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St. Peter Chanel Lenten Mission To Focus On The Cross
February 24, 2005St. Peter Chanel Church will hold a Lenten mission Feb. 28-March 2 entitled “The Science of the Cross.” The mission will be held each night at 7 p.m. and will be given by Father Matthew Kauth. Father Kauth will also preach at all weekend Masses Feb. 26 and 27. Ordained to the priesthood in 2000, […]
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Black History Event Calls For Mutual Respect
February 24, 2005In an event that celebrated Black History Month, people from every race and nationality gathered at Sacred Heart Church to hear Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory give a message of empowerment and acceptance. The Mass, held Feb. 11, was originally a parish event, but became an archdiocesan function when the invited guest was named archbishop of […]
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Rite’s History Recalls Joyful, Persevering Faith
February 17, 2005When the Roman emperors were still at the height of their glory and Christianity was a crime, any external observer would think that the prospects were gloomy for the nascent Church. Nero had decreed that practicing the Christian religion was a crime against the state, treason punishable by death. The Church had no armies with […]
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Nursing Class Of ’69 Meets For Reunion
February 17, 2005St. Joseph’s Infirmary Nursing School Class of 1969 recently held a 35th anniversary reunion. Twenty-seven of the 31 graduates attended the weekend event, which was held at Callaway Gardens. The organizer for the reunion, Deanna Simmons, said that it was “like time stood still.”
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Archbishop Asks Women Religious For Their Prayers
February 17, 2005Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory celebrated his first Mass with the women Religious of the Archdiocese of Atlanta on Saturday, Jan. 22, at St. Brigid Church in Alpharetta. Following is the text of his homily. My Dear Sisters in Christ, Over the years, first came the Adrian Dominicans, followed by the BVMs, the Religious Sisters of […]
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Capital Punishment ‘Dangerous Waters,’ Famed Nun Says
February 17, 2005Sister Helen Prejean published her second book in opposition to the death penalty in January. In the book, entitled “The Death of Innocents,” Sister Prejean examines her relationships with two of the five condemned men she has journeyed with to their executions, both of whom she believes were innocent. She also addresses how 117 people […]
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Catholics Reflect On Death Penalty, Moratorium
February 17, 2005Following her talk on capital punishment at St. Brendan Church, Sister Helen Prejean went down to the parish hall where she signed copies of her new book and posed for pictures. A group of student actors from Oxford College in Covington looked particularly pleased to have a picture taken with the smiling sister, who was […]
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Two Sisters Of St. Joseph die; both taught in Georgia
February 17, 2005Two Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet who served in the Archdiocese of Atlanta and the Diocese of Savannah died in late January in St. Louis, Mo. Sister Mary (William Joseph) Huey, CSJ Sister Mary Huey, CSJ, whose religious name was Sister William Joseph, died Jan. 28 at the Nazareth Living Center in St. Louis […]
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Southern Catholic Announces Appointments
February 17, 2005Southern Catholic College, a regional private Catholic college in formation, has announced four executive appointments and the completion of its purchase of a 100-acre site in Gold Creek Resort in Dawsonville, as the college prepares for its opening on Sept. 8. Prospective students can tour the campus and meet the faculty and staff during the […]
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Riverside Chamber Players Offer Classical Concert At St. Andrew Church For Community, Families
February 17, 2005The Riverside Chamber Players offer chamber music performed by symphony players in a comfortable family atmosphere on a Sunday afternoon. Add the ambiance of St. Andrew Church on the banks of the Chattahoochee River and the invitation to listen and learn about the works from the players themselves, and to meet them, is all the […]