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With Help From CRS, Solidarity Comes In A Cup
October 6, 2005Socially-conscious Catholics who savor their morning cup of java can now sip in solidarity with farmers hand-picking organic coffee beans in the rich mountain soil of Nicaragua and around the world through a Catholic Relief Services Fair Trade program. CRS has supported over 300 Nicaraguan coffee farmers since 2002 in seeking to enter into the […]
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Mountain Church Gives Archbishop Warm Welcome
October 6, 2005On Sunday, Aug. 28, on a beautiful, clear day in the northeast Georgia mountain town of Clayton, nearly 400 people gathered for a truly special occasion. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory celebrated an outdoor bilingual Mass for the parishioners of St. Helena Church and their visitors. The setting for this, the fifth annual outdoor Mass, was […]
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Queen Of Angels Students Open Hearts To Help
October 6, 2005“What if it happened to you?” This is the question Queen of Angels School students asked in the wake of the ruin and despair brought on by Hurricane Katrina last month in the Gulf Coast states. The students at the Roswell school coped with their emotions by organizing school supply drives, sponsoring a devastated New […]
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School’s Food Drive, Mass Aid Hurricane Victims
October 6, 2005Holy Redeemer School held a food drive on Monday, Sept. 12, to benefit the Atlanta Community Food Bank (ACFB). Touched by the stories of the victims of Hurricane Katrina and told that the food bank could provide these victims with food they needed, the fourth-graders came together in just one week to put together a […]
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West’s Book Gives Compelling Advice On Relationships
October 6, 2005Good News About Sex and Marriage: Answers to Your Honest Questions About Catholic Teaching; by Christopher West; St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2004; 200 pp.; paperback; $11.99. “The Good News About Sex and Marriage” opens with a surprising confession from the author. Christopher West admits that in college he hung out with guys who boasted endlessly […]
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Thematic Park Sure To Amaze At ‘Winds Of Change’
October 6, 2005It’s not every day that a teenager gets a chance to play nine holes of putt-putt with Catholic leaders from across the country, but at the National Catholic Youth Conference set for Atlanta at the end of October, attendees will have the opportunity to test their skills against Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and other bishops […]
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Craft Supplies, Prizes, Donations Needed for Youth Event
October 6, 2005Donations are needed for various projects for the National Catholic Youth Conference, especially in the Thematic (Interactive) Park. Donations are especially needed for the arts and crafts area, including scissors, hole punchers, construction paper, black poster board, pens, foam core, glue sticks and religious art (old cards, etc.) for covers of prayer journals. General supplies […]
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NCYC Offers Special Packages For Attendees
October 6, 2005With the National Catholic Youth Conference rapidly approaching, the archdiocese is offering new packages for teens who have obstacles preventing them from attending the full three-day event. NCYC will be held Oct. 27-29 at the Georgia Dome and World Congress Center, and a three-day package to attend, including a conference T-shirt and hat, is still […]
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NCYC Team Seeking Volunteers
October 6, 2005Volunteers are still needed for the National Catholic Youth Conference, which is expected to draw as many as 20,000 teenagers from across the country. The conference, which will be held Oct. 27-29 at the Georgia Dome and World Congress Center, requires volunteers to work as ushers, door guards, greeters, with merchandise sales and in the […]
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Festival Choir Holds Auditions For 2006 Season
October 6, 2005The Festival Choir of the Archdiocese of Atlanta is entering its fourth season and invites all interested musicians to participate. Auditions will be held Saturday, Oct. 8, for the ensemble, which is made up of 80 singers representing over 30 parishes. Auditions will be held at the Cathedral of Christ the King, and all singers […]