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Find Joy In Something You Love
January 22, 2004Though we have already hit the New Year, Christmas still leaves its magic dancing around in our heads. The dreams it leaves are individual to each person: some dreaming about what they may have received, some dreaming about what they did not, some just lingering in the leftover haze. The dream that lingers for me […]
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Sacred Music Concert To Be Given By Kelly Whittier
January 22, 2004The second annual Dorothy Bunting Weiss Sacred Music Concert will be held Tuesday, Feb. 10, at 8 p.m. at Sacred Heart Church featuring organist Kelly Plauché Whittier. A 2000 graduate of Emory University with a master of sacred music degree in organ performance, Whittier will be performing on the historic Catholic Church’s new Cassavant Freres […]
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Around The Archdiocese, Catholic Schools Celebrate Their Uniqueness
January 22, 2004The air is noticeably swirling with excitement this week at Catholic schools around the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Excitement, pride and celebration abound, as students, teachers, parents and faculty prepare to celebrate the blessings of Catholic education during Catholic Schools Week, which is commemorated nationally the week of Jan. 25-31. This year’s theme for the 30th […]
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Our Son’s Future School Will Be Catholic
January 22, 2004Talk in my small circles suddenly has turned to education. It’s that season of our young adult lives when the organized moms generously or reluctantly pass on all of their research on the region’s public and private schools to the not-so-organized moms. Playgroup has become a safe haven where anxious moms swap notes and recommendations, […]
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Blessed Trinity Students Experience Joy Of Service
January 22, 2004Blessed Trinity Catholic High School is not just a community of young adults entering a building to enrich their minds. This school is a place where their souls have an opportunity to be enriched as well. One of the many requirements placed on students at Blessed Trinity is community service. Each student is required to […]
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St. Pius Christmas Tournament Has Become A Classic
January 22, 2004When it comes to traditional holiday entertainment, certain events come to mind—the Nutcracker, college bowl games, and now the St. Pius X Christmas Classic basketball tournament. The hugely popular tournament, sponsored by St. Pius X High School, brings together boys and girls basketball teams from Catholic high schools across the country for three days of […]
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Spotlight On A Saint: St. Rose Of Lima
January 22, 2004St. Rose was born in Lima, Peru, on April 20, 1586. Known for her beauty, Rose was adorned with a crown of roses placed on her head by her mother. But having no desire to be admired, Rose stuck a long pin into the wreath that deeply pierced her head. So intent on her modesty […]
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Media with a Message: ‘Cheaper By the Dozen’
January 22, 2004I first read the book “Cheaper by the Dozen” by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey for a school assignment when I was in the sixth grade. I loved the true, laugh-out-loud funny anecdotes about the trials and tribulations of a large family (12 kids—almost unheard of in this day and age!) growing […]
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‘In America’ Leaves A Lasting, Uplifting Impression
January 22, 2004“In America,” Jim Sheridan’s story of an Irish family’s immigration to New York in search of a new life, may begin slowly, but by the end the film rewards the viewer with a huge emotional payoff and an uplifting message about how people can draw strength from each other to overcome adversity. The film tells […]
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Two Books Plumb Flannery O’Connor’s Depths
January 22, 2004FLANNERY O’CONNOR: SPIRITUAL WRITINGS, edited by Robert Ellsberg. Orbis Books (Maryknoll, N.Y., 2003). 173 pp., $15.00. FLANNERY O’CONNOR: THE OBEDIENT IMAGINATION, by Sarah Gordon. University of Georgia Press (Athens, Ga., 2003). 296 pp., $19.95. Most Catholic readers are probably aware that Flannery O’Connor (1925-1964) was a Catholic who wrote fiction, but many may not realize […]