In the northeast area of metropolitan Atlanta, Catholic teenagers are encountering Christ, the Word made flesh, and giving new meaning to the evangelical phrase ” praise and worship.” A weekend conference for teens called Steubenville Atlanta, made possible by Franciscan Youth Outreach and Life Teen national Catholic youth ministry, is filled with opportunities to hear [...]
May 25, 2010
10 days from today the Archdiocese of Atlanta will host its annual Eucharistic Congress, a spectacular gathering of over 30,000 Catholics that includes a procession with the Blessed Sacrament, internationally-known speakers, confession opportunities, a Catholic marketplace, and a concluding mass that causes you to realize just what the Church means by calling herself The Universal [...]
April 27, 2010
Thanks to a tip from Friend of the Chicks (FOC) Marcia Kelley, we wanted to let everyone know about an interesting workshop taking place in north Atlanta this Thursday, April 29th. Check it out! Chicks A and B
April 20, 2010
Amidst sports tournaments, end of the year recitals, school exams, vacation planning, business trips and everything else that keeps us so busy at this time of year, it might be worth it to take time out – time out to listen to stories of conversion and evangelization that remind us of the bigger world of [...]
April 16, 2010
The folks at Andalusia farm, the peaceful and simple home of Flannery O’Connor from 1951-1964, just conducted a contest to name the 3 peafowl (collective name for both peacocks and peahens, in case you were wondering) that live on the property. As a stipulation, the names had to come from characters in O’Connor’s stories. For [...]
March 3, 2010
The Chicks just returned from a lecture by Cardinal Walter Kasper- a friend of Joseph Ratzinger, an accomplished theologian, and a man dedicated to ecumenical dialogue with non-Catholics worldwide. His talk entitled “The Timeliness of Speaking of God” was brilliant, I think. I say that because, quite frankly, Chick A and I admitted to only [...]
February 3, 2010
You’ve heard the expression “I wasn’t born in the South, but I got here as fast as I could…” Well in the Catholic world, this saying may no longer apply only to people. Friend of the Chicks (FOC) Fr. David Dye, the pastor at Mary Our Queen Catholic Church in Norcross, GA has been doing [...]
January 26, 2010
Some inspired educational entrepreneurs are taking Catholic education to a whole new level, quite literally. On the campus of Atlanta’s Holy Spirit Prep- an independent Catholic school that has been named one of America’s Top 50 Catholic High Schools for two years running- a new college has been formed. Students who enroll can earn a [...]
January 9, 2010
The Chicks like to travel, take in Catholic sights, and hear great speakers. Really, we like to attend any event to deepen our faith, grow closer to Christ, and learn more about His Church. There is a big Catholic world out there, and we love to explore it! 2009 was full of great Catholic experiences. [...]
November 3, 2009
The Reliquary of Saint Mary Magdalene is currently on tour in the Southeast. In other words, the container which holds the relic of a piece of Mary Magdalene’s tibia (leg bone) is on a journey through many parishes in our region until late November. Discovering this has intensified my thought process about Catholic body parts. [...]
July 17, 2010
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