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State Legislators Debate Immigration Reform Bill
March 9, 2006The Georgia Senate has begun debating a bill that targets the legal status of hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants in Georgia, putting more pressure on businesses not to hire them, on law enforcement to verify their immigration status, and on public agencies not to offer them more than the minimum of services required by […]
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Georgia Bishops Write On Immigration Reform
March 2, 2006Pastoral Letter from the Most Reverend Wilton D. Gregory, Archbishop of Atlanta, and the Most Reverend J. Kevin Boland, Bishop of Savannah, Regarding Immigration Reform America has always been a country built of many immigrant peoples, who bring with them richness in cultures and diversity from all areas of the world. Our nation has consistently […]
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Praying For Relatives, Poor Souls, Even Pet Turtles
February 23, 2006I have an addictive personality. When other women take up knitting, they usually spend a few months creating a scarf or shawl. As for me, once I pick up the needles, I become an automatic knitting machine. When one mitten is done, I go on to the next one, with barely a breath in between. […]
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What I Have Seen And Heard (February 23, 2006)
February 23, 2006I suspected that it would eventually come to my desk here in the Archdiocese of Atlanta because the same issue had already come to my attention in the Archdiocese of Chicago and then in the Diocese of Belleville. The issue of what is appropriate attire to wear in Church is a concern for many people. […]
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Natural Family Planning Course Begins Feb. 26
February 23, 2006A course series in the Sympto-Thermal Method of Natural Family Planning will be offered at Holy Spirit Church in Atlanta starting on Sunday, Feb. 26. Each course is a series of four monthly classes taught by certified teaching couples. To register contact the instructors listed below. For additional information about NFP, call Lynn Crutchfield in […]
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Final Preparations Set For Those Entering Church
February 23, 2006Approximately 1,300 men, women and children are preparing to be initiated into the Catholic Church at Easter in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. As they begin their final preparation, these catechumens and candidates will come together from every parish in our archdiocese to celebrate the Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion with Archbishop Wilton […]
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Kathi Stearns Resigns As Chancellor Of Archdiocese
February 23, 2006Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced that Kathi Stearns has resigned as chancellor of the archdiocese. Stearns, 38, leaves her longtime role as one of the senior administrators of the archdiocese to pursue another local career opportunity. Her last day of work will be March 14. She has served as chancellor since April 24, 2005, […]
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Archdiocese Celebrates Those In Consecrated Life
February 23, 2006The archdiocese celebrated the gift of consecrated life at a gathering Feb. 6 for vespers and dinner of men and women who are members of religious orders or other expressions of consecrated life. The event was sponsored by the archdiocesan Office for the Vicar for Consecrated Life, Sister Mary-beth Beres, OP, and hosted by the […]
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Cathedral Offers Friday Evening Lenten Music Series
February 23, 2006The Cathedral of Christ the King will present a series of Lenten musical meditations designed to deepen and enhance the impact and devotions of the season. The performances will be held on each of the five Fridays of Lent, March 3-April 7. Traditionally, the Fridays of Lent have been a special time of fasting and […]
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Cartoonist To Speak On ‘Adultitus’ At Duluth Parish
February 23, 2006Wisconsin cartoonist Jason Kotecki will speak about living and loving with a childlike faith, especially in the season of Lent, on Saturday, March 4, at the Church of St. Monica. Kotecki, whose comic strip, “Kim and Jason,” has appealed to worldwide readers of all ages with its humorous childlike look at life, will also speak […]