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Teens ‘Animate’ Words In Dance, Song At Event
November 3, 2005She had sung the song perfectly during practice just a few minutes before the Mass, but as Mary Williams took the stage to lead the nearly 17,000 people, including over 120 priests and 15 bishops in the Georgia Dome in the responsorial psalm, her voice, so strong just a few minutes earlier, came out as […]
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Devoted Monk And Author, Brother Bill Reams Dies
November 3, 2005Brother William Reams, OCSO, a monk of the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers, died peacefully on Sunday, Oct. 30, in the monastery infirmary. He persevered faithfully in the monastic life for 49 years and died of complications of leukemia. Later known as Brother Bill, he was born George William Reams on June 2, […]
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DeKalb Choral Guild To Perform At Monastery
November 3, 2005On Sunday, Nov. 6, at 3:30 p.m., the DeKalb Choral Guild will present “Toward the Light,” a musical manifestation of inspiration and inner vision, featuring an encore performance of “A Celebration Mass” by Atlantan Sharon J. Willis, at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit. The director of the DeKalb Choral Guild, Bryan F. Black, noted […]
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Jubilant Teens Gather In Atlanta For NCYC
November 3, 2005Picture this: thousands of Catholic teenagers, many wearing T-shirts with slogans like “Discover Jesus” and “i pray,” sprinting through stadium aisles to claim front row seats—not for a football game, hockey game or concert—but for Mass. Over 16,500 teens from across the United States gathered for Mass to conclude the 2005 National Catholic Youth Conference […]
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Welcoming Volunteers Make The Difference At NCYC
November 3, 2005They stood tirelessly by the escalators wearing bright blue vests, greeting NCYC attendees and checking credentials. For hours they worked with teens in the arts and crafts area of the thematic park, helping them assemble prayer journals or teaching them to make twine rosaries. In the Georgia Dome, they directed teens to their seats, ushered […]
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Remembering Our Dead On All Souls Day
October 27, 2005November 2, All Souls Day, has a new relevance given the recent global disasters. This time when we contemplate our deceased loved ones we will surely remember also those lost recently by way of storms and earthquake. All Souls Day is observed universally but in different ways. In Mexico, Dia de los Muertos is celebrated […]
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Cathedral Nov. 2 Mass To Feature Rutter’s ‘Requiem’
October 27, 2005The feast of All Souls is Nov. 2, and November is a month traditionally dedicated to remembering ancestors and loved ones who have died. The Cathedral of Christ the King will once again offer a moving remembrance of the feast of All Souls in a very special liturgy. On Wednesday, Nov. 2, at 7:30 p.m., […]
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Buford ‘Amigos’ Strain To Finish Village For Poor
October 27, 2005In 2003 Gladys Rivas was living with her husband and three children in a shack made of metal scraps with a dirt floor outside of Chinandega, Nicaragua. Along with some 120 other families, they lived amidst the wafting stench of burning garbage from the city dump next door. Survivors of the devastation caused by Hurricane […]
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St. Thomas Aquinas Receives North Fulton Honor
October 27, 2005St. Thomas Aquinas Church has been selected as “Church Partner of the Year” by North Fulton Community Charities at the group’s annual meeting. NFCC is a grass-roots organization offering emergency assistance to families and individuals who live in the North Fulton area. St. Thomas Aquinas outpaced all of the 69 churches and synagogues that partner […]
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Blessed Trinity To Host ‘Harry Potter For Habitat’
October 27, 2005“Harry Potter” fans will have a chance to experience the book firsthand when Blessed Trinity High School hosts a special Habitat for Humanity fundraiser on Saturday, Nov. 12. About 50 members from the school’s Habitat for Humanity chapter will sponsor a Harry Potter-themed family carnival on campus from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for children […]