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MLK’s Flame Of Hope Shines Beyond America
January 19, 2006Published: January 19, 2006 I had heard of and read about, in a limited way, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. but had not stopped for a moment to reflect what he signifies in my personal life, until this past weekend as America celebrated Martin Luther King day. This was my first time to celebrate this […]
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Seeking Life’s Deeper Meaning? Check The Catechism
January 19, 2006As a little girl, one of the first questions I learned from the old Baltimore Catechism was deceptively straightforward. “Why did God make me?” And, oh, how simple the answer was! “God made me to know, love and serve Him in this world and to be happy with Him in the next.” There it was, […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (January 19, 2006)
January 19, 2006This past Tuesday, I held an interview with a local newspaper reporter. The predictable topic was a reflection on my first year as Archbishop of Atlanta—the high and the low points. I want to share with you, even before that article appears, some thoughts on that theme. This has been a wonderful year in my […]
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Children Can Be Good Stewards Of God’s Gifts
January 19, 2006Someone once defined stewardship as “a little bit of you, a forward path, a privilege, a way, a choice, a pleasure, a helping hand, a promise, a connection, a right, a responsibility, a thank you, an awareness, a commitment, a gift, a crossroad decision, a connection to each other, a little bit of you for […]
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Lively Revival Prepared Lithonia Church For Christmas
January 19, 2006Published: January 19, 2006 LITHONIA—Parishioners at Christ Our Hope Church ushered in the Christmas season with a high-spirited revival led by Father Giles Conwill, a professor of history at Morehouse College, Atlanta. Father Conwill, widely known for his instructive and lively sermons, taught and preached before a full church each night of the three-day revival […]
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Holy Cross Presents ‘Good News!’ As Annual Fundraiser
January 19, 2006“Here we ‘show’ again!” is the familiar catchphrase around Holy Cross Church at this time of the year. The North Atlanta parish has been blessed with musically talented people who are willing—and eager—to use their talents to support the work of Friends of St. Martin de Porres, a food ministry based at Holy Cross. This […]
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CSS Director Accepts New Post In Tennessee
January 19, 2006Sandra Hollett will leave the helm of Catholic Social Services on Jan. 31 with a sense of peace at having led the nonprofit from “crisis to accreditation” and through an expansion of services, most recently a new emergency relief program for Hurricane Katrina evacuees. Hollett has submitted her resignation as executive director of CSS, effective […]
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Catholics Gather To Remember Dr. King’s Dream
January 19, 2006In downtown Atlanta, a city often referred to as the “birthplace of civil rights,” Catholics joined together Jan. 14 to celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and to pray for a continued commitment to the work that he pursued in his short life. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory celebrated the annual King Mass, […]
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Archbishop Began Service In Washington, Charlotte
January 13, 2006Archbishop John F. Donoghue’s service in Atlanta was the culmination of all his beloved work for the church, from his first assignment as priest at a Maryland blue-collar congregation of young families whose church he helped to expand, to his service as bishop of Charlotte, N.C., where he restructured the school system and called for […]
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Archbishop Appoints Deans
January 12, 2006Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the appointment of priests who will serve three-year terms as Deans of three of the Deaneries of the archdiocese. Archbishop Gregory has appointed them after consulting with the priests of each of the Deaneries. It is the first time the process has been used in which priests of the […]