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Christ The King School Holds ‘Carnivale’Auction
January 25, 2007Christ the King School’s Parent Volunteer Association auction committee is busily preparing for the school’s 12th annual auction. This year’s auction theme is Carnivale, and the event will be held Saturday, Feb. 3, at the Hellenic Center on Clairmont Road. This fundraiser serves as the “social event of the year,” when the CKS community comes […] Full Story
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Mini-Institutes On Lenten Rites Planned
January 25, 2007The Committee for Ongoing Formation of Priests and The Atlanta Forum on the Catechumenate are sponsoring two mini-institutes on “The Lenten Rites” Friday and Saturday, Feb. 2 and 3. Father Rick Conway, pastor of St. Robert Bellarmine Church in Andover, Mass., will conduct the Friday, Feb. 2, institute for priests and deacons from 10 a.m. […] Full Story
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Atlantan To Represent U.S. At Panama Encounter
January 25, 2007The Archdiocese of Atlanta has been invited to represent the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and participate in the XV Latin American Encounter for National Representatives of Youth and Young Adult Ministry. This “encuentro” conference, convened by the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM), is not only historical but important for the pastoral development of […]
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Stephanie Wood: Teens Can Be Passionately Pro-Life
January 25, 2007Stephanie Wood’s father, Steve, was never more of a hero to her than when he was being carried into the back of a police van after being arrested. A leader in Operation Rescue, an organization dedicated to the fight against abortion, Steve Wood was arrested after peacefully refusing to move from blocking the doors to […]
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Knights’ Memorials Honor Unborn, Offer Healing
January 25, 2007Just about every time Jessica Chelena goes by her parish of St. Michael the Archangel, she glances over to the memorial garden dedicated to the unborn last year where a striking Carrara marble statue of Our Lady of Grace stands. “I’m amazed. … There’s always someone sitting in front of the statue or kneeling in […] Full Story
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Letters, Christmas Cards Bring Blessings That Linger
January 18, 2007We are well into the New Year now. Our Christmas decorations have been taken down and put away for another year. We are back to ordinary time, and the monastery is adorned now with the trappings of ordinary life. In some ways, Christmas seems long ago. Some Yule things linger, though. During the Christmas season […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (January 18, 2007)
January 18, 2007For the most part our country lives with a common calendar, celebrating the same annual events across our many and varied regions and states. But how we observe certain calendar dates belongs preeminently to specific places. Mardi Gras is an institution in New Orleans, and even though Hurricanes Katrina and Rita changed that city significantly, […]
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Diaconal Formation—Atlanta Style
January 18, 2007I was once asked, “What was the greatest gift you have received?” My first inclination was to say my wife and family, but after some thought my answer came out, “Being ordained a deacon.” You may ask why? The answer is simple. Ordination has strengthened my love for my wife; it has strengthened my relationship […]
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OLA Play Keeps Real Meaning Of Christmas Alive
January 18, 2007A cast of 52 students played to a full house at Our Lady of the Assumption School’s Dec. 19 production of “Believe,” a Christmas play interspersed with Christmas carols. Christopher Bowman, a fifth-grader, played Alex, the lead character, who is fed up with the commercial hype he sees surrounding the Christmas season. Feeling that the […] Full Story
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Young Adults Asked To ‘Step Up’ Like King
January 18, 2007Father Roy Lee, Ed.D., challenged those at the first Martin Luther King Jr. gathering for young adults to find the courage to take risks and to use their gifts to edify the multicultural church and society of North Georgia. It was the first MLK archdiocesan event specifically for young adults and was held at Shout […]