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Parish City Annual Appeal Goal 2021 Rounded All Saints Catholic Annual Appeal Parish City Goal 2021 Rounded All Saints Catholic Church Dunwoody 166,500 Cathedral of Christ the King Atlanta 511,700 Christ Our Hope Catholic Church Lithonia 22,500 Christ Our King & Savior Catholic Church Greensboro 69,400 Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church Dawsonville 42,000 Corpus Christi Catholic Church Stone Mountain 68,000 Good Samaritan Catholic Church Ellijay 24,800 Good Shepherd Catholic Church Cumming 141,400 Holy Cross Catholic Church Atlanta 130,300 Holy Family Catholic Church Marietta 100,200 Holy Name of Jesus Chinese Catholic Mission Norcross 5,300 Holy Spirit Catholic Church Atlanta 307,600 Holy Trinity Catholic Church Peachtree City 258,100 Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Catholic Church Norcross 65,600 Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church Atlanta 160,500 Korean Martyrs Catholic Church Doraville 57,900 Mary Our Queen Catholic Church Norcross 64,200 Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church Atlanta 21,400 Our Lady of LaSalette Catholic Church Canton 38,200 Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church Atlanta 122,800 Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church Carrollton 49,400 Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church Atlanta 173,000 Our Lady of the Mount Catholic Church Lookout Mountain 44,800 Our Lady of the Mountains Catholic Church Jasper 49,100 Our Lady of Vietnam Catholic Church Riverdale 61,100 Prince of Peace Catholic Church Flowery Branch 225,100 Queen of Angels Catholic Church Thomson 13,200 Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Atlanta 87,300 Sacred Heart Catholic Church Griffin 20,700 Sacred Heart Catholic Church Hartwell 20,000 Sacred Heart Catholic Church Milledgeville 29,300 Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Atlanta 57,800 St. Andrew Catholic Church Roswell 53,600 St. Andrew Kim Catholic Mission Duluth 25,200 St. Ann Catholic Church Marietta 274,100 St. Anna Catholic Church Monroe 42,100 St. Anthony Catholic Church Atlanta 22,700 St. Anthony Catholic Church Blue Ridge 19,800 St. Augustine Catholic Church Covington 29,300 St. Benedict Catholic Church Johns Creek 202,600 St. Bernadette Catholic Church Cedartown 14,100 St. Brendan Catholic Church Cumming 168,900 St. Brigid Catholic Church Johns Creek 302,600 St. Catherine Laboure Catholic Church Jefferson 11,700 St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church Kennesaw 170,900 St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church Acworth 73,300 St. Clement Catholic Church Calhoun 34,100 St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Mission LaGrange 2,100 St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church Mableton 29,200 St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church Blairsville 42,900 St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church Cartersville 49,900 St. Gabriel Catholic Church Fayetteville 55,800 St. George Catholic Church Newnan 53,500 St. Gerard Catholic Church Fort Oglethorpe 18,600 St. Helena Catholic Church Clayton 21,700 St. James Catholic Church Madison 18,000 St. James the Apostle Catholic Church McDonough 97,100 St. John Neumann Catholic Church Lilburn 143,200 St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church Hapeville 38,600 St. John Vianney Catholic Church Lithia Springs 65,600 St. Joseph Catholic Church Athens 82,100 St. Joseph Catholic Church Dalton 66,300 St. Joseph Catholic Church Marietta 244,600 St. Joseph Catholic Church Washington 7,800 St. Jude the Apostle Catholic Church Atlanta 269,100 St. Katharine Drexel Catholic Mission Lookout Mountain 2,700 St. Lawrence Catholic Church Lawrenceville 173,400 St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic Church Dahlonega 32,900 St. Marguerite d'Youville Catholic Church Lawrenceville 39,800 St. Mark Catholic Church Clarkesville 24,500 St. Mary Catholic Church Rome 76,000 St. Mary Catholic Church Toccoa 11,500 St. Mary Catholic Mission Hartwell 3,000 St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church Newnan 71,500 St. Mary Mother of God Catholic Church Jackson 18,100 St. Matthew Catholic Church Tyrone 59,300 St. Matthew Catholic Church Winder 43,700 St. Michael Catholic Church Gainesville 80,100 St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church Woodstock 125,400 St. Monica Catholic Church Duluth 158,000 St. Oliver Plunkett Catholic Church Snellville 94,500 St. Patrick Catholic Church Norcross 67,900 St. Paul of the Cross Catholic Church Atlanta 40,900 St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church Cleveland 34,200 St. Peter Catholic Church LaGrange 38,400 St. Peter Chanel Catholic Church Roswell 263,600 St. Peter the Rock Catholic Church The Rock 13,200 St. Philip Benizi Catholic Church Jonesboro 124,000 St. Pius X Catholic Church Conyers 97,600 St. Stephen the Martyr Catholic Church Lilburn 53,700 St. Theresa Catholic Church Douglasville 69,000 St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church Alpharetta 195,900 St. Thomas More Catholic Church Decatur 154,400 St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church Smyrna 182,100 St. Toribio Romo Catholic Mission Dalton 9,000 St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church Dallas 36,300 Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church Decatur 47,700 Transfiguration Catholic Church Marietta 229,000 UGA Catholic Center Athens 58,900 Totals 8,690,500.
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