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Pilgrimage Provides Chance To Renew Other Vows
July 7, 2005Married for 43 years, Deacon Gary Womack and his wife Sharron have a gentle banter only shared between spouses who have known each other for decades. The pallium Mass pilgrimage was their third trip to Rome, but also one of the most special as they renewed their marriage vows just two days after their 43rd […]
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Three Who Meet Pope Find Experience Unforgettable
July 7, 2005On the Atlanta archdiocesan pilgrimage to Rome, three of the group of over 70 pilgrims learned one morning that they had been chosen by lot to be the ones introduced to Pope Benedict XVI during a general audience at the Vatican. It was a divine gift, and they were elated. Barbara Goeden of Holy Trinity […]
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‘Habemus Papam’—We Pray For The New Pope
July 7, 2005In the second of three articles on the death of Pope John Paul the Great and the election of his successor, Father Paul A. Burke offers reflections on the election of Pope Benedict XVI. The death of a Pope is accompanied by an array of rituals and symbols steeped in tradition. The passing of Pope […]
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New Spanish TV Channel To Broadcast Sunday Mass
July 7, 2005Last year Rafael Ortiz-Guzman was busy planning to launch Georgia’s first locally owned and operated Spanish television channel when he felt chest pains, checked into Saint Joseph’s Hospital and learned that he must immediately have heart bypass surgery. While educated in Catholic schools and raised in the church, the Puerto Rico native, 54, had not […]
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Couples Teach Natural Family Planning
July 7, 2005Two course series in Natural Family Planning offering instruction in the sympto-thermal method will begin in July. Each course is made up of four classes. To register call the course instructors listed below. For more information about Natural Family Planning call Lynn Crutchfield in the archdiocesan Family Life Office at (404) 885-7450. Location: St. Michael […]
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Divorce Support Group Begins At Holy Spirit
July 7, 2005Divorce is never easy. It often changes lives in dramatic and painful ways. But it can help to share the experience with others who are also trying to work through their feelings, with those who understand. Beginning Wednesday, July 20, Holy Spirit Church, 4465 Northside Drive, NW, Atlanta, will introduce a confidential support group for […]
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Program Honors Our Lady Of Mount Carmel
July 7, 2005On the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Holy Spirit Church is honoring her with a morning celebration of song, poetry and prayer, concluding with Marian devotions. During the program, to be held Saturday, July 16, from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., music director Albert Ahlstrom, Ph.D., and singers from the Holy Spirit choirs […]
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Atlanta Lay Dominican Founder Honored
July 7, 2005The lay Dominicans of the Holy Cross Pro-Chapter honored Elaine (Lanie) LeBlanc, OP, Ph.D., on May 14 at Holy Cross Church on her 10th anniversary as a professed lay Dominican. Included in her anniversary gifts and cards were messages of thanks from Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and Father Marty Gleason, OP, Dominican Prior Provincial […]
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Msgr. Lopez Leads 14th Annual St. Pius Dads Day
July 7, 2005About 125 fathers of present and former students of St. Pius X High School in Atlanta participated in this spring’s 14th annual Dads Day of Recollection. The event, which featured talks, discussions, Mass, lunch and the sacrament of reconciliation, was sponsored by the Home and School Association and arranged by Joe Conboy and other St. […]
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Dedicated Volunteer Paul Caruso Wins CSS Award
July 7, 2005Catholic Social Services, Inc. recently presented the 2005 Archbishop John F. Donoghue Award to Paul Caruso of St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Alpharetta. The award was presented to Caruso on June 24 during a special Mass and breakfast celebration at his parish. CSS established the Archbishop Donoghue Award in 2003, honoring the previous archbishop’s commitment […]