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Area Continues To Aid Hurricanes’ Victims
September 29, 2005Archdiocesan agencies, schools and churches are continuing to assist victims and evacuees of Hurricane Katrina on both a local and national level. Over 20,000 evacuees from the Gulf Coast are said to be staying or relocating in Atlanta. Marty Kraft, communications director for the Atlanta St. Vincent de Paul Society, said that the agency is […]
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Dioceses Urged To Help Young People From Gulf Coast Get To Conference In Atlanta
September 29, 2005All dioceses and parishes planning to participate in the 2005 National Catholic Youth Conference in Atlanta in October are being asked to help young people from the Gulf Coast who now find they cannot attend because of economic hardship brought on by Hurricane Katrina. The Catholic Youth Foundation, which works in conjunction with the National […]
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Catholic Women Renew Mission At NCCW Convention
September 29, 2005Over 1,200 Catholic women and some 50 of their priest-moderators from around the country gathered Sept. 15-18 for the National Council of Catholic Women’s biennial convention celebrating “85 years making a difference” at the Hilton Atlanta Hotel. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory celebrated Mass for the 52nd convention the morning of Sept. 17, where he praised […]
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Donation To Build New Saint Joseph Cancer Center
September 27, 2005Saint Joseph’s Hospital has received a commitment of $5 million from William B. Erb for the creation of the Florence Hays Erb Cancer Center on the hospital’s Sandy Springs campus. This is the largest philanthropic gift in Saint Joseph’s history. “It has been the tradition of Saint Joseph’s to name rooms and a single building […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (September 22, 2005)
September 22, 2005One thousand two hundred Catholic women met in Atlanta last week at the Downtown Hilton Hotel. They were the delegates for the 52nd Biennial Conference of the National Council of Catholic Women, and we in the Archdiocese of Atlanta were quite privileged to host them. From all that I could tell, they had a wonderful […]
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Visit By Former Pastors Warms Parish Anniversary
September 22, 2005St. Theresa Church parishioners observed the 20th anniversary of the church’s establishment with special celebrations Aug. 6. Visits by three of the four previous pastors were a highlight of the occasion. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory was the principal celebrant of the anniversary Mass at 5 p.m. with the current pastor, Father Richard Tibbetts, and the […]
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Father Richard Kieran’s 40th Jubilee Celebrated
September 22, 2005Father Richard Kieran celebrated his 40th anniversary as a priest in June, and he was honored at a Mass and reception at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, the parish where he was first assigned when he arrived from Ireland in 1965. The church was filled with people who have known him for many years, including […]
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Katrina And The People Of New Orleans
September 22, 2005Those of us from New Orleans who were not at home when Hurricane Katrina struck looked on with amazement and outrage at TV coverage that revealed the government’s slow responses to the cry of the poor. As the director of the Institute for Black Catholic Studies at Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans, I […]
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How to Help
September 22, 2005To make a monetary donation, give through your parish or donate directly to Catholic Charities USA: Online using a credit card at www.catholiccharitiesusa.org. Call (800) 919-9338 to make a contribution using a credit card. Mail a check, payable to Catholic Charities USA, to the following address: Catholic Charities USA, P.O. Box 25168, Alexandria, VA, 22313-9788. […]
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Archbishop Gregory Embraces AIDS Ministers
September 22, 2005Kenya Griffin held a quilt and danced gracefully among AIDS ministers and others gathered at Our Lady of Lourdes parish hall Aug. 19. “My heart spills overflowing with tears / I cry for your suffering and for your shortened years / and I’ll take you with me as I walk away / remembering you who […]