CELEBRATION -- Archbishop John F. Donoghue, right, speaks of the contributions that Father O’Reilly made to the city and the Archdiocese of Atlanta during the March 10 celebration. Msgr. Edward Dillon, pastor of Holy Spirit Church, Atlanta, is pictured on the left.
Photos by Cindy Connell Palmer

REMEMBRANCE -- Father Thomas O’Reilly, who served as pastor of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Atlanta, during the Civil War, is credited with arranging to save the downtown churches and Atlanta’s city hall from the torch of General William T. Sherman.