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NorthEast Deanery

The next Northeast Deanery Meeting will be Saturday, May 3, at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Hartwell.  Registration and snacks begin at 9:30 and the meeting will begin at 10.

Our speaker will be Natalie Ligon, parole officer for the Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole.  She’s a Defensive Tactics instructor, a Post Certified Senior instructor and a Trainer for Morale Recognition Therapy.  We invite all women in all the churches Northeast Deanery to come and learn from this lady. 

To make reservations (to be included in lunch) please call Rosemary Bussure @ 706-376-2788 or Colette St.Cyr @ 706-597-8086.  $5.00 registration fee to cover cost of lunch.

Directions to Sacred Heart:  Take I-85N for Greenville, SC.  Exit at #177, GA77S for Hartwell/Elberton.  Turn Right at GA-366/GA77S (10.4 miles) continue to follow GA-77.  IMPORTANT to stay on GA-77S through town, until there is a Quality Food store on the right.  The church is on the left.

For your information, the following churches are in the Northeast Deanery:  (it would be wonderful if we could have at least two representatives from each of these Parishes): Christ Our Hope, Christ Redeemer Mission, Good Shepherd, Church of The Holy Cross, Corpus Christi, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Korean Martyrs, Mother of God Byzantine-Ukranian, Our Lady of the Americas, Our Lady of the Assumption, Prince of Peace, Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Mission, Purification, Queen of Angela, Sacred Heart in Atlanta, Sacred Heart of Jesus, St. Anna, St. Augustine, St. Benedict, St. Brendan, St. Brigid, St. Catherine LaBoure, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Helena, St. James, St. John Neumann, St. Joseph in Athens, St. Joseph in Washington, St. Joseph Maronite, St. Lawrence, St. Luke the Evangelist, St. Marguerite D’youville, St. Marks, St. Mary in Toccoa, St. Mary in Elberton, St. Matthew, St. Michael, St. Monica, St. Oliver Plunkett, St. Patrick, St. Paul The Apostle in Cleveland, St. Pius X, St. Stephen the Martyr, St. Thomas Moore.

Northwest Deanery

The next Northeast Deanery meeting will be Saturday, May 17 at St. Peter Chanel in Roswell.  Registration and snacks will begin at 9:30 followed by 10:00 meeting.  Our speaker will be Terri Weaver from the Birthright Organization.  If you are so inclined, this organization can use some of the following items:  Maternity clothing (especially extra large), crib sheets, baby towels and cloths, cloth diapers and pins, bibs and burp cloths, etc.  The can also use gift certificates to Target and Wal-Mart.

To make reservations, please call Catherine Perry at 770-439-5796 or email at cathyp@juno.com  There is at $5 registration fee to cover cost of lunch.

Address for St. Peter Chanel is 11330 Woodstock Road, Roswell, GA  770-678-9424
You can find directions to the church on their web site.

We will be making final preparations for our upcoming convention to be held on September 5, 6, 7, 2008 at the Atlanta Marriott Northwest.  If you haven’t made your reservations, do so NOW by calling 770-952-7900 and state that you are with the Atlanta Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women and get the special rate of $89 per night.

Churches in our Northwest Deanery are:  All Saints, Cathedral of Christ the King, St. Ann, St. Joseph in Dalton, Transfiguration, Epiphany Byzantine, Good Samaritan, Holy Family, Holy Spirit, Mary Our Queen, Our Lady of LaSalette, Our Lady of the Mount in Lookout Mountain., Our Lady of the Mountains in Jasper, St. Andrew, St Anthony in Blue Ridge, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Clements, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Francis DeSales, St. Gerard, St. John Vianney, St. Joseph in Marietta, St. Jude the Apostle, St Mary in Rome, St. Michael the Archangel, St. Paul of The Cross, St. Peter Chanel, St. Theresa, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Thomas The Apostle  and St. Vincent de Paul.  All Women’s groups in all these church, PLEASE send at least two of your ladies to this very important meeting!

South Deanery

When the more than 50 women of the South Deanery gathered for our Spring meeting on Saturday, April 12, they were treated to a day of prayer, information, sharing, and spiritual renewal through the words of our guest speaker, Helene Gaede.

After a fun “ice-breaker” using toilet paper (you’ll have to check with VP Ginny Fuller on this!), reports from Commission chairs, parish presidents, and discussion of new business followed.  The women of St. James the Apostle Church in McDonough, under the leadership of Nancy Thibault, president of St. James’ CCW, and Ginny Fuller, our Deanery VP, provided everyone with lovely handcrafted decorations at their tables, and a terrific luncheon menu!

Out next “gathering” in the South Deanery (before Convention) will be as hosts of the MAKE A SMILE PARTY at Central State Hospital in Milledgeville on Monday, May 12th.  Parishes are collecting shirts, caps, stuffed animals, and small bags of personal cosmetic items for the patients who will play bingo for the prizes.  The party begins at 1:00 pm that day.  All are welcome to join in this wonderful Community Affairs project!

Note: The AACCW deaneries differ from the deaneries of the Archdiocese of Atlanta. There are ten deaneries of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, and the AACCW is divided into three deaneries: South, Northwest, and Northeast.