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Praying at city sites, Good Friday pilgrims seek deeper concern for poor
ATLANTA—More than 300 people walked a two-mile route along Atlanta’s busy city streets March 25 for the 36th annual Good Friday pilgrimage, an ecumenical journey from the Shrine of the Immaculate...
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Father Joseph Peek blessed by ranks of brother priests at funeral Mass
DUNWOODY—As they sang the “Salve Regina,” scores of Atlanta’s priests and its three bishops one by one blessed the casket of Father Joseph M. Peek in the sunshine outside All Saints Church at the March...
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For eighth year, Holy Week walk focuses on immigrants’ detention
ATLANTA—A Holy Week pilgrimage focusing on those being held in immigration detention centers and on their families crossed through the Archdiocese of Atlanta and stopped at several Catholic churches on...
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Acworth mission welcomes its first new Easter Catholics
ACWORTH—Thousands of believers in the United States were welcomed into the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil. At the young St. Clare of Assisi Mission, in Acworth, it was the first time the community...
View ArticleGeorgia governor vetoes state RFRA measure; bishops respond
ATLANTA (CNS)—Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and Savannah Bishop Gregory J. Hartmayer said that like all of the U.S. Catholic bishops, they support the Religious Freedom Restoration Act but “do...
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Detainee families find comfort and support at El Refugio
LUMPKIN—Inside this cozy yellow bungalow, the kitchen smells of fried chorizo, onions and peppers, and scrambled eggs. A fresh pot of coffee is ready by 7 a.m. as guests awaken in the three bedrooms. A...
View ArticleNew program to fight abuse of vulnerable people underway in archdiocese
SMYRNA—Thousands of teachers, clergy, religious women and men, parish staff and volunteers and employees of the Atlanta Archdiocese will be trained under a new program to prevent and combat child...
View ArticleArchdiocese responds to victims group’s protest
ATLANTA—A small group of members of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) held signs as part of a press conference outside the Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta, April 4. The...
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Witness to executions, advocate for victims, Sister Prejean to speak May 9
ALPHARETTA—Sister Helen Prejean, known for sparking national dialogue on the death penalty, will speak at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Alpharetta on Monday, May 9, at 7:30 p.m. Sister Helen Prejean...
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Joshua Bishop, executed March 31, was a ‘powerful witness for forgiveness’
CONYERS—Joshua Bishop, who died by lethal injection March 31, was remembered by his faith community, friends and supporters at a funeral Mass celebrated April 12 at St. Pius X Church in Conyers by...
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Teacher marries beau with second-graders in the front row
ATLANTA—Beth Anne Ross and William Dempsey III were united in the sacrament of marriage Friday, April 1, at the morning Mass of St. Jude the Apostle School. Dempsey and Ross, longtime friends and...
View ArticleUGA scientists, Catholics let pope know they got the ‘Laudato Si’’ message
ATHENS—As birds chirped in Rosella’s Garden at the Catholic Center of the University of Georgia April 5, scientists, students and members of the interfaith community gathered to celebrate a formal...
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Blessed Trinity High School well established as founding principal retires
ROSWELL—Frank Moore spent many weekends recruiting students and convincing parents that a school that wasn’t complete and a faculty that wasn’t hired would deliver a top-notch Catholic high school...
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Catholic educator calls role as first president of St. Pius High School a...
ATLANTA—The leadership structure of Atlanta’s oldest archdiocesan high school has been modified to become a president and principal model. A youthful Catholic administrator will become its first...
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Groundbreaking on May 5 for restoration of state’s first Catholic church
SHARON—Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory will conduct a special groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, May 5, at 4:30 p.m. in Sharon to mark the formal start of restorations to the Church of the Purification...
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Lourdes group confronts racism with talk
ATLANTA—In a crowded room at Our Lady of Lourdes Church parish center on a recent Saturday morning, Gino Lloyd shared how the far-flung reach of Facebook, Twitter and social media has brought racism...
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Pilgrims invited to cross thresholds and receive God’s mercy
ATLANTA—The seven Holy Doors of the Archdiocese of Atlanta offer local places where the faithful can make a pilgrimage during this Holy Year of Mercy and receive extraordinary graces. The Holy Year of...
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Shelter director Katie Bashor finished her race, with love
ATLANTA—For more than three decades, Katie Bashor lovingly served Atlanta’s homeless at Central Night Shelter, an ecumenical ministry of the Catholic Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and Central...
View ArticleU.S., Mideast Christian leaders vow to work for peace, increase advocacy
ATLANTA (CNS)—Christian churches have a responsibility to work to bring the chronic conflict in the Middle East to a just peace, and more effective advocacy is needed in the United States, said church...
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Turnout at vigils for murdered priest testament to his love, commitment
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (CNS)—In the days Father Rene Robert was listed as missing, the faithful gathered at two churches for prayer vigils. Father Rene Robert, with hat, is pictured during a 2015...
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