Around the Archdiocese
See below for information on ministries, meetings, and events around the Archdiocese of Atlanta.
Upcoming
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​​Retreat for Adolescents and Parents | February 7, 2026
In collaboration with St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic Church, Family Honor—a Catholic organization formally approved by the Diocese of Charleston—is hosting a one-day workshop designed to help parents and their adolescent children strengthen family communication and build virtue. This workshop places a special focus on the virtue of chastity.
Event Details
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Workshop Title: “Real Love & Real Life”
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Date: Saturday, February 7, 2026
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Time: 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
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Location: St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic Church, 91 North Park Street, Dahlonega, 30533 GA
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What Families Will Learn
Through engaging presentations, skits, videos, breakout sessions and Q&A panels, this workshop equips families to communicate more effectively about difficult topics, including family conflict, peer pressure, dating and purity/chastity. This format helps foster open dialogue and provides practical skills for navigating real-life challenges while building a foundation of virtue.
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Registration & Information
For complete details on the workshop content and to register your family, please visit the link.
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​​February Magnificat Meal
February 28th from 9:30am-12:30pm at Holy Cross
All women of the archdiocese are invited to the FEBRUARY MAGNIFICAT MEAL to enjoy prayer, breakfast, and fellowship, and to hear our speaker's testimony of the love of Christ in her life, on Sat., February 28th from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Holy Cross Church, 3773 Chamblee Tucker Road, Atlanta. Early arriving guests are invited to attend Mass in the Holy Cross day chapel at 8:00 am. Guest speaker will be Olive Haly, a native of Guyana and a member of Corpus Christi parish. Reservations are $25 and are required in advance. Register by February 18 at https://tinyurl.com/202602Meal, or send check by February 14, payable to Magnificat Joyful Visitation, to: Debbie DuPont, 315 Rose Court, SW, Lilburn, GA 30047. Email joyfulvisitation@gmail.com or contact Debbie at 770-696-6216. The Magnificat Meal will be interpreted for the Deaf. SEATING IT LIMITED, SO PLEASE REGISTER EARLY!
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Interparish Antiracism Ministry (IAM) Workshop​​
Saturday, February 28, from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m
Join the Interparish Antiracism Ministry (IAM) on Saturday, February 28, from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. at St Joseph Catholic Church, 87 Lacy Street, Marietta, GA 30060, for the faith-based workshop “Racial Justice Speaks: Healing and the Catholic Church“: a personal spiritual formation program designed to immerse participants in a day of reflection on the individual and communal sin of racism.
The journey is intended to open meaningful pathways to antiracism culture in the Catholic Church. The program is not streamed or recorded. Registration is required and includes a lunch option. For more information contact: iaministryatl@gmail.com or visit our website: www.ia-ministry.weebly.com.
To register: https://forms.gle/q5uhDyfoYYxVt83q6. Registration is required. Space is limited.
Interested in a Lenten SoulCore Retreat?
Palm Sunday Weekend, March 27-29
Come away to pray the Rosary and exercise your body with OLA parishioner, Sue Soha, who will be co-leading a SoulCore retreat at Heritage Retreat Center in Sharon, GA. The Mid-week option is March 24-26. The weekend format is over Palm Sunday Weekend, March 27-29. Enjoy movement, rest, and prayer among nature, beauty, and quiet this Lent. Register at https://www.heritagega.org/events.
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Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home Auxiliary’s 86TH Anniversary Fundraiser
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home Auxiliary’s 86TH Anniversary Fundraiser will be a Brunch and Silent Auction on April 11, 2026, 11am-1pm, St Peter Chanel Catholic Church Roswell GA. Join us in raising funds for the Dominican Hawthorne Sisters’ caring for cancer patients at the Home with support received from this annual event. Reservations are $50 pp (tables of 8 available) also seeking silent auction donations, sponsors and program ads. For Additional information, payment options are available on the website www.olphaux.org or mail checks made payable to OLPHAUX to P. O. Box 420273, Atlanta, GA 30342. Invite friends, family members, and colleagues! Questions- contact Melba Hill-Paschal at mhpaschal@gmail.com.
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Life is Beautiful—A Weekend Gala, April 24-25
​The Saint John Neumann Catholic Church, Respect Life/Walking with Moms in Need Ministry and Marriage and Family Life Ministry invites everyone to the inaugural Life is Beautiful weekend gala at the parish, 801 Tom Smith Rd SW, Lilburn, GA 30047. Enjoy artistic expression, an elegant art gallery with opening and closing receptions offering food, drink and music. Learn and grow at our Circle of Life: pregnancy, family and aging wellness fair—a storehouse of opportunity to strengthen and build you and your family. The event will include an art competition and show, a wellness fair for all stages of life, 24-hours of adoration and a celebration of the sacredness of life. Click here for event flyer.
Questions? Please contact Mary Moorman at 404-345-4484.
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Local Retreat Centers
Blessed Trinity Retreat Center Retreats
Nestled in over 1,200 acres of rustic woodlands in Southeastern Alabama, Blessed Trinity Shrine Retreat invites you to discover “Peace in the Pines”. They offer spaces for private individual retreats, group retreats, overnight and day options, retreats in hermitages, and over 12 miles of walking trails. BTSR welcomes people of all faiths to enjoy the beauty of Holy Trinity, Alabama.
To learn about upcoming programs go to www.msbt.org/btsr.
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Questions? Contact us at 334-855-4474 or btsr@msbt.org
Blessed Trinity Shrine Retreat is a mission of the Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed Trinity.
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Heritage
Located in Sharon, Georgia, Heritage's mission is to provide a welcoming Catholic environment that invites people to experience faith, history, and beauty. Learn more at https://www.heritagega.org/about.
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Ignatius House Retreat Center
If you are yearning to unplug, be still and pause your daily routine —if just for a day or a weekend— then a silent, spiritual retreat at Ignatius House is for you. What will you hear from God when nothing else is in the way? Come for a day or stay overnight and rediscover who God made you to be.
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Click here for upcoming events/retreats.
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Located at 6700 Riverside Dr NW Atlanta, GA 30328.
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The Monastery of the Holy Spirit
Our retreat house is scheduled to reopen in March at the end of our church renovations. By popular demand, we will continue to offer our Zoom retreats. Members of the community will give these conferences in addition to our regular Retreat Presenters. Please call the retreat house if you are interested in joining one of our Zoom Conferences.
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Our Office is open Monday-Friday 8:00-1:00 PM, and the number is 770-760-0959. S
For information on upcoming retreats, please go to https://trappist.net/