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Thursday, December 18, 2008
www. diosav. org
Southern Cross, Page 7
Visit the new Diocese of Savannah Web site
V isit the newly designed, user-friendly diocesan Web
site at www.diosav.org. The pages present the offices
and ministries of the Diocese of Savannah.
An events calendar details upcoming activities while
Bishop J. Kevin Boland’s calendar shows his travels around
the diocese. The photo gallery provides a pictorial review
ranging from school events to parish celebrations to ordina
tions, Gartland Award recipients and Golden and Silver
wedding anniversary couples.
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Office of the Bishop
Office of the Bishop
Catholic Pastoral Center
601 East Liberty Street
Savannah, Georgia 31401-5196
0912)201*1079
Email: Office of the Bishop
Bishop of Savannah
His Excellency the Most Reverend J.
Kevin Boland. D.D.
Executive Secretary
Virginia "Ginger" E. Ansel
Assistant
Maggie Blanc
An invitation from J. Kevin Boland - Bishop
of Savannah &
Dear Brothers and Sisters.
May I extend a warm Southern welcome to you as a visitor to the Web site of the
Catholic Diocese of Savannah.
We are a vibrant community of about 74,000 Catholics covering 37,000 square miles
of south Geor gia in the United States of America.
Spanish missionaries first brought the faith to the barrier Islands of Georgia in the
1500s The Church thrived for two centuries until the British took over the colony of
Georgia in 1733 and outlawed Catholicism.
Following the American Revolutionary War, a band of Maryland pioneers, seeking to
better themselves economically, traveled south and established a Catholic
community near Sharon, Georgia. The hamlet, consisting of a log church and
cemetery was named Locust Grove, Georgia. This small settlement of English-
speaking Catholics was soon joined by French, German and Irish Catholics.
Today many cultures, including African Americans, some of whose ancestors
came here by way of Haiti, and Vietnamese, who came in the 1970s following the
fall of Vietnam to Communism, make up the fabric of our local church.
The Spanish influence, which brought the first wave of Catholic Christianity to
Georgia, is felt today with the presence of over 60,000 Hispanic CathoSc migrants,
residing 04 varying times within our borders Increasingly, these famines are settling
m our communities, bringing their language arid customs to many of our churches.
Whether you are an active member of one of our parishes, a Catholic who has
drifted away from the faith, or someone just surfing the World Wide Wfcb looking for
something of spiritual value, 1 welcome you to stay a while and get to know us
better. If you are not a resident of south Georgia and are ever traveling in our area,
please stop by for a visit at one of our parishes.
Whatever route you use to reach us, whether in person or through the marvels of
technology, I extend to you the warmth of our Southern hospitality in the name of
Jesus Christ.
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churches with links to Web sites of parishes which have them.
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Chris A. Bass and Minna P. MacLeod are responsible for the redesign. Bass, a Web
programmer for the Savannah College of Art and Design, is a member of Blessed
Sacrament Parish in Savannah. MacLeod began volunteering on the SavannahPriest.com,
and the Saint Peter the Apostle School and Parish Web sites. She is now part time Web
resources manager for the Office of Communications and continues to maintain the Web
sites for Saint Peter the Apostle.
The site features an online edition of the Southern Cross,
including slide shows and photos that extend articles from
the weekly newspaper.
www. diosa v. org