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Five Priests Celebrate 25 Years Of Ministry
July 6, 2006FATHER AUSTIN FOGARTY Irish-born Father Austin Fogarty studied at All Hallows Seminary in Dublin and St. Peter’s College in Wexford before coming to the United States. An invitation from a Texas bishop brought him across the Atlantic where he completed his studies at Assumption-St. John’s Seminary in San Antonio, Texas. In 1976 he was accepted […]
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African-American Catholics To Convene
July 6, 2006Archdiocesan Catholics will have a unique opportunity to attend the International African-American Catholic Evangelization Conference, which will be held at the Atlanta Hilton Hotel Aug. 4-6. The biennial conference is a joint endeavor of the IAACEC and the National Black Catholic Congress Youth and Young Adult Commission. Its purpose is to empower all who attend, […]
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AACCW Raising Book Funds For Texas School
July 6, 2006The Atlanta Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women is supporting a commitment by the National Council of Catholic Women to purchase new math textbooks for Our Mother of Mercy School in Beaumont, Texas, which was devastated by Hurricane Rita last year. The small parochial school suffered severe roof and water damage from the hurricane; the building […]
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Theology On Tap Starts Eight Wednesday Series
July 6, 2006The popular Young Adult Ministry (YAM) speaker series Theology on Tap will be held Wednesdays in July and September at Frankie’s in the Prado on Roswell Road and at Fox Sports Grill in Atlantic Station. Young adults in their 20s and 30s are invited to attend. The series kicked off July 5 with Brother John […]
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Norcross Parish Hosts Catholic Parenting Conference
July 6, 2006A conference for parents on “Cultivating Catholic Families: Building the Domestic Church” will be held on Saturday, July 22, to help participants to be more proactive in their children’s faith formation. The conference will run from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and will include speakers, a panel discussion, up-to-date and hands-on effective materials to purchase, […]
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July 19 Mass, Dinner To Support Seminarians
July 6, 2006The second annual Atlanta archdiocesan seminarian dinner will be held Wednesday, July 19, at St. Brigid Church. All are invited to attend the dinner, which will follow a 6 p.m. Mass. After Mass, there will be a social hour at 7 p.m., followed by dinner at 7:30 p.m. in St. Brigid’s Corbett Hall. Dress is […]
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Joy Abounds At First Jubilee Anniversary Mass
July 6, 2006When Ralph and Lois Heim got married, she wore a traditional white dress. The next time they made their vows she wore a pastel pink suit and a yellow corsage, and they were surrounded by dozens of other couples. And though 50 years have passed since those vows first sealed them as man and wife, […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (June 22, 2006)
June 22, 2006“Thank you for the Eucharistic Congress!” I have heard that phrase repeatedly since last Saturday. In all candor, I am not the one who should be thanked. You would have to have a long list of people, many of whom prefer to remain anonymous, who by right should be thanked for the success of this […]
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Teens Feel The Power Of Family, Community
June 22, 2006It wasn’t too hard to find the teen track of the 11th annual Eucharistic Congress. It was just a matter of following one’s ears. Praise and worship music led by the XLT band boomed out of Exhibit Hall A of the Georgia International Convention Center June 17, while as many as 1,500 teenagers gathered together […]
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Hispanic Speakers Call For Lives Reflecting Christ
June 22, 2006In the Spanish-language track of the 11th annual Eucharistic Congress, speakers called on participants to be nourished by the Eucharist and then to go out and live in Christ’s presence with love, charity and concern for social justice—the most powerful witness of faith. Speakers were Father Allan Figueroa Deck, SJ, a leading Hispanic-American theologian, Bishop […]