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Charities Scramble To Help Neediest Evacuees
December 8, 2005There’s no more rooms at the inn for Hurricane Katrina evacuees. Many of the poorest evacuees in Atlanta still call Catholic Charities daily, fearful of what comes next as they must vacate hotel and motel rooms by January that up till now were paid for by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The Catholic Charities office […]
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St. Peter Chanel Teen Group Raises Lenten Awareness
December 3, 2005Members of the 10:30 a.m. teen group at St. Peter Chanel Church, Roswell, began their Lenten journey in a personal way. In a class led by teacher Cathy Marbury, the teenagers used arts and crafts to raise awareness of historical and Christian dates during Lent. They created crosses bound by gold wire, sand art depicting Scripture scenes, […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (December 1, 2005)
December 1, 2005It came to pass last Saturday evening with much less fanfare and attention than the start of the shopping season received nationally only the day before. Few people even noticed its beginning. Advent more often than not begins quietly with a simple change of color of vestments, with the first display and lighting of the […]
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If God Is A Kind Of Light …
December 1, 2005There is an old barn here on our property at the monastery. I do not know what it was used for years ago. These days, it is used for storage, though that may be too fancy a term. A lot of things have been left there—things that ended up there because there was probably no […]
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Rotary Address Evokes Harvest As Call To Generosity
December 1, 2005Published: December 1, 2005 ATLANTA—Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory delivered the Thanksgiving address to the Atlanta Rotary Club, where he challenged community leaders to reflect upon the abundant harvest of blessings they’ve received and during Advent and beyond to bless others out of that gratitude, planting seeds of hope for those in need. He spoke on […]
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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, […]