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Fall Festival Features Fun For Everyone
September 1, 2005The seventh annual Mary Our Queen Church Fall Festival is set for the first weekend in October, and the grounds and multi-level parking lot of the church will soon be brimming with amusement rides and games, arts and crafts, food, flea market finds, entertainment, “fun” runners and auction bidders. The first Mary Our Queen festival […]
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Legion Of Mary Retreat Offered Oct. 15
September 1, 2005In the Year of the Eucharist the annual Legion of Mary retreat of the Atlanta South Curia will take place at St. Peter’s Church in LaGrange on Saturday, Oct. 15, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. After recitation of opening prayers and the rosary, Father Balappa Selva Raj, pastor, will celebrate Mass. Coffee, light refreshments, […]
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Catholic Hospital Commemorates 125 Years Of Healing
September 1, 2005In 1880, the year Thomas Edison’s electric street lamps were first installed commercially, sisters from Savannah lit an enduring light of healing mercy for the sick in Atlanta. Sister of Mercy Cecilia Carroll and three other sisters were called by Bishop William Gross from their convent in Savannah with a mission to minister to the […]
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Cologne Trip Memorable For Atlanta Hispanic Group
August 29, 2005Over a period of nine months, a group of Hispanic young adults from 25 parishes, led by the Atlanta Office of Hispanic Youth and Young Adult Ministry, joyfully prepared to experience World Youth Day 2005 in Cologne, Germany. They gathered monthly to study the various messages that Pope John Paul II had given since the […]
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Golf Tournament To Benefit Tyrone Parish Choir
August 18, 2005St. Matthew Church will hold its annual golf tournament on Monday, Sept. 12, at the River’s Edge Golf Course in Fayetteville. Proceeds from the tournament will go toward upgrades to the church’s choir facilities on Kirkley Road in Tyrone. Now in its eighth year, the fun-filled golf tournament will feature a $1 million hole-in-one shootout. […]
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Crisis At Local Hospital Elicits Pastoral Response
August 18, 2005At about 6 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 15, at Saint Joseph’s Hospital a man shot and killed his wife, who was a patient in an intensive care unit, and then turned his gun on himself and committed suicide, prompting a swift medical and pastoral crisis response by the Catholic health-care institution. Fulton County Police Department […]
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‘Red Mass’ Gathers Educators As School Year Starts
August 18, 2005Catholic educators from across the archdiocese came together at St. Brigid Church Aug. 8 to kick off the new school year with a special blessing from the Holy Spirit. Teachers, principals, faculty and staff gathered for the Mass with the excitement of children on their first day of school. They talked excitedly, greeting their colleagues […]
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Ulster Project Plants Seeds Of Peace In Teens
August 18, 2005The grass is looking greener for eight Irish teens who spent July in Atlanta learning about peace-building, conflict resolution and leadership, and recently traveled back to their Protestant and Catholic communities in Northern Ireland to share and live out what they’ve learned. The day after their return—July 28—youth participating in the Ulster Project heard heartening […]
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Atlanta Conference Expected To Draw 20,000 Teens
August 18, 2005Catholics from the Archdiocese of Atlanta and throughout the country are busy in preparation, prayer and planning for the National Catholic Youth Conference, which will be held in Atlanta Oct. 27-30. Archdiocesan officials and steering committee members for NCYC have been meeting for the past several months to plan for the biennial event, which is […]
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Fundraiser For Cancer Home To Be Held Oct. 1
August 18, 2005The Auxiliary of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home will hold its annual fundraiser to benefit the revered, long-established Atlanta institution on Saturday, Oct. 1, at the Renaissance Waverly Hotel. This luncheon, held for the 49th time this year, is the major fundraiser for the home, which has given free aid to those stricken with […]