HOSPITALITY -- Father Patrick Bishop, left, pastor of the Church of the Transfiguration, Marietta, stands with Father Richard Morrow, a retired priest at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta. Father Bishop’s parish has hosted Shepherds Night for three consecutive years.
Photos by Michael Alexander

CROSSTOWN COMRADES -- With a friendship that spans nearly 10 years, Father Thomas J. Meehan, left, pastor of St. Anthony’s Church, Atlanta, and Father James Schillinger, campus minister for the Catholic Center at Emory University, enjoy the social hour prior to the Shepherds Night dinner.

FUN FOR ALL -- Jo Hanna, left, of St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Alpharetta, laughs it up with Father John Anderson, pastor of Prince of Peace Church, Buford.

GATHERING -- William Bezaire of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Atlanta, talks with Father Thad Rudd, chaplain at the Veterans Administration Hospital and administrator at St. Clement’s Church, Calhoun.

COMING TOGETHER -- (L-r) Father Issac Sobha Sundar, parochial vicar at St. Pius X Church, Conyers, Father Gregory Hartmayer, OFM Conv., pastor of St. Philip Benizi Church, Jonesboro, and Father Richard Zivic, parochial vicar of the Metropolitan Tribunal, converse before the Shepherds Night dinner at the Church of the Transfiguration, Marietta, Feb. 8. The Serra Clubs of Atlanta sponsor the annual dinner.