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New Priest To Be Ordained May 28
May 19, 2005On Saturday, May 28, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory will ordain Rev. Mr. Neil Joseph Herlihy to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Atlanta. All are invited to attend the ordination Mass, which will take place at 10:30 a.m. at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta. On Friday, May 27, all are invited to pray […]
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Two Missions Build One Foundation On The Rock
May 19, 2005And on this Rock two west central Georgia mission communities built their church. The rural communities of St. John the Baptist Mission, Thomaston, and St. Ann’s Mission, Barnesville, united as a parish May 1 for their first Mass in their new building named St. Peter the Rock Church, located between the two former worship sites […]
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Athens Nun Celebrates Golden Jubilee
May 19, 2005Sister Helen Marie Gates, IHM, a member of the staff at St. Joseph School, Athens, celebrated her golden jubilee on March 10. For the past 50 years, Sister Helen has faithfully lived the charism of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM)—to educate with love, creative hope and fidelity. The faculty of […]
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Grey Nuns Give Statue To Parish Named For Foundress
May 19, 2005The Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart gave a special gift to the people of St. Marguerite d’Youville Church in Lawrenceville on April 16. Sister Marlene Butler, president of the Grey Nuns, presented a statue of St. Marguerite to the parish during a 5:30 p.m. Vigil Mass at the church. St. Marguerite was the foundress […]
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Chant, Sacred Classics Reverberate Again In Parishes
May 19, 2005From the Cappella Antiqua at Holy Spirit Church, to the Archdiocesan Festival Choir, to the Cathedral of Christ the King and other parishes, Catholics around the Atlanta Archdiocese are praising God and meditating on His glory using centuries-old, traditional sacred and classical music. Albert Ahlstrom, Ph.D., music director at Holy Spirit Church, Atlanta, is one […]
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Helping Faraway Children Brings Christ Closer
May 12, 2005I could barely wait to tear into the fat envelope. As I pulled out the letter, my eyes spotted the photos of two grinning girls with dark eyes. “Come and see our children!” I called out to my husband. Well, to be precise, they are not really “ours,” but they are two little girls in […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (May 12, 2005)
May 12, 2005“The Spirit of the Lord fills the whole world. It holds all things together and knows every word spoken by man!” The opening Antiphon for the Pentecost Mass is comforting; perhaps especially for a diocese like ours where so many people speak so many different languages and follow so many different cultures. Whenever I listen […]
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School Council Celebrates End Of Term
May 12, 2005A celebration was held on April 18 at Maggiano’s Italian Restaurant in Buckhead at the conclusion of two years of service for the inaugural members of the Elementary and Secondary Catholic Schools Council (ESCSC). This archdiocesan advisory board was convened in the 2003-2004 school year and replaced the former archdiocesan school board, which was dissolved […]
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Young Adult Track To Generate Spiritual Energy
May 12, 2005A young adult track, “Revive!” for those 18 to 40 years old, single and married, will be held as part of the Eucharistic Congress at the Georgia International Convention Center in College Park on Friday evening, June 3. This year’s theme is “Explore the Mystery.” Ann Blasick, director of YAM, the archdiocesan Young Adult Ministry, […]
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Rabbi Projects Continuing Progress In Jewish-Catholic Relations Under New Pope
May 12, 2005Rabbi David Blumenthal of Emory University believes that Pope Benedict XVI will continue the work for peace and reconciliation in Catholic-Jewish relations of Pope John Paul II, who took many historic steps forward, including welcoming Jewish visitors often, recognizing Israel as the legitimate Jewish homeland, and praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. The late […]