Georgia Bulletin

Smyrna

• Smyrna Parish To Hold Anniversary Summerfest

  Published July 20, 2006

  Members and friends of the St. Thomas the Apostle parish family are invited to attend this year’s parish Summerfest/Kermes at the Jim Miller Park in Marietta. The festivities begin with Mass at 12 p.m. at the park, followed by a fun fair celebration with entertainment, games, music and much good food. All are welcome to […] Full Story

• Smyrna Parish To Celebrate 40th Anniversary

  By TONY PEARSON-CLARKE, Special Contributor
  Published May 25, 2006

  On a Sunday morning in the mid-1960s, about 300 people, excusing themselves as they carefully squeezed by one another into narrow rows of fixed seats, their shoes smacking with the stickiness of each step on the concrete floors, finally settled themselves into well-worn plush seats and reverently turned their attention to the front of the […] Full Story

• Smyrna Parish Focuses On Spirit In Lent

  Published February 24, 2005

  St. Thomas the Apostle Church will host a Lenten mission entitled “Breathe in the Spirit,” March 7-9, with sessions at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. each day. The mission will be led by Father Andrea Patenaude, a musician, composer, singer and recording artist. Known for his graceful tenor voice and charismatic concerts worldwide, Father Patenaude […]

• Church Teams Help Some Leave Prison For Good

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published July 1, 2004

  With the restlessness of repressed grief over her mother’s death, Cynthia Sturm stole $26,000 that she didn’t even need from a restaurateur for whom she handled bookkeeping. She said it was a “cry for help.” Sturm had been on the run from that grief when she moved to Atlanta from Chicago in her early 20s, […]

• Parish To Hold Mission Exploring Three Faces Of God

  Published March 11, 2004

  St. Thomas the Apostle Church is holding a parish mission exploring the “Three Faces of God” from Monday-Thursday, March 22-25. Sessions will be in the mornings at 10:30 a.m. and repeated in the evenings at 7 p.m. It will be led by Father Gene Barrette, a LaSalette missionary who is a parochial vicar there. “Are […] Full Story