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The Rev. Irma (Mimi) Guerra
The Rev. Irma (Mimi) Guerra has been appointed by Bishop Rob Wright as Hispanic Missioner for the Diocese of Atlanta. As Hispanic Missioner, Rev. Guerra will coordinate all Hispanic ministries in the Diocese. She succeeds The Rev. Canon Isaías A. Rodríguez, who...
For People: A Conversation with Salvation South Founder Chuck Reese
To be southern is to love the south. The good and bad. All that she is. Chuck Reece LOVES the South which is why he and his wife created Salvation South. But he didn't always. Before Salvation South, Chuck founded The Bitter Southerner. No longer bitter, he wanted...
Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School Ribbon-Cutting
The parking lot at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School in Sandy Springs overflowed Friday with hundreds of faculty and students. Students grouped from preschool to 12th grade stood shoulder to shoulder shouting school slogans as they waited for the new Lower School...
New Campus Missioners
Keith Dumke, The Cathedral of St. Philip's Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries, and Hope Westervelt, Director of Youth Ministries of All Saints' Atlanta, together, will minister to the Episcopal students of Georgia Tech and Georgia State University. Keith...
Obituary for Randolph S. James, Organist and Choirmaster
Obituary for Randolph Sebastian James June 16, 1961 - July 6, 2022 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, holding a glass of champagne, totally worn out, shouting "Holy crap, what a ride!"...
Circle of Stewardship In-Person Workshop
The Commission on Stewardship for the Diocese of Atlanta invites you to attend Circle of Stewardship, a workshop for clergy and lay stewardship leaders, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Saturday, August 20, at the Cathedral of St. Philip (2744 Peachtree Rd NW, Atlanta,...
Parish Rallies Community to Buy Tractor for Substance Recovery Center Garden
A HeartBeat Story * CLAYTON, GA - "Here it comes!" the excited group called out as they watched the new Kubota garden tractor and attachments roll into the driveway of Victory Home. The tractor’s arrival marked the culmination of a fast and furious community...
Racial Healing Center Expands Board to Reflect Expanded Programs and Reach
Opening of The Absalom Jones Episcopal Center for Racial Healing, October 2017. (pictured left to right) The Right Rev. Robert C. Wright, Bishop of Atlanta; Center founding director Catherine Meeks, PhD., The Right Rev. Victor Atta-Baffoe, Bishop of the Anglican...
Atlanta Deputies Return from General Convention Exhausted, but Hope-filled
Members of the Diocese of Atlanta deputies to General Convention 80 in Baltimore returned with indelible memories of what by all accounts was a most unusual gathering. Normally a festival of the church this year’s triennial convention was just the opposite - no...
Special Retreat on Parish Ministry at Mepkin Abbey
It is no small thing to trust in the movement of the Living Spirit. Tilden Edwards I have held that wisdom close for a decade now as I wrestle with the pressures of daily life as a parish priest. Given the anxieties and fear we face in our culture—and in the...
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