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The Priesthood: An Extraordinary Sign of God’s Plan
April 15, 2004This is the homily given by Archbishop John F. Donoghue on Holy Thursday at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta. Dear Friends in Christ, As our Lord’s time on earth grew shorter, He understood that certain things must take place, before He was to be taken away from His Apostles, from the Twelve whom […]
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Good Friday Event Highlights Pain of Poverty
April 15, 2004At a neighborhood housing site of a vacant lot littered with rubbish on Edgewood and Daniel streets, during a Good Friday observance of the Urban Stations of the Cross through downtown Atlanta, Miles McCabe of Habitat for Humanity spoke on the “nails of oppression” driving out the poor by gentrification. At this new stop on […]
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Former Student Brings A Cappella Group to School
April 15, 2004Our Lady of the Assumption School 1997 alumnus Mark Dunn came back for a special visit to his elementary school and parish on March 15 and brought 14 of his Yale classmates with him. Dunn, a freshman at Yale University, is studying accounting. He started singing in high school at Marist School, Atlanta, and when […]
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Monastery Celebrates 60 Years of God’s Grace
April 15, 2004Published: April 15, 2004 CONYERS—The monks began their monastery in 1944 “with a simple hay-barn, and have made it into a manger of salvation for countless souls,” Archbishop John F. Donoghue said. “They have helped grace to build miracles, upon the simplicity of what God has given them.” Speaking on the 60th anniversary of the […]
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St. Jude Students Prepare for Easter Throughout Lent
April 15, 2004Students at St. Jude the Apostle School participated in many Lenten activities as they prepared for the celebration of Christ’s resurrection. Fifth-graders were responsible for the school’s Ash Wednesday Mass, leading the procession and serving as gift bearers, lectors and altar servers. Food collected for their service project for the Community Action Center was presented […]
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St. Benedict Church Gives Through Lenten Projects
April 15, 2004St. Benedict Church focused on two particular projects during the Lenten season to support the disciplines of penance, reflection and fasting, as the parish prepared for Easter Sunday. The Women’s Guild of St. Benedict encouraged penance through charitable works with an Easter Basket Giving Project. Donations from the parishioners were solicited to assemble Easter baskets for […] Full Story
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U.S. Priest Leaders Gather To Refocus Mission
April 15, 2004Priest leaders from over 100 U.S. dioceses will gather here from April 19-22 to take stock and refocus their mission, in the wake of two years of intense national controversy fueled by a sex abuse crisis, dwindling numbers and renewed national interest in religion. The priest leaders, most of them chairs of local diocesan priests’ […]
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Humble Barn Serves as Setting for Joyful Easter Vigil
April 15, 2004As darkness fell, hundreds gathered in the fields outside the old tin barn on St. Mary Magdalene Church property. The sound of the crackling fire was the only sound in the night air as parishioners stood in silence for the start of the Easter Vigil. The paschal candle was lit from the roaring fire, and […] Full Story
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Battle Of The Books Fosters Reading, Encourages Study
April 13, 2004Our Lady of the Assumption School’s third- and fourth-grade teams won their grade-level competitions in the annual archdiocesan Battle of the Books contest, which was held in April. The Battle of the Books, a book-reading competition for third-, fourth- and fifth-graders in Atlanta Catholic schools, was first held in April 2003 with six schools participating. […]
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Tony Shalhoub Makes Cameo Appearance At CTK School
April 8, 2004Tony Shalhoub, star of the hit television series “Monk,” made a cameo appearance in early March at Christ the King School while in town for the opening of his new movie “Made Up.” He visited the middle school classes and spoke with students about his TV series, his movies, his theatre work, his family and […]