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One Man’s Passion For Rosary Launches New Ministry
September 15, 2005Greg Willits is 6 feet 5 inches tall, with a shaved head and a goatee. He’s hardly the type of guy one would imagine doing arts and crafts. But love for his faith has inspired Willits and in turn, hundreds of others, to become rosary-making soldiers. The Willits’ home sits in a cul-de-sac in a […]
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Football In Full Swing At Catholic High Schools
September 15, 2005The local high school football season is going full tilt. On Aug. 26 St. Pius X High School, Atlanta, was victorious in the first all-Catholic gridiron showdown of the regular season against Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell, 31-7. The following week both teams lost by a 3-point margin. St. Pius rebounded in week four beating […]
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Atlanta Stands With Survivors In ‘Faith And Hope’
September 15, 2005While Catholics around the archdiocese continue to make fervent and prayerful donations to the victims of Hurricane Katrina, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has been asked to take an official role in the recovery of the Gulf Coast region by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Spokane Bishop William S. Skylstad, president of the USCCB, has […]
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New Vicar General Given Sendoff With Roses
September 15, 2005After Father Luis Zarama accepted the invitation from Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory to serve as a vicar general for the archdiocese, he prayed a novena to St. Therese of Lisieux in preparation for the move from his beloved parish of 10 years, St. Mark’s Church in Clarkesville. According to tradition, a novena to St. Therese […]
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Archbishop Requests Special Collection To Help Church Respond To Those In Need
September 8, 2005Thursday, September 1, 2005 My Brothers and Sisters in Christ, The pictures of the disaster that has impacted the lives of our neighbors on the Gulf Coast of the United States have touched all our hearts. Many people have already come to Atlanta and its environs to seek relief and assistance. Many of you are […]
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Families Expand Rapidly As Relatives Need Shelter
September 8, 2005North Georgia Catholics are pulling together, opening their homes and taking action to help those evacuated from New Orleans and the rest of the Gulf Coast slammed by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. Immaculate Heart of Mary parishioner Marion Orr picked up her sister, Lisa Moran, a nurse in the intensive care unit at Tulane […]
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E-Mail To Houma, La., Inspires Labor Day Caravan
September 8, 2005An e-mail and grace from God were all it took to send 11 young adults from the Life Teen community, archdiocesan Catholic high schools, and other archdiocesan ministries, and a priest to the afflicted area of Houma, La., Labor Day weekend with three mini-buses packed with supplies and a pick-up truck with enough extra gas […]
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Notre Dame Academy Opens With Marist Sponsorship
September 8, 2005Debra Orr spent the first week of school at the new Notre Dame Academy holding her breath and hoping she had not forgotten anything essential to the school’s opening. By Friday of that week, however, things were still running smoothly and even the car pool had been successfully managed down to a six-minute run. So […]
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NCCW Convention Planned For Atlanta
September 8, 2005The National Council of Catholic Women (NCCW) will hold its 2005 national convention at the Hilton Atlanta Sept. 15-18. Nearly 1,200 council members and guests are expected to attend. Hosted this year by the Atlanta Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women, assisted by the Savannah and South Carolina Councils of Catholic Women, the biennial convention will […]
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Georgia Catholics Respond To Gulf Coast Crisis
September 8, 2005Immediate actions being taken by the Archdiocese of Atlanta in the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Katrina include a special financial collection in every parish and the opening of archdiocesan Catholic schools to displaced children in an effort to alleviate victims’ suffering and help them rebuild their lives. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory asked every parish to […]