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Donovan High School Announces Closing
March 17, 2005The board of directors of Monsignor Donovan High School announced March 11 that the school does not have the financial resources to continue operating at the anticipated levels of enrollment and will close at the end of the current school year. Currently, there are a total of 41 students enrolled at the school in ninth […]
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Attorney Terry Walsh Receives Award From Catholic Lawyers Guild
March 17, 2005U.S. Judge Richard P. McCully, left, president of the St. Thomas More Society and Msgr. R. Donald Kiernan, right, vicar general, present W. Terence, Walsh, Esq., center, with the Archbishop John F. Donoghue Service Award. The St. Thomas More Society Catholic Lawyers Guild of Atlanta presents the award annually to a lawyer in the archdiocese […]
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Author Explores Mother Teresa’s Insight Into This Age
March 17, 2005A REVOLUTION OF LOVE—THE MEANING OF MOTHER TERESA, by David Scott. Loyola Press (Chicago, 2005); 160 pp.; $18.95 hardcover. If you only read one book about Mother Teresa in your life, this is the one. “A Revolution of Love” by David Scott is no ordinary biography, but rather a meditation on questions more spiritual than […]
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Archbishop Sees Suspect’s Surrender As Graced Event
March 17, 2005“Violence was an unwelcome visitor in our community last weekend. But then God’s grace also made a kind visit to us as well. What a courageous young woman Ashley Smith was. She had the presence of mind and heart to help bring an awful moment to a quiet conclusion. At the very hour that Brian […]
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Lenten Reflection: Thank God It Is Monday!
March 10, 2005I am sitting at my desk in the library when the door swings open and in comes a lady who is a computer specialist. “Monday!” she groans. “I can’t believe it’s Monday again.” Then, huffing and puffing and grumbling about the cold weather, the disgruntled lady vanishes into her office. I usually commiserate with her […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (March 10, 2005)
March 10, 2005The Archdiocese of Atlanta is blessed with a large and evidently growing population of young adult Catholics. The other evening I was leaving one of the local Publix supermarkets when a young man stopped me in the parking lot: “Say Father, I also just moved here to Atlanta!” He looked to be in his late […]
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Annual Scout Mass To Be Held At IHM Parish
March 10, 2005Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory will celebrate the 2005 archdiocesan Scout Mass on Saturday, March 19, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church at 1 p.m. The annual Mass will honor all youth and adults who are involved in Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Camp Fire programs in the archdiocese. Preceding the Scout Mass, the Catholic Committee […]
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Passage Of ‘Right To Know’ Bill Called Historic Step
March 10, 2005Catholic pro-life leaders around the Archdiocese of Atlanta applauded the passage on March 4 by the Georgia General Assembly of legislation that guarantees that all women planning abortions will be provided with comprehensive information concerning abortion and alternatives. The legislation also includes a required 24-hour waiting period before the procedure. The law requires that women […]
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Upcoming Pallium Trip Offers Unique Pilgrimage
March 10, 2005Archdiocesan Catholics have the opportunity to make a special pilgrimage with Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory to Rome, Italy, June 22-July 2, as he receives the pallium from Pope John Paul II. On June 29 at St. Peter’s Basilica the Holy Father will celebrate a special Mass during which he will present the pallium to Archbishop […]
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Retreat Offers Yoga As Preparation For Prayer
March 10, 2005At the Monastery of the Holy Spirit and at churches throughout the archdiocese, Catholics are drawing upon the practice of yoga as the new year begins, in a holistic approach to physical fitness and flexibility, stress management and spiritual growth. When the monastery in Conyers held its first retreat on yoga and Christianity last fall, […]