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Atlanta Catholic Centennial

The first one-hundred years of Catholicism in Atlanta were chronicled by T.J. O'Keefe in 1937-1938 in the pages of the Saint Anthony's Parish News. The text runs 17,500 words.

• Introduction
• Conception and birth
• Names of the city
• Early Catholic missionaries
• Early church edifices
• First to organize
• Priests of the early days
• Atlanta in two dioceses
• Other parishes and churches
• Catholic chapels
• The Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta
• Catholic worship and early conditions
• Early schools
• Public schools
• Catholic schools
• Catholic educators in Atlanta
• The Sisters of Mercy
• Boys' school established
• Convent moved to Washington Street
• Saints Peter and Paul School
• School in Saint Anthony's Parish
• School for nursing
• The Order of Sisters of Mercy
• The Georgia foundations
• Walpole's private school
• Sisters of Saint Joseph
• Sacred Heart School
• Saint Joseph Sisters at Saint Anthony's
• Present name of order
• Appendix