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Charter Residents Flock To New St. George Village
December 15, 2005St. George Village has officially opened as a continuing care retirement community adjacent to St. Peter Chanel Church and the campus of Blessed Trinity High School and Queen of Angels Elementary School. Charter residents have been moving into the new facility on a staggered schedule since early November. The ribbon-cutting was held Nov. 1. St. […]
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School Shares Patron Saint’s Ministry Of Welcome
December 8, 2005As evacuees from the Gulf Coast region streamed into Atlanta during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the Catholic schools in North Georgia opened their doors to many of the children fleeing the destruction and seeking shelter. And St. Peter Claver Regional School, which started the school year with 98 students, expanded dramatically when 42 students […]
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Groups Provide Opportunities To Help Evacuees
December 8, 2005Catholic Charities and the St. Vincent de Paul Society have launched a winter coat and furniture drive for evacuees from Hurricane Katrina and desperately need the following items: new and gently used furniture (chairs, tables, end tables, card table sets); lamps; dinnerware, flatware and glassware sets; full and twin sheet sets; blankets; towels (hand, bath […]
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New Director Of Deacon Personnel Named
December 8, 2005Deacon Dennis Dorner, a permanent deacon who serves at St. Brigid Church in Alpharetta, has been selected by Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory to succeed Deacon Alfred Mitchell as the director of deacon personnel. Archbishop Gregory announced the appointment of the 53-year-old Deacon Dorner on Dec. 2. Deacon Mitchell, who has been serving in the archdiocesan […]
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Chapel Blessing Solidifies New College’s Spiritual Core
December 8, 2005Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory dedicated the new chapel of Southern Catholic College on the windy, cold day of Nov. 22 and affirmed the college’s presence as a blessing to the Atlanta Archdiocese that contributes greatly to students from across the Southeast and beyond. Archbishop-emeritus John F. Donoghue concelebrated the Mass and blessed the school and […]
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Grammy Winners Highlight Celtic Christmas Concert
December 8, 2005Top regional performers will join two Grammy Award-winning artists—Celtic and banjo virtuoso Alison Brown and Bill Whelan, composer of the musical “Riverdance”—in contributing to the 13th annual Atlanta Celtic Christmas Concert on Dec. 17 and 18 at 8 p.m. at Emory’s Schwartz Center for Performing Arts. Over the past 12 years the Atlanta Celtic Christmas […]
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Mercy Student Wins State Heisman Award
December 8, 2005Brett Bartels, a student from Our Lady of Mercy High School in Fairburn, recently received recognition as the male state winner for the 2005 Wendy’s High School Heisman Award. Bartels, an active parishioner at Holy Trinity Church in Peachtree City, was chosen from the 592 nominated high school seniors in the state of Georgia as […]
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Archbishop Celebrates Mass At Oldest Cemetery
December 8, 2005Standing where Bishop John England and other bishops and priests have stood for two centuries, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory presided at Mass at Locust Grove Cemetery on Saturday, Nov. 5. The Mass for All Souls is a long tradition at Locust Grove Cemetery, which is the former site of Our Lady of Purification Church, a […]
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St. Anna Quilters Sew Help For Cancer Home
December 8, 2005A group from St. Anna Church has formed the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Quilters, raising nearly $1,000 with a quilt raffle benefiting Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cancer Home in Atlanta. The members of the group worked together on the quilt each week for five months and are challenging quilters at other churches to […]
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Archdiocese Celebrates Our Lady Of Guadalupe Feast
December 8, 2005The following is a list of churches around the archdiocese holding celebrations in Spanish in honor of the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Dec. 12. The celebrations honor Mary as patroness of the Americas, a title arising from her appearances in 1531 to St. Juan Diego on Tepeyac hill outside Mexico City. […]