(L-r) Msgr. R. Donald Kiernan, vicar general of pastoral ministries for the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Father Niel Jarreau, SJ, Ignatius House retreat director, Atlanta, Father Balappa Selvaraj, pastor of St. Peter Church, LaGrange, Father Robert Silva, president of the National Federation of Priests' Council, and Msgr. Hugh Marren, pastor of St. Benedict Church, Duluth, attend the Provincial Assembly of Bishops and Priests, Decatur, Oct. 23. The annual meeting, which brought together over 100 priests, traditionally occurs for three days during the last full week of October. The facilitator for the gathering was Father Mel Blanchette, SS, director of the Vatican II Institute for Clergy Formation, Menlo Park, Calif. Next year's meeting will take place in Savannah.
(Photo by Michael Alexander)