5+ hour, 4+ min ago   (1332+ words) The National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama, displays more than 800 steel monuments representing counties across the United States where documented racial lynchings occurred. Among them are 103 monuments representing counties in Georgia. I stood in front of the…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (621+ words) I am writing this column before any of us know what will happen. I’m writing it in the excitement of the World Cup, not only its wonderful return to North America after 32 years, but also with the shared joy and…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (412+ words) A Haitian parishioner waved a Brazilian flag while holding on to her loyalty to Team Haiti. That’s the spirit that filled the gym at St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Church, Douglasville, where some 300 men, women and kids brought their…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (419+ words) Diocesan and independent Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Atlanta honored their valedictorians and salutatorians during graduation ceremonies in May....

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (304+ words) On May 15-17, Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) will host its annual MobilePack event in Athens. The Catholic Center at UGA and the UGA Athletic Association have supported the event since its launch in 2023, encouraging students and residents in surrounding communities…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (606+ words) RINGGOLD—Community members and clergy gathered March 5 to celebrate the opening of a Catholic hospital in North Georgia, fulfilling a vision decades in the making. CommonSpirit – Memorial Hospital – North Georgia officially opened Jan. 11. As a 180,000-square-foot facility, it has expanded…...

5+ mon, 1+ day ago   (687+ words) ATLANTA—Real estate turns on hard metrics like location, cost and square footage. But among the three churches involved with the Capitol Hill Neighborhood Development Corporation, a vital force is prayer. More than 30 years ago, two Protestant churches and one…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (824+ words) ATLANTA—“We’re called to take seriously what Jesus took seriously,” said Jesuit Father Greg Boyle, urging the students at Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School to prioritize the concerns of others, moving beyond self-absorption and judgment. Father Boyle is the…...

6+ mon, 4+ week ago   (221+ words) CONYERS—A sold-out crowd of hundreds attended the performance of the Georgia Boy Choir at the Monastery of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit. The immense concrete 1960 church, with its simple stainedglass windows, hosted the choir and the audience of…...

6+ mon, 4+ week ago   (844+ words) DULUTH—“It still smells the same; it just smells good,” a former student of Notre Dame Academy told Julie Derucki, head of school, during a campus visit. The moment triggered memories for both and captured the sense of history and…...