Father James Fennessy of St. John Neumann Church, Lilburn, and Father Richard Kieran. The parish was originally established as a mission of Holy Cross Church, Chamblee, in 1965. Father Curran also recognized the late Father Ken Bayer who, in 1987, had the current church building added onto the original building constructed in 1973. He thanked building designers Chapman Griffin Lanier Sussenbach Architects, Inc., Potts General Contractors, Inc. and building committee chairman Bob Riddett. The pastor spoke of the many seeds of friendship to surely be planted on the gymnasium's fertile soil.
Families can connect there.
He spoke of the next building project to better serve the parish of 2,000 families by expanding the worship space by 900 seats. According to Father Curran, the parish has doubled in size over the past five years and adds about 300 parishioners annually, as half the newcomers to Lawrenceville are Catholic. I look forward to coming to work as there are such wonderful people on this staff. The archbishop asked God to bless the building and all those who use it. He then sprinkled holy water through the hallways of the new building as parents, catechists, students and others lined the walls and filled the classrooms.