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Dom Francis Michael Receives Abbatial Blessing
July 15, 2004Dom Francis Michael Stiteler, OCSO, received the abbatial blessing as the seventh abbot of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Monastery on the feast of St. Benedict July 11 with 600 to 700 people witnessing the celebration. The Mass of blessing came 30 years after the abbot, a native of Philadelphia, entered the Conyers monastery […]
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Independence Day And Human Dignity
July 1, 2004Some of us can remember dealing with the childhood challenge of distinguishing “independents” from “independence.” Having worked that issue through in homework assignments, we came each summer to the annual Fourth of July observance ready to celebrate our independence as independent citizens of “the greatest country in the world.” Being independent is the goal of […]
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‘It Takes A Community To Make A Priest’
July 1, 2004“It takes a community to make a priest,” Archbishop Basil M. Schott of the Byzantine Archdiocese of Pittsburgh told more than 500 Serra club members from around the world gathered in Pittsburgh. He said that families, parishes, dioceses and eparchies as well as the universal church have a responsibility to raise men to become priests […]
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Magnificat Speaker To Talk On Joy In Christian Life
July 1, 2004Carol Razza, Ed. D., who will speak at the Magnificat breakfast in August, brings together over 20 years of experience as a psychotherapist with her work as a spiritual leader in retreats, parish missions and conferences. An adjunct professor at St. Vincent de Paul Seminary in Boynton Beach, Fla., she is a licensed psychotherapist in […]
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Moment Of Conversion Started Colombian On Path: Father Fabio Alvarez Posada
July 1, 2004Father Fabio Alvarez Posada recalls going out to play his beloved sport of soccer at the age of 17 one day when he, having not yet embraced his faith, felt this strange desire to go to Mass. There he heard the priest express God’s invitation to “ven a mi” (come to me). That kicked off […]
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Filipino Family Planted God’s Service In His Heart: Father Diosmar Amalay Natad
July 1, 2004While growing up in the Philippines, Diosmar Natad and his cousins would often go to the family chapel and reenact the Mass. His great-grandparents built the chapel, which later became a parish church, as more and more people flocked to it. A priest would come and celebrate Mass each Sunday for the family, who were […]
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Mother’s Baptism Begins Son’s Vocational Journey
July 1, 2004As a young boy growing up in Seoul, South Korea, Cyril Soo-Gil Chae had a typical childhood. As one of five children, he lived in a home full of mutual love and respect. “My father was diligent, honest and a good man, and my mother was prayerful and pious,” he said. “I was inspired by […]
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Church Teams Help Some Leave Prison For Good
July 1, 2004With the restlessness of repressed grief over her mother’s death, Cynthia Sturm stole $26,000 that she didn’t even need from a restaurateur for whom she handled bookkeeping. She said it was a “cry for help.” Sturm had been on the run from that grief when she moved to Atlanta from Chicago in her early 20s, […]
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Christ Redeemer, Dawsonville, Starts New Building
July 1, 2004The growing Catholic community in Dawsonville broke ground May 30 for its first building at the site where its future church will be constructed. Christ Redeemer Mission, formed in March 1982 as a mission of St. Luke Church in Dahlonega, has established its church home at 991 Kilough Church Road, just off Georgia 400. The […]
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Outstanding Senior Was Mission’s ‘Only Child’
July 1, 2004When Mary Katherine Alldred graduated at the top of her class at North Forsyth High School this year, she had a mission—Christ Redeemer Mission—behind her. The 18-year-old, who will be attending Notre Dame University in South Bend, Ind., is “our Mary” to people like Jim and Rita Lowe, founding members of the mission. Baptized at […]