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Snellville

• Deacon Tom Mackin, Of St. Oliver Plunkett, Dies

  Published December 6, 2012

  Born Jan. 20, 1933, he was a U.S. Army veteran who had served in Korea. He worked at the J.C. Penney Catalog Company for some 32 years. He loved his family and his community and had a unique sense of humor. In a letter to the family, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory said, “Tom accomplished many […] Full Story

• Former Pharmacist Professes Vows As Visitation Nun

  By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
  Published August 18, 2011

  The morning sunlight illuminated a stained glass window that read “fortiter et fideliter” (“bravely and faithfully”) in the small chapel at the Visitation Monastery as Sister Teresa Maria Kulangara prepared to profess her final vows. Surrounded by family and friends from all over the country, Sister Teresa Maria was all smiles as she reverently participated […] Full Story

• Visitation Monastery Re-Elects Superior

  

  By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
  Published July 7, 2011

  Mother Mary Jane Frances Williams has been re-elected to serve another three years as the superior at the Visitation Monastery, home to a group of cloistered nuns belonging to the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary. Mother Jane Frances was chosen as superior by her peers at the monastery, a position that is bestowed […] Full Story

• Local Visitation nuns honor 400-year anniversary

  

  By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
  Published December 10, 2009

  Following in the pattern created by St. Jane Frances de Chantal, nuns who belong to the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary are preparing to celebrate their 400th jubilee.

• Sister Jozefa, Of Visitation Monastery, Dies

  Published September 18, 2008

  A long-time former superior at the Monastery of the Visitation was remembered at her funeral Mass. Sister Mary Jozefa Kowalewski, a sister of the order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, passed away Sept. 11. She was 83. Born in Wilmington, Va., Sister Jozefa professed her final vows to join the religious order in 1960. […] Full Story

• Visitation Monastery Elects New Superior

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published June 5, 2008

  Mother Mary Jane Frances Williams is the new leader of the cloistered nuns at the Visitation Monastery, a religious community that spends hours a day in chapel. She’s also a convert, a mother of nine children with more than two dozen grandchildren. A mother as a nun doesn’t raise any eyebrows here. In fact, another […] Full Story

• Catechist Honored For Helping Youth Live Faith

  By STEPHEN O’KANE, Staff Writer
  Published March 20, 2008

  By engaging youth in a blend of selfless actions and catechetical teachings, Lynn Ory has gained the attention of the National Catholic Educational Association and the National Association of Parish Catechetical Directors. This year, at the 105th NCEA convention and NPCD religious education convocation in Indianapolis March 25-28, the youth minister from St. Oliver Plunkett […] Full Story

• Sister Margaret Mary, Visitation Nun, Dies At 49

  Published August 3, 2006

  Sister Margaret Mary Brena, VHM, a Sister of the Visitation, died July 31 after a long illness. She was 49. She had lived as a professed member of the cloistered order at the Monastery of the Visitation for more than 20 years. Born in Turin, Italy, and baptized Andreina, she moved with her parents to […] Full Story

• Archbishop Thanks Visitation Nuns On 50th Jubilee

  By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
  Published July 22, 2004

  Fifty years ago the heartfelt desire of a cloistered nun was realized when she founded a monastery of her order in her home state of Georgia. Mother Francis de Sales Cassidy, a Visitation nun from a Macon Catholic family, brought nine nuns from a Toledo, Ohio, monastery and the spirituality of this contemplative order 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