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CTK Students Giving Hair For A Cause
November 10, 2005Three students at Christ the King School—Elizabeth Quirk, Brady Gwynn and Samantha Allen —are growing their hair long in order to donate their tresses to the Locks of Love organization. Locks of Love is a nonprofit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children 18 years and younger suffering from long-term medical hair loss. Most […]
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Apple Annie Marks 25th
November 10, 2005Over 135 of the Southeast’s finest artisans and crafters will come together at the Catholic Church of St. Ann on Dec. 2 and 3 for the 25th anniversary of the Apple Annie Crafts and Arts Show. The Women’s Guild at St. Ann’s presents Apple Annie, now one of the largest nonprofit shows in the Southeast. […]
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Two Inmates Find Faith’s Freedom Inside Prison
November 10, 2005Hays State Prison inmate Michael Roberts is at peace for the first time in his life as he and fellow inmate Matthew Cahill took important steps on their journeys of conversion to the Catholic faith and to follow Jesus Christ. Archbishop-emeritus John F. Donoghue, wearing red and gold vestments and miter, baptized and confirmed Roberts […]
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Youth Make Many Sacrifices To Attend NCYC
November 3, 2005ATLANTA—“Lean into it.” There were a number of inspiring sound bites from the 2005 National Catholic Youth Conference held in Atlanta from Oct. 27-29, but one that resonated repeatedly with those gathered was this phrase passed on by charismatic speaker and performer Steve Angrisano, who served as the event’s emcee. Angrisano recalled his experience attending […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (November 3, 2005)
November 3, 2005What do you do when 20,000 teenagers stop by for a visit? Well, after you catch your breath, you confidently turn to the amazing people of the Archdiocese of Atlanta to help plan for our largest ever youth conference. We did just that about a year and a half ago when we first agreed to […]
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Gulf Coast Groups Get To NCYC On Wave Of Love
November 3, 2005“Winds of Change” was the spiritual theme of the 2005 National Catholic Youth Conference, but the phrase could as easily describe the extraordinary upheaval some conference participants, youths and adults, have experienced since hurricanes demolished their Gulf Coast communities this fall. Archbishop Alfred C. Hughes of New Orleans, who sat with about 75 teens from […]
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Speakers Exhort Teens To Trust God With Their Lives
November 3, 2005Amid the cheers, despite the silly hats and T-shirts, in the midst of the fun and excitement of the National Catholic Youth Conference held Oct. 27-29, there were lessons to be learned. The message of the conference was heard loud and clear by the teens. “God loves you, is always with you—and that love can […]
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Teens Learn To See The Face Of Poverty Firsthand
November 3, 2005Teens from the confirmation class at St. Michael’s Church in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, have discovered that even as youth they can be Christ’s voice for social justice in their state legislature as they address the problems of homelessness and decrepit low-income public housing on their island. They were looking for a project to address a societal […]
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Youth Get ‘Extreme Makeover,’ Atlanta-Style
November 3, 2005As teen musicians hold a jam session on the nearby Catacombs Café stage, Hiroki Saotome, a high school senior from Michigan, huddles over a white binder with piles of Christmas cards and foam board before him. He has placed a yellow cross, an orange ichthus symbol and a picture of the Nativity on the cover […]
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Young People Asked To Discern Media’s Messages
November 3, 2005First came vinyl records, then tapes and CDs, and now digital audio players for files called MP3s. From “M*A*S*H” and “Charlie’s Angels” and the days of the three TV kings of ABC, CBS and NBC, to “Desperate Housewives,” and no less than 150 reality shows in the age of satellite and cable TV. From the […]