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Diverse Francophone community hears priest from Ivory Coast
June 23, 2017COLLEGE PARK—“Bienvenue” read the sign welcoming participants to the evening Francophone track at the Eucharistic Congress on Friday, June 16. More than 50 French-speaking Catholics gathered in the Gulfstream Room of the Marriott Gateway Hotel to sing hymns and hear encouraging words from the speaker, Father Leon N’Zi. The group’s joy, as they sang “Roi […]
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Father Paul Zirimenya invites ASL track to the wedding feast of the Lamb
June 23, 2017COLLEGE PARK—What do the wedding veil, the blood and water flowing from the side of Christ, and the holy Eucharist have in common? Using humor, personal stories and a colorful PowerPoint, Father Paul Zirimenya creatively answered this and other interesting questions in the American Sign Language track of the Eucharistic Congress. Father Zirimenya expanded the […]
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A young boy considers his vocation
June 23, 2017COLLEGE PARK—John Thomas Johnson, age 7, was already paying a visit to the Office of Vocations exhibit at the Eucharistic Congress. A student at Queen of Angels School in Roswell, John Thomas was dressed for the part of a priest in a white alb, red and gold chasuble and black biretta. He carried a crucifix […]
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Vietnamese bishop speaks to community about faith and family
June 23, 2017COLLEGE PARK—Images of families spending time at home or practicing Marian devotions served as the visual backdrop for programs of the Vietnamese track of the Eucharistic Congress. Hundreds attended the morning and afternoon sessions on Saturday, June 17, at the Marriott Gateway Hotel adjacent to the Georgia International Convention Center. Bishop Joseph Chau Ngoc Tri, […]
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God, friendship highlighted at the children’s track
June 23, 2017COLLEGE PARK—The Dominican sisters and musician Sarah Kroger led more than 300 youngsters in prayer and praise during the children’s track of the 2017 Eucharistic Congress June 17. Moved to the Marriott Gateway Hotel adjacent to the Georgia International Convention Center this year, the track served children ages 5 to 10 who were pre-registered for […]
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Finding a home
June 23, 2017We occasionally get groups of high school kids here at the monastery. I have often given them brief talks on the ways of our life. I share with them what the average day is like, offer a brief history of the monastery, tell them a bit about myself. Then I invite them to ask whatever […]
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Transfiguration Church founding pastor, Father Raymond F. Horan, dies at 74
June 23, 2017ATLANTA—Father Raymond F. Horan died Friday, June 9, at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. He was 74 years old. The son of Raymond F. Horan Sr. and Marguerite E. (O’Shaughnessy) Horan, he was born Oct. 10, 1942, in Somerville, Massachusetts. He had two siblings, Peter and David. He attended Marist College High School […]
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Deacon Stephen J. Bek, of Hiram, dies
June 23, 2017HIRAM—Deacon Stephen J. Bek of Hiram died May 4. He was 72 years old. He was born on Feb. 16, 1945, in Crawfordville, Indiana, to the late Ignatz Joseph and Margaret Louise Beck. He was preceded in death by his brother, Jerry Beck. Deacon Bek was ordained to the permanent diaconate on Feb. 8, 2003, […] Full Story
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A film painted with a uniquely Catholic imagination: Fellini’s masterpiece ‘8½’
June 23, 2017The challenges we face in life are often made more difficult by difficult people. The nagging, meddling boss; the manipulator, the gossip and the tedious bureaucrat; the manager who values process over substance: you’ve encountered all of these people. In thwarting our imagination and our ambition, they not only frustrate us; they threaten our sense […]
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The congress is a hit on social media
June 23, 2017COLLEGE PARK—Holding a cardboard frame, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory beams from the Archdiocese of Atlanta Instagram account. “Archbishop Gregory is excited for this year’s Eucharistic Congress! Are you ready?” the caption reads. In other pictures, both Bishop Luis R. Zarama and Bishop-designate Bernard E. “Ned” Shlesinger pose similarly. All photo captions end with #ATLEC2017, the […]