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Buford ‘Amigos’ Strain To Finish Village For Poor
October 27, 2005In 2003 Gladys Rivas was living with her husband and three children in a shack made of metal scraps with a dirt floor outside of Chinandega, Nicaragua. Along with some 120 other families, they lived amidst the wafting stench of burning garbage from the city dump next door. Survivors of the devastation caused by Hurricane […]
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St. Thomas Aquinas Receives North Fulton Honor
October 27, 2005St. Thomas Aquinas Church has been selected as “Church Partner of the Year” by North Fulton Community Charities at the group’s annual meeting. NFCC is a grass-roots organization offering emergency assistance to families and individuals who live in the North Fulton area. St. Thomas Aquinas outpaced all of the 69 churches and synagogues that partner […]
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Blessed Trinity To Host ‘Harry Potter For Habitat’
October 27, 2005“Harry Potter” fans will have a chance to experience the book firsthand when Blessed Trinity High School hosts a special Habitat for Humanity fundraiser on Saturday, Nov. 12. About 50 members from the school’s Habitat for Humanity chapter will sponsor a Harry Potter-themed family carnival on campus from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for children […]
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OLA Helps Displaced Families Rebuild
October 27, 2005Our Lady of the Assumption School has welcomed four families in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. OLA School and Parish are helping these families to start over and rebuild their households through a project spearheaded by OLA School’s spiritual life committee called “The Giving Tree.” Two “Giving Trees” are located on campus and each is […]
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Popular ‘Cotton Patch Gospel’ Extended To Nov. 20
October 27, 2005Theatrical Outfit will extend the run of its popular production of “Cotton Patch Gospel” until Nov. 20 in the Outfit’s new home at the Balzer Theater at Herren’s in downtown Atlanta. It is the first show to launch the 2005-2006 Outfit season and is an all-time favorite with area audiences. “Cotton Patch Gospel” was written […]
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Archbishop Announces Change in Annual Appeal Policy
October 27, 2005Each year, Catholics in North Georgia are asked to contribute to the primary fundraising effort of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal. And each year, the funds collected through this campaign go to support the vital programs and ministries that form the compassionate and social justice work of the church, including the support […]
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A Change Of Heart: Having Fun By The Sea
October 27, 2005My husband and I are dangling a raw chicken leg, tied to a string, from the second floor balcony of our rented condo in Cedar Key, Fla. It is hard to imagine why two people with graduate degrees in engineering (him) and philosophy (me), people who floss daily, take vitamins and work in a theology […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (October 27, 2005)
October 27, 2005On one of the final evenings of my trip to Rome, I had a pizza with a friend of mine who works at the Congregation for the Saints, the Vatican office that oversees the processes for canonizations. We talked about many different things, including several of the many causes for sainthood of Americans that are […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (October 20, 2005)
October 20, 2005This week, several friends from Atlanta will visit Rome, and I can’t wait to see them! A few of our priests are coming over for a vacation and some members of an Atlanta family that I have come to know quite well will be here for a couple of days. It represents a wonderful opportunity […]
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Hurricane’s Distress Touches Seniors, Who Respond
October 20, 2005Voices are a funny thing. Sometimes it’s not what is said, but rather what is felt, that sends up an immediate alarm. The quiet tones of my mom’s quivering words echoed loudly to me that something was wrong. “Are you all right?” I asked. Her response was slow and deliberate. “I’m OK, but have you […]