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Lenten Regulations
February 3, 2005The Archbishop’s Office has issued the following Lenten regulations: Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, and is a day of universal fasting and abstinence. The following fasting and abstinence regulations are observed throughout Lent: Abstinence from meat is observed on Ash Wednesday (Feb. 9), Good Friday (March 25), and all the Fridays of Lent […]
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Pope’s Lent Message Speaks Of Needs Of Elderly
February 3, 2005This is the Vatican text of Pope John Paul II’s Lenten statement, released Jan. 27. Lent begins next Wednesday, Feb. 9, which is Ash Wednesday. Dear brothers and sisters: Each year, the Lenten season is set before us as a good opportunity for the intensification of prayer and penance, opening hearts to the docile welcoming […]
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Faith-Based Groups Rally Around Proposed Amendment
February 3, 2005Less than a month into his role as the new shepherd of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory stood shoulder to shoulder at the state Capitol with Gov. Sonny Perdue and other advocates of an amendment that would allow faith-based organizations to apply for state funds. January 28 was a chilly day as […]
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Ignatius House Offers Lenten Prayer Exercises
February 3, 2005The Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center is offering a weekly program of direction for daily prayer at home and individual consultation during the season of Lent to anyone interested in a special spiritual way to spend the Lenten season. The weeks of prayer will cover phases of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola along […]
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Mini-Series On Mass Part Of St. Anthony’s Parish Renewal
February 3, 2005In 2003 and 2004, St. Anthony of Padua Church in the historic West End of Atlanta underwent a strategic planning process. Numerous meetings were held with community members, staff and parishioners to discern parish concerns. In part because of this undertaking, and in recognition of the Year of the Eucharist declared by Pope John Paul […]
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Well Acted, ‘Million Dollar Baby’ Has Unsettling Turn
February 3, 2005“Million Dollar Baby,” the latest film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, is a portrait of two lonely people who forge an unlikely relationship. The acting is superb and the story is touching, but viewers should be warned that the final third of the film takes an unexpected and unsettling turn. Eastwood stars as Frankie […]
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Fallen Soldier Taught Respect, Loved Life
February 3, 2005A calm rhythm of mourning settled in the sanctuary of Transfiguration Church as the parents of Pfc. Jesus Fonseca Jr. knelt and recited the rosary in Spanish before the wooden coffin, draped with the American flag and a small Mexican one, that cradled the body of their son, who was shot while serving in Iraq. […]
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Confessions Of A Shopping Addict
January 27, 2005It’s that time of year again: the January clearance sales, and I am prowling around at the mall, when I spot a rack of cotton sweaters in every shade of the rainbow. I have come to the department store to exchange a pair of jeans, but now find myself lusting over the sweaters, and when […]
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Athens Parish Holds ‘Christ Renews His Parish’ Weekends
January 27, 2005Thirty men from St. Joseph Parish spent the weekend of Dec. 11-12, 2004, at Monsignor Donovan High School in Athens, taking part in St. Joseph’s second “Christ Renews His Parish” weekend for men. CRHP has existed for more than 30 years. Recommended by the renewal office of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the program, […]
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Teens Encouraged To Act On Pro-Life Convictions
January 27, 2005Dina Rowland was a junior at the University of Georgia in Athens when she had an abortion. A graduate of St. Pius X High School, she was a straight A student and cheerleader who came from a large and loving family. But when she became pregnant 19 years ago, the happy life she’d led threatened […]