Mass has been conducted for

members of The Catholic Church of Saint Gabriel in some diverse places.

It counts among former meeting

places the American Legion building in Fayetteville, the Fayette Presbyterian

Church and finally its own facility in 1995.

Situated on 23 acres on Antioch

Road, just south of Ga. Highway 92 south, Saint Gabriel enjoys a membership

of 700 families.

The Rev. James Patrick Adams,

a.k.a. Father Jimmy, has recently come on board and brings with him a

background in the corporate world, the Army and serving in foreign missions.

Born in upstate New York and

reared in Florida, Adams enrolled at Georgia Tech working toward a degree

in civil engineering. The draft came along and he found himself in the

United States Army, serving two years in Texas.

He returned to Tech and obtained

his degree in 1971. Working in the corporate world until the age of 30,

he realized that God wanted him to head in another direction.

Entering Saint Vincent de Paul

Seminary in Florida, he emerged four years later and was ordained June

5, 1982.

He has served congregations

in Sandy Springs, Washington and Buford, Ga.

Spending a year in Nicaragua

has provided him with a personal mission. Father Jimmy realized when he

returned that so much work remained to be done that he formed Amigos for

Christ, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. It focuses on improving the

lives of the destitute poor in Latin American, the Caribbean and here

in Georgia.

In October, a boys choir from

Amigos will be in the Atlanta area. They are in the 10 to 15 age group

and will be performing religious and folk music to raise awareness of

this mission need.

Members are looking forward

to the parish picnic Sept. 16 for more reasons than good food. The last

check has been sent to the mortgage company, which begs the question,

what can they do next.

Life Teens are gearing up for

another year. These ninth to 12th graders come together in a faith formation

program and to bring teens into a relationship with God

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