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Faith-Based Project Aims To Fight Inmate Recidivism
July 22, 2004Ecumenism is in action at the maximum security Hays State Prison in Trion, where 68 Catholic, Protestant, Muslim and men of every other faith represented there have eagerly moved into a new “faith/character dorm,” a pilot program just launched there and in five other correctional institutions across Georgia. The Hays program is expected to start […] Full Story
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Volunteers Help Inmates Create Catholic Community
July 22, 2004It was after Joseph Barnes committed his life to Jesus while living six and a half years on death row and studying his childhood Bible that doors started opening. He had his death sentence commuted and received life in prison—and hope in Christ and his Hays State Prison Roman Catholic Community. Barnes, who has five […]
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Slavery In The 21st Century
July 15, 2004Believe it or not, slavery is alive in the 21st century! Today slavery commonly is referred to as “human trafficking.” But regardless of its name— “slavery” or “trafficking”—this modern version is every bit as evil as the slavery of the past. UNICEF, the U.N. Children’s Fund, estimates that 1.2 million children are victims of human […]
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21 Brownies Receive Family Of God Medals
July 15, 2004Twenty-one students from Holy Spirit Preparatory School Brownie Scout Troop 21359 have been awarded Family of God Medals. Msgr. Edward J. Dillon, pastor of Holy Spirit Church, presented the medals in a ceremony at the school. The girls completed work on the Family of God Medals during four months of activities. Participating in the activities […]
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St. George Village Retirement Complex Breaks Ground
July 15, 2004Charter members of St. George Village were the guests of honor June 9 as the ground was broken for the retirement community where they’re eager to begin living. To be built alongside St. Peter Chanel Church, on a campus that includes Queen of Angels Elementary School and Blessed Trinity High School, it is the first […]
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Covenant House Head Sees Atlanta Branch At Work
July 15, 2004As part of her inaugural tour of the 21 branches of Covenant House, its new national president Sister Patricia A. Cruise recently visited the Atlanta site, which is raising funds to build a 40-bed crisis shelter. Since opening in August 2000, Covenant House Georgia has served about 3,000 youth and is the youngest branch of […]
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GED Class Can Be Her Doorway To A Better Life
July 15, 2004Three days before her high school graduation Jessica Walden learned that she had failed the graduation test for the third time and wouldn’t be getting her diploma. “I had retaken the test two times. I didn’t give up. I just didn’t want to take the test again,” said Walden. Now 20 years old, and after […]
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Covenant House Chosen To Combat Human Trafficking
July 15, 2004Covenant House, the agency devoted to serving homeless and runaway youths, through a grant received in February from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is operating a new hotline for victims of human trafficking. The contract for the program, initiated under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2002 and managed by the Office […]
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Teaching Nun, Sister Rita Led Many To God
July 15, 2004As a teacher and an administrator at St. Pius X High School, Sister Rita Marie Raffaele had a reputation for being strict. But for those who knew her, her toughness was balanced, if not overpowered, by her fairness, good humor and, most especially, her great faith in God. Though small in stature, the late Grey […]
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Military Chaplain Honored At Retirement
July 15, 2004Father Paul J. Bolton, who will be 68 in October and has been a priest for 42 years, has been serving in the military chaplaincy for 39 years. A priest of the Diocese of Providence, R.I., he began by serving as a chaplain to the Rhode Island National Guard in July 1965. In addition to […]