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Donate Search Search Close Who We Are What is Mission Advancement? Our Team/Contact Us Archdiocese of Atlanta Annual Report Initiatives Ministries Seminarians Campus Ministries Disabilities Ministry Adult and Family Faith Formation Hispanic Ministries Marriage and Family Life Ministry Programs Catholic Mission Outreach Catholic Charities Atlanta GRACE Scholars Projects Laudato Si’ CCA Veterans Services Our Impact People Donor Spotlight Parish Resources Annual Appeal Ways to Give × Who We Are What is Mission Advancement? Our Team/Contact Us Archdiocese of Atlanta Annual Report Initiatives Ministries Seminarians Campus Ministries Disabilities Ministry Adult and Family Faith Formation Hispanic Ministries Marriage and Family Life Ministry Programs Catholic Mission Outreach Catholic Charities Atlanta GRACE Scholars Projects Laudato Si’ CCA Veterans Services Our Impact People Donor Spotlight Parish Resources Annual Appeal Ways to Give Archbishop’s Annual Appeal 2024 In His Presence all things are made new. It is through thoughtfu l r eflecti on upon the gifts that we have been given that i f each one of us commits to do our part we can exceed th is year’s $9.4 million goal and spread His love th r ough good works like campus ministr ies , C atholic C harities, L a u dato S i’ , seminarian formation , disabilities ministries , parish pre-school programs and more . As stewards of the gifts that He has provided, God places in us a need to give and that sacrificial giving can change and open us more fully to the working of God’s grace. What a beautiful opportunity to practice our faith through the sharing of our blessings ! Donate Now Campus Ministries The Newman Center is the presence of the Church at the non-Catholic university. I show the pastoral care of the Church through accompaniment, empathy, and love to be the gateway for the next generation of stewards.” – Fr. Urey P. Mark, Lyke House Catholic Newman Center at the Atlanta University Center Read the Full Interview with Father Mark Donate Learn More Archdiocesan Seminarians It gives me so much Joy to be pursuing this vocation where I’ll be able to accompany people as they encounter Christ and journey with people in their joys and their difficulties." – Jacob Butz, Archdiocese of Atlanta Seminarian Read the Full Interview with Jacob Butz Donate Learn More Catholic Charities Atlanta We are charged with loving our neighbors and caring for the vulnerable. I get to do that with my work at St Joseph Place. I get to set a standard of excellence of how we communicate God’s love in action. ” – Monifa Holman, Catholic Charities Atlanta Read the Full Interview with Monifa Holman Donate Learn More Laudato Si’ "As we gather in His Name, to do the sacred work of caring for our common home, we feel God’s presence among us and our connectedness to each other and the Earth." - Susan Varlamoff, Laudato Si Initiative, St. John Neumann Creation Care Team Read the Full Interview with Susan Varlamoff Donate Learn More Y our participation in the 2024 Archbishop’s Annual Appeal not only funds the programs, ministries and services directly a s sist ing many individuals and families but also parishes, missions , and schools as they carry out the good work of the Church throughout north and central Georgia. See how the power of your gift supports the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Faith Formation and Discipleship Faith Formation & Discipleship receives $2,700,000 for the support of its related programs and ministries. Campus Ministry ($800,000) Under-Resourced Schools ($700,000) Religious Education ($400,000) Marriage & Family Ministry ($300,000) Pastoral Care Ministry ($250,000) Youth & Young Adult Ministry ($200,000) Parish Pre-School Programs ($50,000) Supporting Our Clergy $3,100,000 goes towards Supporting our Clergy. Seminarian Education ( $1,800,000) Priest Support & Retirement Care ($750,000) Permanent Diaconate ($400,000) Priest Continuing Formation ($150,000) Priest Continuing Formation ($150,000) Caring for Creation & Community Caring for Creation and Community receives $1,250,000. Metropolitan Tribunal ($500,000) Intercultural Ministries ($250,000) Life, Dignity, Justice and Inclusion ($250,000) Justice & Peace Ministries ($150,000) Prison & Jail Ministry ($100,000) Compassion for the Most Vulnerable Compassion for the Most Vulnerable receives $1,900,000 Catholic Charities ($550,000) Parish & Mission Support ($500,000) Child & Youth Protection ($400,000) Respect Life Ministry ($200,000) Disabilities Ministries ($150,000) Hospital Ministry ($100,000) Overview of Annual Appeal Totals Supporting Our Clergy $3,100,000 Faith Formation and Discipleship $2,700,000 Compassion for the Most Vulnerable $1,900,000 Caring for Creation and Community $1,250,000 Administrative $400,000 Total $9,350,000 When we come together in His Presence and make all things new, we touch the lives and hearts of others through our selfless giving and create opportunities for new encounters with the living hope of Christ. Donate In case you missed the Archbishop’s Homily... Play Video Read the Archbishop’s Homily My Dear Friends in Christ, Peace and All Good! I cherish this moment to speak with you on matters of the heart. In the weeks leading up to this time together, I find myself often in the chapel, in the company of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, so that his heart speaks to mine. In His Presence is where we all find joy and peace, as well as comfort and consolation. And so, it seems appropriate that the theme for this year’s Annual Appeal isIn His Presence. ” In the Holy Eucharist, the heart of Christ is poured out for us in the greatest act of love that this world has ever known. How often we find ourselves in his presence for a heart to heart” encounter in which we share our joys and sorrows, hopes and fears, not always in equal measure. The great English convert and scholar of the nineteenth century, St. John Henry Cardinal Newman chose heart speaks unto heart” as the motto to go on his coat of arms when he became a cardinal in 1879. That motto inspired Cardinal Newman to compose a prayer called, Radiating Christ , which in part reads: Dear Jesus, help me to spread Your fragrance wherever I go. Flood my soul with Your spirit and life. Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly, that my life may only be a radiance of Yours. Shine through me, and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel Your presence in my soul. Let them look up and see no longer me, but only Jesus! This prayer reveals the heart of a person who is deeply in love with Jesus and who is passionate about wanting to share the reality of this love with others. In the same way, we spread the fragrance of Christ everywhere we go, when we carry within our hearts God’s loving and merciful presence. Our world so desperately needs to see God shining through us because he is the source of our joy. Today’s Gospel begins with Jesus teaching in a synagogue in Capernaum on the Sabbath. St. Mark tells us that as the people listened to Jesus, they were astonished as Jesus taught with such authority, unlike the scribes. Scribes never expressed their own judgment or opinion but cited the great masters of the past to support whatever they would say. Also, scribes focused on the external observances of the Law rather than its spirit. And so, their teaching failed to make an impression on people because it lacked personal conviction, being grounded in experience. They did not practice what they preached. On the other hand, Jesus’ words had the power to move people’s hearts because his words were drawn from his own experiences with God’s holy people. He spoke with his own voice and his own authority. Jesus revealed the truth of God’s love. His heart overflowed with love for the sick and the abandoned, the poor and the outcast. People experienced God’s mercy and compassion in his every deed and action. Unlike the scribes, who used their authority to keep people in line, Jesus’s...