The 6th Annual “Carry The Cross” Challenge supporting our North Georgia Seminarians will be on Saturday, November 7th, 2026. There are over 66 Seminarians studying for the priesthood in North Georgia. As they learn to become the future priests of our parishes, we carry our own Crosses to defray their everyday expenses. On Saturday morning, CrossBearer Teams will once again each carry a 40 lb. Cross along the Kennesaw Mountain Trail, a beautiful 5.6-mile hike. Please support t

Support our Knights of Columbus by purchasing one or more FootballMania tickets to be automatically entered for a chance to win $100’s in cash prizes! With each ticket you buy, you’ll get a digital FootballMania raffle-like game card, and you are automatically entered into the sweepstakes and do not need to do anything else to win. Each e-ticket is $20 and we will have winners each week. FootballMania begins on November 5, 2026, and runs for the last 10 weeks of the professio

Looking for a school where your child can thrive academically, grow spiritually, and develop a strong foundation? Join us for our Open House on October 21st! Come discover what makes our K-8 community so special. During your visit, you'll tour our classrooms, meet our principal, see learning in action, and explore how we weave Catholic values into a rigorous academic curriculum. We offer a safe, Christ-centered environment where every student is known, loved, and encouraged t

November 2nd marks The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls). We will once again offer a Novena of Masses for All Souls, from November 2nd-10th, 2026. If you would like to have a loved one remembered in this year's All Souls Novena of Masses, please click here to fill out the form to register, and you will receive an acknowledgment and a digital Mass card via email. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

Discover Chesterton Academy of Atlanta! Join us for our Open House on Saturday, October 24th, from 10:00am-12:00pm and experience what makes a Chesterton education unique. Meet our headmaster, faculty, and students, tour our school, and learn more about our classical Catholic education and joyful school community! RSVP today at www.chestertonatl.org.

Our St. John Paul II Altar Server Guild will meet on Saturday, October 24th, from 9:15am–10:00am in the Church for a spiritual talk and refresher training for all servers. Afterward, all servers and their dads are invited to stay and help spread mulch and other light yard work in the Mary Garden and big playground area from 10:00am–11:00am. Please bring gloves!

Save the date for our annual Trunk or Treat and Fall Festival on Saturday, October 31st from 12:00pm-3:00pm. We will have amazing trunk-or-treat festivities, games, live music, face painting, and more family fun! Tacos, burgers and hot dogs will be available, or pack a picnic lunch. No scary costumes or full face masks, please! Note that candy distribution will be from 12:00pm-1:30pm. We look forward to seeing you there! Please support this event by donating one or more bags

We have many neighbors in need of food. Please remember our St. Vincent de Paul food pantry on your next grocery run and drop off donations in the SVDP donation bin in the narthex! We need non-perishable food items, generally in cans, plastic jars, or boxes, especially: Hamburger Helper Tuna Helper saltine crackers instant mashed potatoes personal care items (for adults, kids, and babies) Please no glass containers! Thank you for your support!

Faith and Mission – Sunday Mornings @ 8:45am We will start Sunday, September 13 at 8:45am, in room 316. This year, we will look at the history of the various orders and their spiritualities, starting with the Desert Fathers, and touching on the Augustinians, Benedictines, Dominicans, Franciscans, Jesuits, and others. Women’s Bible Study – Wednesday Mornings @ 10:00am All women of the parish are invited to come and learn how to navigate unwanted circumstances and deferred ho

The Rooted in Christ—Growing in Faith campaign is an archdiocesan-wide effort to help provide for the continued growth or our archdiocese and several longer term needs including building funds to help provide facilities for some of our under-resourced parishes as well as building endowments that will support our Catholic schools, college campus ministries, Catholic Charities, seminarian formation and resources to help support our priests (see below for more specifics). Archbi