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Woodstock pastor blesses new steeple
April 30, 2015WOODSTOCK—St. Michael the Archangel in Woodstock is building a new church. And the construction of the exterior is steadily being completed for the Saturday, Aug. 29 dedication. Debbie Quinn, the parish office manager, reported that on Wednesday of Holy Week, the new church steeple and cross were lowered onto the base. Parishioners were concluding the […]
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Athens student chosen for national science, technology congress
April 30, 2015ATHENS—Alex Wieczorek, a freshman at Monsignor Donovan High School, in Athens, has been nominated to attend June’s Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders. Alex, son of Michael and Daniela Wieczorek, is a 2014 local Knights of Columbus Scholarship recipient. The family attends St. Anna Church, in Monroe. The Boston congress held June 28-30 is […]
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IHM boys win eighth-grade basketball tournament
April 30, 2015ATLANTA—Several Catholic Metro League of Atlanta teams participated in the recent Shamrock Basketball Tournament in Charlotte, North Carolina. Competing in the 32-team bracket, the Immaculate Heart of Mary eighth-grade boys basketball team won five games to win the championship. Another CMLA team, St. Jude, was runner-up. The Shamrock Tournament has a 50-year history of hosting […]
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St. Anna holds traditional Good Friday pilgrimage perhaps for last time
April 30, 2015MONROE—Holy Week was a special time for St. Anna Church in Monroe. The parish community had what is likely to be its last reenactment in the center of Monroe on Good Friday retracing Jesus’ final hours. A local tradition that is a dozen years old, the prayerful event attracts a crowd of people. “It’s a […]
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There’s an empty place at the table waiting to be claimed
April 21, 2015Last Saturday my wife and I joined David and Mary Waters for their weekly rosary ministry with the seniors at St. George Village in Roswell. They usually begin at 10:30 a.m., but David was running a little late this particular morning. “Where is David?” asked Pat Swenson, the resident who always occupies the seat to […]
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Pope: Children are never a mistake, adults must sacrifice for them
April 16, 2015VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Children are never a “mistake” and no sacrifice is too great for an adult to make so that children can feel their worth, Pope Francis said. During his weekly general audience in a chilly, but sunny St. Peter’s Square April 8, the pope continued his series of talks about the family, dedicating a […]
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As churches dig into Pastoral Plan, they are asked to prioritize, try new models
April 16, 2015ATLANTA—Leaders in the Archdiocese of Atlanta see the new Pastoral Plan as an opportunity to rethink how people are served in parishes, from how to pass on the Catholic faith to how to engage those who find themselves on the outside of the church looking in. With its 14 recommendations, leaders view the 5,000-word document […]
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5 Things To Know About The Pastoral Plan
April 16, 20151. Here comes everybody Catholics in the pews were encouraged to chime in. And did they ever. The clergy chimed in, as did sisters and brothers in religious orders. Some 20,000 people helped shape the plan in 2014 by voting on proposals and adding their ideas to the five-year plan. The goal is to set […]
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Looking back at 1966 Atlanta Synod
April 16, 2015ATLANTA—The new Pastoral Plan of the Archdiocese of Atlanta is the first of its kind since 1966. A Lay Congress and Congress of Women Religious preceded the First Synod of the Archdiocese 49 years ago, which enacted a decree titled “The Church of Christ.” In the Synod decree, Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan outlined a pastoral […]
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Consensus is a hallmark of the Plan’s 14 priorities
April 16, 2015ATLANTA—Unveiling the five-year Pastoral Plan for the Atlanta Archdiocese, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has outlined the 14 priorities chosen as most critical by the laity, priests, religious and deacons of the Catholic community. This is the “what” that needs to be accomplished over the next five years, Archbishop Gregory said. The exact method of “how” … Continue reading Consensus is a hallmark of the Plan’s 14 priorities