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Exonerated Inmates To Expose Death Penalty Injustices
December 1, 2005Juan Roberto Melendez-Colon held a rope in his hands preparing to strangle himself in his Florida prison cell, but something held him back. He lay down and in his sleep he dreamed that he was swimming again as he loved to do as a boy in the tranquil aqua waters of the Caribbean. “The sun […]
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Poor Defense Lands Innocent Man On Death Row
December 1, 2005Condemned to death based on highly questionable and circumstantial evidence, Ray Krone, director of communications and training for Witness to Innocence, is the 100th person to be exonerated from Death Row. In 2002 he was released after 10 years in prison, celebrating with a seafood dinner and a milkshake. He was actually lucky as, unlike […]
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St. Brigid Boys Soccer Team Wins League Championship
December 1, 2005The under-10 boys soccer team from St. Brigid Church is showing signs of success both on the soccer field and off. The team recently won the Atlanta Metro Catholic League Championship. And in addition to their winning soccer spirit, the team has helped work toward a victory for children’s cancer. In lieu of the standard […]
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High Tea To Benefit Ulster Project Atlanta
December 1, 2005Published: December 1, 2005 ATLANTA—Ulster Project Atlanta will host a high tea before the 13th annual WB Yeats Foundation’ Celtic Christmas Concert Saturday, Dec. 17, in the fellowship hall of Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta from 5-7 p.m. The church is located next door to the Schwartz Memorial Performing Arts Center on the Emory University […]
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Marist Cross Country Teams Take Home State Honors
December 1, 2005Marist School’s boys and girls cross country teams competed at the state finals in Carrollton on Saturday, Nov. 5, finishing in first and second place respectively. The Marist boys team, led by senior John Whitcomb, ran their way to their fourth straight state championship. When front-runner senior Iain Turnbull became sick with mononucleosis in mid-October, […]
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New Judicial Vicar, Director Named For Tribunal
December 1, 2005Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced that Father William J. King, JCD, will serve the Archdiocese of Atlanta as the judicial vicar for the Metropolitan Tribunal. Father King has served as the judicial vicar of the Diocese of Harrisburg, Pa., since 1990 and has a distinguished record of priestly service in pastoral, academic and leadership […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (November 24, 2005)
November 24, 2005During the past several weeks, I have been invited by a number of civic organizations to address them as the still new Archbishop of Atlanta. Most of these societies are ecumenical and interfaith in the composition of their membership. One of them had never even had a Catholic priest to speak to them in their […]
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God Stands Outside; Are We Ready To Open The Door?
November 24, 2005The knock comes on the door of a simple gate at a Catholic church in Baghdad. A recent newspaper story tells about Sister Pauline, who opens the door and never knows what she will see. Sometimes, she meets a parent whose spouse was killed in a bombing and who wants to leave the children with […]
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‘Radio Holy Spirit’ Begins Broadcasting
November 24, 2005Over the summer, Holy Spirit Preparatory School installed a radio station and built a recording studio. The first broadcast and sign-on ceremony was held Oct. 25. The student-operated radio station broadcasts information bulletins regarding school events and activities during morning and afternoon drive times, allowing parents to hear school news as they drop off and […]
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Roswell Parish To Hold Advent Mission
November 24, 2005St. Peter Chanel Church will hold its Advent parish mission Dec. 3-7. The mission will be led by Father Jack Durkin, chaplain at St. Pius X High School in Atlanta. Father Durkin, a cradle Catholic, was born in Darby, Penn., and grew up in Asheville and Charlotte, N.C. He attended Wake Forest University on a […]