Georgia Bulletin

Peachtree Corners

• Bishop Tran visits Mary Our Queen camp 

  

  Published September 5, 2024

  A two-week program at Mary Our Queen Church was an opportunity for 20 children, from 2 to 15, to experience a summer camp.

• Celebrating St. John the Baptist

  Published August 9, 2024

  Mary Our Queen Church hosted a parish festival for the Nativity of St. John the Baptist on June 24, complete with fireworks and a dunking booth.

• Mary Our Queen celebrates feast day  

  

  Published September 20, 2023

  Mary Our Queen Church now has a hand-painted copy of the Blessed Virgin Mary icon, Salus Populi Romani. Bishop Joel Konzen, SM, blessed the painting on the parish’s Aug. 20 feast day

• New farm helps people with disabilities ‘to live, work and thrive’ 

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published September 29, 2022

  An innovative farm in Peachtree Corners grows produce and raises animals while providing employment opportunities for people with disabilities. The program vision is building a wrap-around community, employing about 50 people to work on the farm, five greenhouses and 15 supported living homes.

• Catholic Foundation donors honored at annual Deo Gratias Mass

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published September 29, 2021

  The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia hosted a virtual Mass and celebration on Sept. 18 at Mary Our Queen Church in Peachtree Corners. This annual event honors and celebrates members of the Founders Society and Deo Gratias Society.

• Dedication of Mary Our Queen Church a celebration of old and new

  By ERIKA ANDERSON REDDING, Special to the Bulletin
  Published March 21, 2019

  PEACHTREE CORNERS—In 2008, Father Francis “Butch” Mazur closed and locked the doors of St. Gerard Church in Buffalo, New York, where he served as pastor. The parishioners who had gathered for the final Mass stood outside the shuttered doors in the streets of downtown Buffalo, staring at the church that, for many of them, had […] Full Story

• Masterworks Recital benefits decorative arts fund at Mary Our Queen

  Published September 6, 2018

  PEACHTREE CORNERS—Mary Our Queen Church will present Roy Harran and Julie Coucheron, performing a “Cello Masterworks” recital in the sanctuary on Thursday, Sept. 13, at 8 p.m. Mary Our Queen Church is located at 6260 The Corners Parkway, Peachtree Corners. Pope Benedict XVI described classical music as an “encounter with the divine,” which can help […] Full Story

• Praying for blessings at Mary Our Queen

  Published March 26, 2018

  PEACHTREE CORNERS—The construction at Mary Our Queen Church continues and recently reached a milestone. The Peachtree Corners faith community is constructing a new sanctuary. On Feb. 16, parishioners along with Father Darragh Griffith, the pastor, and Deacon Bill Boyd blessed the construction site as they placed a statue of Our Lady of Fatima in the […] Full Story

• Mary Our Queen parishioners celebrate new sanctuary groundbreaking

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published November 2, 2017

  PEACHTREE CORNERS—Under a gray sky, with temperatures struggling to get out of the 30s, hundreds of parishioners applauded, followed by a collective “Amen,” as church leaders and construction officials broke ground for a new sanctuary building Oct. 29. The groundbreaking ceremony marked a new chapter in the history of Mary Our Queen Church. The faithful […] Full Story

• Historic church windows ready for future Peachtree Corners church

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff writer
  Published December 22, 2016

  PEACHTREE CORNERS—Stored in a warehouse and wrapped for safekeeping are artistic treasures from western New York. Stained glass windows, along with the altar and other religious furnishings from a now closed but once grand parish in Buffalo, sit waiting for a new church building at Mary Our Queen Church. “We hope that the windows will […] Full Story