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Sacramental Preparation Helps New Director Bridge Cultural Divide In Archdiocese
January 6, 2005Marissa Sierra knows, from her training and experience in her homeland of Mexico as a marketer and graphic designer, the importance of designing the most effective, comprehensive marketing strategy to best serve a client and reach the consumer. As the new director of sacramental formation of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, she is eager to apply […]
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Young Hawk Provides Unique Chance For Book
January 6, 2005‘Twas a stormy spring night when a baby red-shouldered hawk blew out of its nest in a tall pine tree by a duck pond down the street from the Cathedral of Christ the King. But a neighborhood Labrador Retriever named Pearl discovered it and fetched his owner who rescued it, building it a new nest. […]
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Christ Our Hope Milestone Reunites Pastors, Friends
July 22, 2004Parishioners eagerly welcomed old friends and former pastors, filling the church to capacity while the ushers directed the overflow crowd to the parish hall for Mass on a closed circuit screen, as Christ our Hope Church celebrated its 20th anniversary. The May 23 Mass was attended by parishioners old and new. More than 150 former […]
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Nonprofits Co-Sponsor Huge Yard Sale July 31
July 22, 2004Catholic Social Services, Inc. is partnering with nonprofit organizations from all over Atlanta for “Georgia’s Biggest Yard Sale” at Lakewood Exhibition Center on Saturday, July 31 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Presented by American Equity Mortgage, the yard sale will feature items such as toys, furniture, clothing, shoes, tools, household items, appliances, outdoor equipment, […]
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Archbishop Thanks Visitation Nuns On 50th Jubilee
July 22, 2004Fifty years ago the heartfelt desire of a cloistered nun was realized when she founded a monastery of her order in her home state of Georgia. Mother Francis de Sales Cassidy, a Visitation nun from a Macon Catholic family, brought nine nuns from a Toledo, Ohio, monastery and the spirituality of this contemplative order to […]
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Prince Of Peace Will Grow At New Hall County Site
July 22, 2004Sunday evening June 6 the skies over Flowery Branch were filled with 1,000 multicolored balloons as the ceremonial ground-breaking for Prince of Peace Church drew to a close. Symbolizing a multicultural community united in spirit and faith, the balloons ascended, following in the path of prayers offered earlier on this 65-acre site on Spout Springs […]
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Msgr. Donovan Marks 60th Anniversary Of Ordination
July 22, 2004When Tony Totis and his family emigrated from Italy to Georgia in 1951, Msgr. Walter Donovan was just a young priest with a big heart. He was there to greet the family when they arrived and he brought them to Athens, where he was serving as pastor of St. Joseph’s Church. They were strangers in […]
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Archbishop Urges Faithful Citizenship
July 22, 2004Dear Friends in Christ, In the next few months, all of us, as citizens of the United States, will be called upon to vote for our political leaders in national, state and local elections. The Administrative Committee of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops recently issued a statement on the importance of bringing values […]
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Sue Stubbs To Head Office Of Child & Youth Protection
July 22, 2004Mary Susan Stubbs believes that counseling is her calling, and her enthusiasm for helping people and her varied job experiences have been an invaluable preparation for her new position with the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Archbishop John F. Donoghue recently named Stubbs, a parishioner at St. Benedict Church, Duluth, as the new director of the Office […]
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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 […]