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Calling All Volunteers For The Eucharistic Congress
May 5, 2005Sue Stubbs, the volunteer coordinator for this year’s Eucharistic Congress, is looking for many dedicated and enthusiastic volunteers to help out at this event, which brings over 20,000 attendees to the Georgia International Convention Center. The assistance of a great number of people is always required, as the event is quite large and put on […]
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Cancer Home Doing Christ’s Work, Archbishop Says
May 5, 2005Quietly he walked over to each one of them. They showed him pictures of their families. They shook his hand. They told him about their experiences in the war. Some were too weak to get out of bed. Others sat up and joked with him. And one by one, he blessed them all. Archbishop Wilton […]
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Mother’s Courage, Steadfast Love Honored
May 5, 2005Fifty years ago Leovigilda Ramírez Mansour was a 28-year-old in Bogota, Colombia. She told her father that she was going on a vacation on the coast, but, in a day and age when women and even men lived at home until they married, she actually boarded a plane to the United States, seeking a better […]
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Preparing For First Communion Together
May 5, 2005Approximately 280 students, parent volunteers and teachers from St. Catherine of Siena School, Kennesaw, St. Joseph School, Marietta, Queen of Angels School, Roswell, and St. Mary School, Rome, came together April 13 for the fifth annual Jesus Day Retreat, a day of fun, sharing and reflection for second-graders preparing to make their first Communion. Held […]
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Book By Protestant Couple Extols NFP
May 5, 2005OPEN EMBRACE: A Protestant Couple Rethinks Contraception; by Sam and Bethany Torode; Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2002; 144 pp.; paperback ; $12. When Sam and Bethany Torode decided to marry, they talked about contraception with their married friends, who were largely evangelical Protestants. Although their friends saw nothing wrong with using contraceptives, something spurred […]
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Archbishop Celebrates Gift Of Scouting
May 5, 2005A bell choir processed up the aisle and Immaculate Heart of Mary Church became awash in khaki and olive green as Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory celebrated his first Archdiocesan Scout Mass in Atlanta. Held on the Solemnity of St. Joseph, March 19, the Mass brought together Scouts from throughout the archdiocese. Archbishop Gregory celebrated the […]
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Kennesaw Scouts Receive Catholic Emblems
May 5, 2005On March 6, at St. Catherine of Siena Church, 27 Cub Scouts and Junior Girl Scouts were awarded their Catholic religious emblems. The boys are from Cub Scout packs 422, 540, 733, 999 and 1916 in the Mountain Lake District. The girls are from Junior troops 20203, 20264 and 2149. These Scouts worked diligently for […]
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Annual Event Focuses On The Power Of Eucharist
May 5, 2005As the summer months begin, bringing opportunities for leisure and recreation to all those who revel in the beautiful days of the season, the Archdiocese of Atlanta will once again offer a different kind of opportunity for Catholics around Atlanta and the South—one focused on Catholic spirituality and the compelling importance of the Eucharist—at the […]
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Life Hands Out Many Losses: Keep The Faith!
April 28, 2005“IWOSSATOOF!” my goddaughter trumpeted into the phone. “What, honey?” I asked. “I LOST A TOOTH!” This was her very first tooth, and so my husband and I congratulated her warmly and asked for the usual details about the Tooth Fairy. Later, I reflected that losing teeth for little kids represents one glorious step on the […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (April 28, 2005)
April 28, 2005The Catholic presence in North Georgia, like any other diocese, is more often than not found in parish settings, churches, schools and parish centers. Then there are the occasional monasteries, hospitals and convents that house some of the most important servant ministers of the Church. The Church is found in the administrative offices that coordinate […]