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Writer Explores 10 Disciplines Of Christian Life
January 26, 2006AUTHENTIC FAITH: The Power of a Fire-Tested Life; by Gary L. Thomas; Zondervan, 2002; 256 pp; paperback; $12.99. What does it mean to follow Jesus? Is going to church regularly and keeping the commandments enough? Not really, according to best-selling author Gary Thomas, who in “Authentic Faith” examines 10 disciplines that he believes God uses to […]
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New Chapel Will Be ‘Heart’ Of St. George Village
January 26, 2006The community at St. George Village now has the opportunity to come to Mass there and to pray before the Blessed Sacrament following the dedication of the Sts. Joachim and Anne Chapel on Dec. 21, 2005 by Archbishop-emeritus John F. Donoghue. Participating in the Mass of Dedication were residents of the new Catholic continuing care […]
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Retired Cop Finds ‘Beautiful’ World At Lourdes
January 26, 2006Pete Marsala journeyed as a volunteer last year to the Catholic pilgrimage site in the Pyrenees of Lourdes, France, where he met an Italian man who had been cured of bone cancer after visiting there in 1963. That pilgrim was the 63rd healing out of 67 at Lourdes to have been certified miraculous by the […]
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Archbishop Offers Mass At Start Of Pro-Life Events
January 26, 2006At a Mass marking the beginning of a series of events mourning the 33rd anniversary of the Supreme Court decision to legalize abortion, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory decried societal complacency about accepting the lowered, changeable standards of morality in this nation that are in direct conflict with God’s perfect, timeless standard of respect for the […]
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Movie Programs Provide Eye-Opening Look At Life
January 19, 2006It’s been two years since we at St. Thomas the Apostle parish in Smyrna began our film series, “Holy Hollywood.” I believe some thought that the movies in the series would be explicitly about “religious” subjects—stories dealing with biblical events or personages, saints or holy people or films with “Catholic” issues or settings like the Vatican, popes […]
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MLK’s Flame Of Hope Shines Beyond America
January 19, 2006Published: January 19, 2006 I had heard of and read about, in a limited way, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. but had not stopped for a moment to reflect what he signifies in my personal life, until this past weekend as America celebrated Martin Luther King day. This was my first time to celebrate this […]
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Seeking Life’s Deeper Meaning? Check The Catechism
January 19, 2006As a little girl, one of the first questions I learned from the old Baltimore Catechism was deceptively straightforward. “Why did God make me?” And, oh, how simple the answer was! “God made me to know, love and serve Him in this world and to be happy with Him in the next.” There it was, […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (January 19, 2006)
January 19, 2006This past Tuesday, I held an interview with a local newspaper reporter. The predictable topic was a reflection on my first year as Archbishop of Atlanta—the high and the low points. I want to share with you, even before that article appears, some thoughts on that theme. This has been a wonderful year in my […]
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Children Can Be Good Stewards Of God’s Gifts
January 19, 2006Someone once defined stewardship as “a little bit of you, a forward path, a privilege, a way, a choice, a pleasure, a helping hand, a promise, a connection, a right, a responsibility, a thank you, an awareness, a commitment, a gift, a crossroad decision, a connection to each other, a little bit of you for […]
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Lively Revival Prepared Lithonia Church For Christmas
January 19, 2006Published: January 19, 2006 LITHONIA—Parishioners at Christ Our Hope Church ushered in the Christmas season with a high-spirited revival led by Father Giles Conwill, a professor of history at Morehouse College, Atlanta. Father Conwill, widely known for his instructive and lively sermons, taught and preached before a full church each night of the three-day revival […]