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Sweet Treats Available Year-Round At Monastery
November 24, 2005At the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers, on the basement floor of the monastery proper, is a room marked by a sign reading “The Fudgery.” Inside this room, the monks create a variety of smooth and creamy fudge designed to tempt the sweet tooth of every candy lover. The fudgery is the brainchild […]
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Bishops Approve Major Documents At Meeting
November 24, 2005After selecting a new general secretary for the next five years and taking a series of votes on major documents Nov. 15, members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops moved into executive session for the second half of their Nov. 14-17 annual meeting in Washington. But before they did, they debated and approved documents […]
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Friend Illustrates The Color Of Love
November 17, 2005I think they are called “morning glories.” They grow on an old fence that stands before a garden that is now fallow, for it is autumn and the time for growing vegetables has passed. The flowers come in several shades—white, violet, pink, blue. I do not know what gives a flower a different color. On […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (November 17, 2005)
November 17, 2005I receive a lot of mail that includes requests for a meeting with me! I think that it goes with the territory of being the Archbishop of a large and growing local Church. I try to respond to all my mail in a timely fashion—but not always as quickly as I would like, and I […]
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Sister Mary Fran Bruns, Former Administrator, Dies
November 17, 2005Sister Mary Frances Bruns, CSJ, died Nov. 6 at the Nazareth Living Center in St. Louis. She was 66 years old. Daughter of George and Gertrude Bruns, she entered the sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in 1959 at age 17 and made her final profession in August 1964. Sister Mary Fran served in the […] Full Story
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Help End The Cycle Of Poverty
November 17, 2005My Dear Friends in Christ, Could you live on $9,393 a year? Could your family of four live on $18,810 a year? Those figures, according to the government’s Census Bureau, defined the most recently studied poverty line. Today’s statistics reveal that in spite of the prosperity many Americans enjoy, nearly 36 million of us—including one […]
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Aerial Angels Of Mercy Respond To Hurricane Crisis
November 17, 2005When Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast nearly three months ago and the larger relief agencies responded to victims on the ground, Angel Flight of Georgia (AFGA), a small nonprofit group located in the administration building of Atlanta’s DeKalb Peachtree Airport, took to the air to offer assistance to those in need. For over 20 […]
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Fans Support Our Lady Of Perpetual Help Home
November 17, 2005The 49th annual luncheon given by the auxiliary of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home was held Saturday, Oct. 1, at the Renaissance Waverly Hotel and brought together hundreds of people from across the archdiocese in support of the ministry of the home. In a gracious ballroom setting, old friends from distant parishes greeted one […]
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Vocations Derive Direct Benefit From Annual Appeal
November 17, 2005When her son Michael is ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Atlanta in 2010, Sharon Shouse expects to be at the church in the front row, handkerchief in hand. But in order for her to fulfill her dream, it will take support and prayers for Michael and the 54 other seminarians studying for […]
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Spiritual Cinema Planned At CTK
November 17, 2005On Friday, Nov. 25, the Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta, will host its third annual holiday Spiritual Cinema, a movie night featuring the beloved animated film “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” followed by the main presentation, “One Magic Christmas,” starring Mary Steenburgen. The evening will begin at 6 p.m. with a rosary for vocations in […]