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What I Have Seen and Heard (November 24, 2005)
November 24, 2005During the past several weeks, I have been invited by a number of civic organizations to address them as the still new Archbishop of Atlanta. Most of these societies are ecumenical and interfaith in the composition of their membership. One of them had never even had a Catholic priest to speak to them in their […]
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God Stands Outside; Are We Ready To Open The Door?
November 24, 2005The knock comes on the door of a simple gate at a Catholic church in Baghdad. A recent newspaper story tells about Sister Pauline, who opens the door and never knows what she will see. Sometimes, she meets a parent whose spouse was killed in a bombing and who wants to leave the children with […]
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‘Radio Holy Spirit’ Begins Broadcasting
November 24, 2005Over the summer, Holy Spirit Preparatory School installed a radio station and built a recording studio. The first broadcast and sign-on ceremony was held Oct. 25. The student-operated radio station broadcasts information bulletins regarding school events and activities during morning and afternoon drive times, allowing parents to hear school news as they drop off and […]
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Roswell Parish To Hold Advent Mission
November 24, 2005St. Peter Chanel Church will hold its Advent parish mission Dec. 3-7. The mission will be led by Father Jack Durkin, chaplain at St. Pius X High School in Atlanta. Father Durkin, a cradle Catholic, was born in Darby, Penn., and grew up in Asheville and Charlotte, N.C. He attended Wake Forest University on a […]
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Candlelight Vigil To Focus On At-Risk Youth
November 24, 2005Atlanta will be one of nearly two dozen cities across North and Latin America to participate in the 15th annual Covenant House Nationwide Candlelight Vigil for Homeless Youth on Dec. 7. Participants are invited to gather from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Centennial Olympic Park Amphitheatre. Covenant House, the largest privately funded youth care agency in […]
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Renowned Priest Speaks On Adoption
November 24, 2005In honor of National Adoption Awareness Month, Father George Clements, founder and president of One Church One Child, Inc., recently spoke at an adoption celebration at St. Anthony of Padua Church. Sponsored by One Church, One Child of Georgia, Inc., and the Georgia Department of Human Resources (DHR) Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS), […]
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Jewish-Catholic Choir To Perform Sacred Music Concert
November 24, 2005A combined Jewish and Catholic choir will present a Sacred Music Concert of Jewish and Christian Texts on Thursday, Dec. 15, at The Temple, in honor of the 40th anniversary on Oct. 28 of the landmark “Nostra Aetate,” a Second Vatican Council declaration that affirmed a more positive relationship of the Church to non-Christian religions […]
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Sweet Treats Available Year-Round At Monastery
November 24, 2005At the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers, on the basement floor of the monastery proper, is a room marked by a sign reading “The Fudgery.” Inside this room, the monks create a variety of smooth and creamy fudge designed to tempt the sweet tooth of every candy lover. The fudgery is the brainchild […]
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Bishops Approve Major Documents At Meeting
November 24, 2005After selecting a new general secretary for the next five years and taking a series of votes on major documents Nov. 15, members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops moved into executive session for the second half of their Nov. 14-17 annual meeting in Washington. But before they did, they debated and approved documents […]
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Friend Illustrates The Color Of Love
November 17, 2005I think they are called “morning glories.” They grow on an old fence that stands before a garden that is now fallow, for it is autumn and the time for growing vegetables has passed. The flowers come in several shades—white, violet, pink, blue. I do not know what gives a flower a different color. On […]