Christ Our Hope, Lithonia

Established:	June 21, 1984
Address:	1786 Wellborn Road Lithonia, Georgia 30058
Phone:	770-482-5017
Fax:	770-482-9476
Web site:	www.christourhopeatl.org
City:	Lithonia
County:	DeKalb
Deanery:	Northeast Metro

Parish History

In 1984 the Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta established the first Catholic Church in Lithonia. Father John C. Kieran was assigned as founding pastor. The first celebration of Mass took place in Lithonia First United Methodist Church on October 21st 1984 since Christ our Hope did not have its own place of worship. The name Christ our Hope was chosen from the opening words of St. Paul's letter to timothy: Christ Jesus, our hope. The logo is a combination of the first two letters of the Greek word for Christ (chi and rho) and the anchor cross used by the early Christians as the symbol of hope.

From December 1984 until the present church building was completed in June of 1987, Mass was celebrated in Lithonia High School.