The nave of The Cathedral of St. Philip was nearly full on a recent Saturday as 11 priests took their ordination vows, the largest ordination of priests in The Diocese of Atlanta in the past decade.
SANDY SPRINGS, GA - Diocese of Atlanta lay and clergy enrolled in a new two-year intensive program are learning how to strengthen and grow healthy parishes. Thirty-four parishioners and priests from 11 congregations attended the second annual Diocese of Atlanta College for Congregational Development (CCD). Fifteen completed their first year of the program and will return next summer. The remainder graduated. Missioner for Congregational Vitality & Ministry Development Sally Ulrey, who led this year’s CCD session, said the college will continue to have roughly the same number of first-...
