Greetings in the Octave of Easter. I hope that the celebration of the Resurrection, despite the minimalist nature of the liturgies, was an occasion to proclaim our joy and hope in the truth of [...]
Dear Friends, As we walk through this Lent, we have an opportunity to embrace sacrifice and ministry in a whole new way.
The Most Rev. Joel M. Konzen, SM, released the following instructions about Holy Week to pastors and parish leaders on Friday, March 26.
The Archdiocese of Atlanta has made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 Eucharistic Congress, originally scheduled for June 12-13.
This year marks the return of the Eucharistic Congress after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 Congress was to be the 25th annual Eucharistic Congress since the first one [...]
LAWRENCEVILLE—Father John Howren, pastor of St. Lawrence Church, encouraged his congregation to be involved in Holy Week celebrations, even though parishioners were unable to gather due to [...]
JONESBORO—Faith has taken on new meaning since the COVID-19 virus hit the Paulus family.
ATLANTA—As restaurants started to close their doors because of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people lost income, compromising their ability to feed themselves and their families.
VATICAN CITY (CNS)–The common good–and not political or economic gain–should be at the heart of the race to find a vaccine for COVID-19, Pope Francis said.
LILBURN—Amid the loss and isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic, Our Lady of the Americas Mission’s Milagro Movil (Miracle Mobile) Pilgrimage is quietly bringing the healing peace of Christ on [...]
VATICAN CITY (CNS)–On a Christmas like no other, Pope Francis prayed for people who could not be with their families because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but he urged everyone to recognize and help [...]
ATLANTA—A year that became synonymous with COVID-19, 2020 will not soon be forgotten.
VATICAN CITY (CNS—Pope Francis said that unless there is a serious new wave of COVID-19 infections in Iraq, he has every intention of visiting the country in early March.
ATLANTA–As the nation reached a heartbreaking milestone of more than 500,000 lives lost to the COVID-19 virus, Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer asked all parishes to celebrate memorial Masses for [...]
ATLANTA—This past year working as an acute care nurse at Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic reminded Carmen Seso that God is in control.
WASHINGTON (CNS)—From uneven responses to the COVID-19 crisis to the raw racial tensions exposed by the death of George Floyd in 2020, Americans over the past year have become more conscious of [...]
ATLANTA—With the COVID-19 pandemic and its variants as the backdrop, Catholics in Atlanta continued to live out their faith, serving others in 2021 in creative ways.
