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Blessed Alphonsa Mission Builds Church In Loganville
October 12, 2006Catholics who belong to a rite extending back to the missionary time of the apostle St. Thomas are building their first church in North Georgia in Loganville. The community, Blessed Alphonsa Catholic Mission of Georgia, is part of the St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Chicago. They are building on six acres of land on […]
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Catholics Support Vocations Through Annual Appeal
October 12, 2006Creating holy priests for the archdiocese is not only the responsibility of the archdiocesan vocations director, but also that of the entire Catholic community of North Georgia. That is the message that Father Brian Higgins, vocations director, hopes to relay to parishioners of the Archdiocese of Atlanta. And as the vocations program in the archdiocese […]
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Honored Sister, 85, Still Lobbying For Social Justice
October 12, 2006At the recent 50th anniversary gathering of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, the 2006 Outstanding Leadership Award was given to Sister Catherine Pinkerton, CSJ, a lobbyist at NETWORK who has advocated for social and economic justice issues on Capitol Hill for more than 22 years—starting at age 63. Sister Catherine was honored as an […]
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Magnificat Speaker To Share Family’s Faith Story
October 12, 2006Rebecca Fidero, a parishioner at St. Stephen the Martyr Church, will share how the depth of her Catholic faith has strengthened her family in tough times at the upcoming Magnificat breakfast on Saturday, Nov. 11. All women in the archdiocese are invited to the breakfast, which will be held at Killian Hall, 908 Killian Hill […]
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Beloved St. Pius Teacher Remembered
October 12, 2006The St. Pius X High School community is mourning the death of one of their own. On Thursday, Sept. 28, Stan Bird, the high school’s former Latin teacher of 20 years, lost his battle with melanoma. The funeral Mass was held on Oct. 2 at St. Michael Church in Gainesville. St. Pius X faculty and […]
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Lecture Series To Feature Talk On Catholic Education
October 12, 2006Mark John Clark, a professor at Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paola, Calif., will discuss “Why Catholic Education Excels at Every Level” on Thursday, Oct. 19 at Holy Spirit Preparatory School as part of the school’s ongoing lecture series. The lecture will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the college lecture classroom located on the second […]
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Day Of Reflection For Liturgists Set For Oct. 28
October 12, 2006Father J-Glenn Murray, SJ, will be the keynote speaker at a day of reflection for ministers of the liturgy, Saturday, Oct. 28, at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Alpharetta. Since 1995, Father Murray has served as the director of the Office of Pastoral Liturgy in the Diocese of Cleveland. He was the principal drafter of […] Full Story
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Another Fall Friday Night Of Football
October 12, 2006Pinecrest Academy in Cumming extended their consecutive winning streak to four games with a 37-14 win over Monroe Academy and gave the school’s first graduating class a senior night to remember. With a well-balanced offensive attack, Pinecrest sophomore quarterback Michael Metz threw two touchdown passes to Michael Boulanger, and running backs Luis Domenge and Tom […]
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Roswell Parish ‘Digs’ For New Worship Space
October 12, 2006Guided by a construction worker, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory manned a backhoe loader and extended its mighty claw to scoop out a big chunk of dirt during a groundbreaking ceremony for permanent worship space at St. Peter Chanel Church, and then little boys ran up to rake their fingers through the raw earth. The archbishop […] Full Story
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Sitting In Cars, Talking—A Memory Made New
October 5, 2006Augustine flew in from Utah, where he spent a week on retreat at our monastery in Huntsville. His flight was right on time, and on the way to the car he said that he was hungry, so we stopped at a “Wendy’s” here in Conyers for a late-night snack. Only the drive-in service was available, […]