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Nonprofits Co-Sponsor Huge Yard Sale July 31
July 22, 2004Catholic Social Services, Inc. is partnering with nonprofit organizations from all over Atlanta for “Georgia’s Biggest Yard Sale” at Lakewood Exhibition Center on Saturday, July 31 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Presented by American Equity Mortgage, the yard sale will feature items such as toys, furniture, clothing, shoes, tools, household items, appliances, outdoor equipment, […]
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Archbishop Thanks Visitation Nuns On 50th Jubilee
July 22, 2004Fifty years ago the heartfelt desire of a cloistered nun was realized when she founded a monastery of her order in her home state of Georgia. Mother Francis de Sales Cassidy, a Visitation nun from a Macon Catholic family, brought nine nuns from a Toledo, Ohio, monastery and the spirituality of this contemplative order to […]
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Prince Of Peace Will Grow At New Hall County Site
July 22, 2004Sunday evening June 6 the skies over Flowery Branch were filled with 1,000 multicolored balloons as the ceremonial ground-breaking for Prince of Peace Church drew to a close. Symbolizing a multicultural community united in spirit and faith, the balloons ascended, following in the path of prayers offered earlier on this 65-acre site on Spout Springs […]
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Msgr. Donovan Marks 60th Anniversary Of Ordination
July 22, 2004When Tony Totis and his family emigrated from Italy to Georgia in 1951, Msgr. Walter Donovan was just a young priest with a big heart. He was there to greet the family when they arrived and he brought them to Athens, where he was serving as pastor of St. Joseph’s Church. They were strangers in […]
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Archbishop Urges Faithful Citizenship
July 22, 2004Dear Friends in Christ, In the next few months, all of us, as citizens of the United States, will be called upon to vote for our political leaders in national, state and local elections. The Administrative Committee of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops recently issued a statement on the importance of bringing values […]
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Sue Stubbs To Head Office Of Child & Youth Protection
July 22, 2004Mary Susan Stubbs believes that counseling is her calling, and her enthusiasm for helping people and her varied job experiences have been an invaluable preparation for her new position with the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Archbishop John F. Donoghue recently named Stubbs, a parishioner at St. Benedict Church, Duluth, as the new director of the Office […]
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Faith-Based Project Aims To Fight Inmate Recidivism
July 22, 2004Ecumenism is in action at the maximum security Hays State Prison in Trion, where 68 Catholic, Protestant, Muslim and men of every other faith represented there have eagerly moved into a new “faith/character dorm,” a pilot program just launched there and in five other correctional institutions across Georgia. The Hays program is expected to start […]
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Volunteers Help Inmates Create Catholic Community
July 22, 2004It was after Joseph Barnes committed his life to Jesus while living six and a half years on death row and studying his childhood Bible that doors started opening. He had his death sentence commuted and received life in prison—and hope in Christ and his Hays State Prison Roman Catholic Community. Barnes, who has five […]
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Slavery In The 21st Century
July 15, 2004Believe it or not, slavery is alive in the 21st century! Today slavery commonly is referred to as “human trafficking.” But regardless of its name— “slavery” or “trafficking”—this modern version is every bit as evil as the slavery of the past. UNICEF, the U.N. Children’s Fund, estimates that 1.2 million children are victims of human […]
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21 Brownies Receive Family Of God Medals
July 15, 2004Twenty-one students from Holy Spirit Preparatory School Brownie Scout Troop 21359 have been awarded Family of God Medals. Msgr. Edward J. Dillon, pastor of Holy Spirit Church, presented the medals in a ceremony at the school. The girls completed work on the Family of God Medals during four months of activities. Participating in the activities […]