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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 […]
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Honoring Saint Patrick Of Ireland
March 11, 2004At this time of the year many native Irish are amused by the shenanigans that take place to supposedly “honor Saint Patrick.” The hoopla of the parades, the false myths propagated on greeting cards, and the extended hours for serving liquor often give the wrong message. To set the record straight, we should consider the […]
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The Good News Of Redemption
March 11, 2004When I was a child, grocery stores doled out stamps with purchases, and it was fun running home and pasting the stamps into little booklets, then looking through the catalog to see what you could get. In college, when money was tight, I recall trading stamps for a lovely set of blue and white dishes, […]
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Retreat, Masses In Polish Planned For Lent, Easter
March 11, 2004A Lenten Retreat in Polish will be held on Saturday-Thursday, March 13-18, at St. Marguerite d’Youville Church in Lawrenceville. The retreat will be led by Father Marian Zalecki, SCh, from the Paulin Fathers, Koylestown, Pa., and the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa. It will be held during Mass on Saturday, March 13, at […]
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Catechumens, Candidates Presented To Archbishop
March 11, 2004Touched by the loving Christian witness of Catholics at the Dominican high school he attended in Taiwan, Chi-Bin Yang, whose family is Buddhist, always retained an attraction to Catholicism and a desire for God. After his mother, a devout Buddhist, passed away, Yang began exploring Christianity. While running a restaurant in Alabama with his wife, […]
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Women, Youth Recognized For Outstanding Service
March 11, 2004“I give thanks to God for the blessings he has bestowed upon me,” Iretha Allen, a parishioner at Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Decatur, said, “for the works I have done have not been for recognition but to add any small tribute I can to assist in building up the kingdom of God.” Allen […]