clothing. Cafeterias became restaurants serving scores of students and adults overnight. Educators were forced to improvise during Catholic Schools Weeks as thousands of metro Atlanta drivers were trapped while Winter Storm Leon shut down roads in the area. Schools and businesses closed […] Full Story

• Father Scully Excited To Settle Into New Parish

  By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
  Published July 10, 2012

  Marist Father Patrick Scully recently took on the role of pastor at St. Peter Church in LaGrange and administrator of its mission, St. Elizabeth Seton in Warm Springs, an appointment he is both passionate and excited about. “I’m excited to be in LaGrange. I’m excited with the locale, the feel, the people,” he said about […] Full Story

• St. Peter Parish Celebrates 75th Anniversary

  By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
  Published November 10, 2011

  Friends, current and former parishioners, and neighbors from other faith communities came together Oct. 23 to recognize the ministry that St. Peter Church has provided to the city of LaGrange and Troup County for 75 years. Hundreds filled the sunlit church to capacity, even standing, as Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and Father Theodore Book, pastor, […] Full Story

• St. Peter Parish Celebrates 75th Anniversary

  By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
  Published November 10, 2011

  Friends, current and former parishioners, and neighbors from other faith communities came together Oct. 23 to recognize the ministry that St. Peter Church has provided to the city of LaGrange and Troup County for 75 years. Hundreds filled the sunlit church to capacity, even standing, as Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and Father Theodore Book, pastor, […] Full Story

• St. Peter Church, LaGrange, Holds 75th Anniversary Celebration

  Published June 23, 2011

  St. Peter Church will celebrate its 75-year history with an anniversary Mass at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 29, the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul. Celebrated by current pastor Father Theodore Book and concelebrated by seven priests who have previously served as pastors, parochial vicars or seminarians, the Mass and reception afterward will honor […] Full Story

• St Peter’s Offers Women’s Day Of Reflection

  Published October 5, 2006

  All women of the archdiocese are invited to St. Peter’s Church for a Women’s Day of Reflection on Saturday, Oct. 14. The day will begin with Mass at 9 a.m. and end at 6 p.m. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Kathleen M. Raviele, a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist in private practice in the Atlanta area for […] Full Story