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OLA School Reaches Out To Refugee Families
December 22, 2005All of the classrooms at Our Lady of the Assumption School are filled with excitement as the Christmas season advances. Advent wreaths, colorful angels and seasonal bulletin boards adorn each room. But in addition to the usual Christmas decorations, a large basket or box resides in each classroom as a reminder that giving during Advent, […]
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Guadalupe Feast Recalls God’s ‘Eternal Promise’
December 22, 2005On her feast day, Our Lady of Guadalupe’s power to lead people to “Cristo” was evident through the pounding drums, thousands of roses and other expressions of love at Our Lady of the Americas Mission where participants prayed, attended Mass and celebrated all night Dec. 11 and throughout the next day. Administrator Father Fernando Molina-Restrepo […]
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What I Have Seen And Heard (December 15, 2005)
December 15, 2005Last Thursday evening, it rained! It was not a very good night to take a walk, but it was nonetheless a wonderful evening to honor the Mother of God under Her title of the Immaculate Conception. And so about 200 Catholics from the Archdiocese shared in the Eucharist at Sacred Heart Parish in Atlanta and […]
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Vatican Moves From Pen And Parchment To DVDs, Web
December 15, 2005Two hundred years ago, popes communicated with pen on parchment, in documents and letters secured with sealing wax. Today, Pope Benedict XVI’s teachings and speeches are flashed around the world in real time on the Internet, and he is the star of the Vatican’s own Web site. He gives interviews to Vatican Radio, and many […]
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To Those Displaced By Hurricanes To Atlanta
December 15, 2005My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, As the Archbishop of Atlanta I address this letter to those of you who were displaced by last summer’s hurricanes and have come to the Atlanta area for your interim care. Because I know that this terrible natural disaster has changed your lives forever, I also realize that […]
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Archbishop Asks North Georgia Catholics To Help
December 15, 2005My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, The Advent and Christmas seasons are traditionally times of preparation, expectation, joy and happiness. However, this Advent season there is one community in Atlanta, some 50,000 evacuees from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, who will not fully share in this wondrous season. These people have recently experienced sorrow, hopelessness […]
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Xavier President Says Recovery Is ‘Little By Little’
December 15, 2005Like thousands of other New Orleanians, Norman Francis, the president of Xavier University, lost his house in Hurricane Katrina. He nearly lost the university he has led since 1968 and built into a national powerhouse. And now the man who arguably has done more than others over the last 40 years to change the face […] Full Story
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Parish’s Touching Work Trip To Gulf
December 15, 2005A mission team of nearly 100 men from St. Peter Chanel Church began awakening aboard two buses after their overnight drive Nov. 18-19 to New Orleans on the eve of the solemnity of Christ the King, ready for a whirlwind day of hard labor for their neighbors in need. As they pulled into an empty […]
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Project Financed With Tax-Exempt Bonds
December 15, 2005Approximately $48.5 million in tax-exempt bonds were sold to finance the St. George Village project, Gary Meader, chief financial officer of the archdiocese, said Dec 12. St. George Village, a continuing care retirement community, officially opened Nov. 1. It is fully reserved in its independent living units and has started a waiting list. Explaining the […]
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Youth Choirs Sing In Pueri Cantores Festival
December 15, 2005Three area youth choirs participated in the second annual Pueri Cantores Student Choral Festival Nov. 6 at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Savannah. Performing at the regional event were the choir of Mary Our Queen Church, Norcross, under the direction of Kevin Faulkner; the youth choir of St. Catherine of Siena Church, […] Full Story