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Legal Community Gathers For Traditional Red Mass
November 2, 2006Localizing a 700-year-old religious and civil tradition, members of the Atlanta legal community joined together for a Red Mass to invoke the blessing of the Holy Spirit on all those who work toward justice. Sponsored by the St. Thomas More Society, a Catholic lawyers organization, the Mass was celebrated Sept. 28 at Sacred Heart Church […]
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Sister Rosaline Salome, CSJ, Dies
November 2, 2006Atlanta native Sister Rosaline Salome, CSJ, died Oct. 20 at the Nazareth Living Center in St. Louis. She was 82 and had served as a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet for 59 years. Born on May 17, 1924, the daughter of David and Rosa (Kaliphy) Salome, Sister Rosaline entered the order in 1946 and […]
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Retired Deacon Jean Moenk Dies
November 2, 2006Deacon Jean R. Moenk, a retired deacon who had served at Most Blessed Sacrament Church in Atlanta, and most recently at St. Matthew Church in Tyrone, died Oct. 11 after suffering a stroke. He was 88. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Deacon Moenk was born on June 17, 1918. He attended John Carroll University in […]
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Beautiful Music To Highlight Worthy Cause
November 2, 2006On Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 18-19, the walls of the Winery at Chateau Elan will be filled with the beautiful music of local musicians to honor the annual “It’s a Wonderful House Tour of Homes” at Chateau Elan. Presented by event coordinator Carrie Rebisa, the musical event is free and open to the public and […]
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Lourdes Nonagenarian Remembers ‘Mother Drexel’
November 2, 2006“May He be so pleased with His work in your soul, and through you in others, that He will take infinite pride in His accomplishment.” – St. Katharine Drexel Good fruit has been easy picking at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, where the first gardener is now a known saint and one to have walked […]
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St. Lawrence Church, CRS Partner For Fair Trade
November 2, 2006St. Lawrence Church will offer a “Work of Human Hands” international crafts fair on Saturday, Nov. 11, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 12, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the parish’s gym. The event will feature beautiful, fairly traded handicrafts made by low-income artisans from around the world. The parish […]
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Annual Fiesta Highlights Amigos’ Work In Nicaragua
November 2, 2006The Amigos for Christ nonprofit is helping hundreds of children in Nicaragua every year to get a primary school education, feeding over 700 youngsters nutritious daily meals, and enabling 63 students to attend secondary or vocational school in the Central American nation where about 33 percent are illiterate. This year some of the 17 mission […]
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Catholic Charities Program Helps Families In Need
November 2, 2006A pregnant mother recently turned to the Pregnancy, Parenting and Adoption program in the Archdiocese of Atlanta after she was evicted from her home. Nine months pregnant with twins as the result of a rape, the mother also had two young children and nowhere to turn. Her belongings had been thrown out onto the street […]
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Monastery Concert Features Atlanta Schola Cantorum
November 2, 2006A fall season of classical choral music will continue at the Monastery of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit on Sunday, Nov. 12, with a program by the Atlanta Schola Cantorum at 3:30 p.m. entitled “Hymns to the Virgin.” Founded in 1974, the group is the area’s oldest independent chorus. The core of the group’s […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (October 26, 2006)
October 26, 2006A couple of months ago I received a summons to appear for jury duty at the Fulton County Court House. Perhaps, like many of you, my first reaction to this directive was to consider how I could get out of the obligation. Once I was assured that there was no graceful escape, I decided to […]