American by birth
Oh, and this quote is spot on:
Mr. Genovese, a Catholic living in Atlanta, noted Roman Catholicism “is growing by leaps and bounds in Georgia. That’s mostly immigration but that does include conversions. The Catholic Church in Georgia has quadrupled since we came to Atlanta 20 years ago.” “Plus, the recruitment of priests in Georgia is very strong. The young priests here tend to be more traditional.”
April 28th, 2006 at 10:25 am
See? What did I tell you?
April 28th, 2006 at 11:05 am
Here is my favorite quote: “In parts of the South, you still feel you’re in a kind of Christendom.”
Let’s face it. The article highlights yet another dramtic cultural difference between the South and North. Even with mobility, we’re just two very different regions.
April 28th, 2006 at 6:14 pm
The Southern Baptist Convention still owns the South. We are the largest denomination in the region. God willing, we always will be.
Amen!
April 28th, 2006 at 6:17 pm
Better y’all than the Methodists.
(ducks head and runs for cover)
April 28th, 2006 at 7:55 pm
AMEN again.
April 29th, 2006 at 9:04 am
Hey, watch your mouth, Feddie.
April 29th, 2006 at 9:37 am
NAR-
Just teasing. Some of my best friends are Methodists.
April 29th, 2006 at 10:35 am
You have excellent choice in friends.
As for the Southern Baptists, my dad is the son of a Southern Baptist preacher. But he felt a John Wesley-like “strange warming of his heart” when he met my mom, an ardent Methodist. Amazing how that happens…
April 29th, 2006 at 2:53 pm
Born and raised in Alabama, now in Atlanta. Somehow Simon bar-Jonah hooked this 210lb speckled redneck and carefully reeled him in to the right side of the Tiber. I was 27 when he finally hauled me up on the bank and I am so thankful he didn’t toss me back.
There ain’t no catch-and-release on Peter’s boat!