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What I Have Seen and Heard (April 19, 2007)
April 19, 2007Any number of parents are exploring college options at this time of year with their soon-to-be-graduating sons and daughters. I have had several conversations with some of those parents over the past couple of months, and it is fascinating to hear about the issues that parents are considering when helping their youngsters select a college. […]
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Shooting Tragedy ‘Tremendously Sad,’ Bishop Says
April 19, 2007The April 16 shooting spree at Virginia Tech that left at least 33 people dead is “tremendously sad,” said Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo of Richmond. In a phone interview just hours after the shootings, Teresa Volante, Catholic campus minister at Virginia Tech, said she had sent out an electronic notice that the Newman Center chapel […]
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Notre Dame Academy Runs For Reading
April 19, 2007They gathered over $54,000 in pledges. They trained for weeks in their daily physical education classes. And on March 28, 394 Notre Dame Academy students ran to raise money for a new school-wide literary program. The event, titled “Run for Reading,” got started about 9 a.m. with an Atlanta Falcons cheerleader leading the school in […]
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Spring Hill College To Honor Msgr. Edward Dillon
April 19, 2007Spring Hill College will hold its annual commencement on Sunday, May 13, at 10 a.m. on the “Avenue of the Oaks” on the campus. Approximately 300 students will receive their diplomas. Archbishop Oscar H. Lipscomb of the Diocese of Mobile, Ala., is the speaker and will be awarded the Fons Sapientiae Award, the college’s highest […]
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Archdiocesan Festival Choir’s Spring Program Is ‘Gloria!’
April 19, 2007The Archdiocesan Festival Choir will present a concert of sacred music entitled “Gloria!” on Saturday, May 19, at 8 p.m. at Our Lady of the Assumption Church. The featured work will be Antonio Vivaldi’s “Gloria,” to be performed with soloists and chamber orchestra. Also included will be Johannes Brahms’ delightful “Songs Of Mary” (Marienlieder) and […]
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2007 Eucharistic Congress Presenters To Include Archbishop Sambi, Tony Melendez, Matt Maher
April 19, 2007Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory invites young and old, both near and far, to the 12th annual Eucharistic Congress that will commemorate and celebrate “The Food That Endures for Eternal Life”—the theme for this year’s gathering. The two-day event, which is free and open to the public, will take place on Friday and Saturday, June 8 […]
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SVdP Society, Catholic Charities To Collaborate More
April 12, 2007The Atlanta Council of the St. Vincent de Paul Society and Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Inc. have announced their intention to explore new ways in which to increase collaboration to provide better services to people in need in metro Atlanta and north Georgia. As part of this new collaboration, Atlanta Council executive […]
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Students Meditate On Living Stations
April 12, 2007St. Peter Claver Regional School held a moving reenactment of the Stations of the Cross on Friday, March 30, as eighth-grade students organized and acted the story for the whole school community. Using the music “By Your Side,” written by Steve Givens for Creative Communications for the parish in 1999, the readers and actors helped […]
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In Lacrosse Rivalry, Pius Carries A Big Stick
April 12, 2007St. Pius X High School and Marist School met on the familiar turf of Pius’ George B. Maloof Stadium, but instead of football it was the spring sport of varsity lacrosse. In the April 2 match between the two schools, St. Pius X won by a score of 6-4 to move their record to 7-3. […]
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First Archdiocesan Pastoral Council Commissioned
April 12, 2007The new Archdiocesan Pastoral Council will have “the ear” of Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory as he shepherds the Atlanta Archdiocese in the days ahead. The recent commissioning of the 23-member council fulfills the archbishop’s desire to assemble a consultative group of laity, which falls in line with canon law and further establishes “the rightful role” […]