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Family Prays, Waits To Adopt Children From Haiti
March 18, 2004As they follow the news closely on how the civil unrest is resolved in Haiti, Melissa and Jack Madden pray and anxiously await the safe arrival of the two children they are adopting from the impoverished Caribbean island nation. But the waiting time is now unknown, as their agency One World Adoptions in Buford has […]
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Deacons By The Numbers: How Odd Similarities Even Out Life For New Deacons
March 18, 2004Just as the sports photojournalist goes from season to season covering different sporting events, my job as a photographer for the archdiocesan newspaper is to cover the seasonal events of the church. February is usually the season for permanent diaconate ordinations, and the numbers behind the 2004 ordinations reflect a group of men, each of […]
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Black History Month Celebrated At IHM School
March 18, 2004Immaculate Heart of Mary School celebrated Black History Month in February with a mixture of educational, cultural and spiritual activities including hosting an African-American panel discussion on career choices. On Feb. 20 four panelists provided an overview of their careers and experiences for grades 4-8. Speakers were Dr. E. Nigel Harris, dean and senior vice […]
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Alliance Production ‘Plays’ With Issues Of Faith
March 18, 2004It was July 1968 and actor Tom Key recalls driving cross-country in a pickup truck and standing at sunset on an Oregon beach by a glowing bonfire where he had a vision of Christ. Suddenly all his Scripture study and vacation Bible school made sense as he realized that the crucifixion and resurrection aren’t kick-off […]
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I Have a Religious Vocation – Kelly Whittier
March 18, 2004Kelly Whittier was just 10 years old when she heard the quiet whisper of God calling her to a religious vocation for the first time. With her father stationed in Europe with the U.S. Army, Kelly’s family would often travel, and it was in Assisi, Italy, home of St. Francis and St. Clare, that Kelly […]
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I Have a Religious Vocation – John Huynh
March 18, 2004John Huynh began his life in New Jersey, a member of a Catholic family that rarely went to church. But after moving to Georgia, his mother started attending a Bible study, and the family’s life—and faith—changed forever. “We’d go to church periodically on Sundays, but basically we just went to Mass because everyone else did,” […]
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‘Abstinence Is Cool,’ NBA Star Tells Teens
March 18, 2004Sixteen-year-old Kaitlin Byrne wears a simple sterling silver band on her left ring finger. One day that ring, which has a cross cut out of the middle of it, may be replaced by a wedding band, signifying her commitment to her husband. But the ring she wears today represents her commitment to herself, to God […]
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Spotlight On A Saint: St. Alphonsus Maria de Ligouri
March 18, 2004St. Alphonsus was born in 1696 in Marianelli, a city near Naples, Italy. Born to the nobility, he was a child prodigy who received his law doctorate at 16. By the time he was 21, he had his own practice and was known as one of the leading lawyers in Naples. But the pious young […]
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Ceremony Honors Father O’Reilly’s Courageous Act
March 18, 2004The zeal of an Irish missionary priest, Father Thomas O’Reilly, was honored on March 12 as the Hibernian Benevolent Society held its annual ceremony outside old City Hall, commemorating the priest’s selfless courage in convincing Union Gen. Sherman to spare five churches, City Hall and the Court House in his burning of Atlanta. Father Mark […]
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Rite Of Election Can Be Traced Back To Early Church
March 11, 2004Children, men and women throughout the Archdiocese of Atlanta are preparing to be initiated into the Catholic Church at Easter. As they begin the final weeks of their preparation, these catechumens and candidates came together from every parish in our archdiocese and celebrated the Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion with Archbishop John […]