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High Tea To Benefit Ulster Project Atlanta
December 1, 2005Published: December 1, 2005 ATLANTA—Ulster Project Atlanta will host a high tea before the 13th annual WB Yeats Foundation’ Celtic Christmas Concert Saturday, Dec. 17, in the fellowship hall of Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta from 5-7 p.m. The church is located next door to the Schwartz Memorial Performing Arts Center on the Emory University […]
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Marist Cross Country Teams Take Home State Honors
December 1, 2005Marist School’s boys and girls cross country teams competed at the state finals in Carrollton on Saturday, Nov. 5, finishing in first and second place respectively. The Marist boys team, led by senior John Whitcomb, ran their way to their fourth straight state championship. When front-runner senior Iain Turnbull became sick with mononucleosis in mid-October, […]
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New Judicial Vicar, Director Named For Tribunal
December 1, 2005Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced that Father William J. King, JCD, will serve the Archdiocese of Atlanta as the judicial vicar for the Metropolitan Tribunal. Father King has served as the judicial vicar of the Diocese of Harrisburg, Pa., since 1990 and has a distinguished record of priestly service in pastoral, academic and leadership […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (November 24, 2005)
November 24, 2005During the past several weeks, I have been invited by a number of civic organizations to address them as the still new Archbishop of Atlanta. Most of these societies are ecumenical and interfaith in the composition of their membership. One of them had never even had a Catholic priest to speak to them in their […]
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God Stands Outside; Are We Ready To Open The Door?
November 24, 2005The knock comes on the door of a simple gate at a Catholic church in Baghdad. A recent newspaper story tells about Sister Pauline, who opens the door and never knows what she will see. Sometimes, she meets a parent whose spouse was killed in a bombing and who wants to leave the children with […]
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‘Radio Holy Spirit’ Begins Broadcasting
November 24, 2005Over the summer, Holy Spirit Preparatory School installed a radio station and built a recording studio. The first broadcast and sign-on ceremony was held Oct. 25. The student-operated radio station broadcasts information bulletins regarding school events and activities during morning and afternoon drive times, allowing parents to hear school news as they drop off and […]
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Roswell Parish To Hold Advent Mission
November 24, 2005St. Peter Chanel Church will hold its Advent parish mission Dec. 3-7. The mission will be led by Father Jack Durkin, chaplain at St. Pius X High School in Atlanta. Father Durkin, a cradle Catholic, was born in Darby, Penn., and grew up in Asheville and Charlotte, N.C. He attended Wake Forest University on a […]
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Candlelight Vigil To Focus On At-Risk Youth
November 24, 2005Atlanta will be one of nearly two dozen cities across North and Latin America to participate in the 15th annual Covenant House Nationwide Candlelight Vigil for Homeless Youth on Dec. 7. Participants are invited to gather from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Centennial Olympic Park Amphitheatre. Covenant House, the largest privately funded youth care agency in […]
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Renowned Priest Speaks On Adoption
November 24, 2005In honor of National Adoption Awareness Month, Father George Clements, founder and president of One Church One Child, Inc., recently spoke at an adoption celebration at St. Anthony of Padua Church. Sponsored by One Church, One Child of Georgia, Inc., and the Georgia Department of Human Resources (DHR) Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS), […]
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Jewish-Catholic Choir To Perform Sacred Music Concert
November 24, 2005A combined Jewish and Catholic choir will present a Sacred Music Concert of Jewish and Christian Texts on Thursday, Dec. 15, at The Temple, in honor of the 40th anniversary on Oct. 28 of the landmark “Nostra Aetate,” a Second Vatican Council declaration that affirmed a more positive relationship of the Church to non-Christian religions […]