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Sister Barbara Young, 80, Guides Spiritual Journeys
August 30, 2012Sister Barbara Young is still as excited about her vocation as she was 50 years ago when she professed her vows with the Congregation of Our Lady of the Retreat in the Cenacle. The 80-year-old sister has been serving the North Georgia community since 1994, when she joined fellow Cenacle Sister Susan Arcaro, who had […]
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Habitat Honored For Building Path Out Of Poverty
August 30, 2012At a Habitat build, the person in jeans hammering next to you on Saturday could be a CEO, a single mother who helped construct her own Habitat home years ago and now is helping the next person, or the family who will soon live there, putting in their sweat equity. Last Saturday, it could have […]
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Helping at a Friend’s Funeral
August 28, 2012Yolanda Colin, September 1962 – August 2012 In “As Befits a Man,” Langston Hughes wrote I don’t mind dying—But I’d hate to die all alone! The pew sitters were shoulder to shoulder Saturday. Ushers brought out extra chairs and still people filled the back of the church, two and three people deep. Certainly, Yolanda Colin […]
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New Photos from Mitchell Estate
August 17, 2012We have additional photos related to the Margaret Mitchell estate to share. The gift to the Archdiocese of Atlanta has gotten a lot of attention, as we knew it would. We are happy to share what we can. Here are two additional photos: The photo above is a signed copy of “Gone With […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard for August 16, 2012
August 16, 2012Many of our communities have adopted the custom of providing a book of prayer intentions in the church where people can write down the things for which they are praying and invite others to join them in offering prayers for a special need or person. We have such a book of prayers at the Chancery […]
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Annual AACCW Convention Set For Sept. 7-9
August 16, 2012“Renew and Rejoice, Your Light Must Shine Before Others … Matthew 5:16” is the theme for the 56th annual convention of the Atlanta Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women (AACCW). The convention will be held Friday to Sunday, Sept. 7-9, at the Atlanta Marriott Northwest at Galleria, 200 Interstate North Parkway, Atlanta. The Northeast and Northwest […]
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Gift Called ‘Most Significant Catholic Legacy’
August 16, 2012What may be the largest bequest ever given to the Archdiocese of Atlanta is going to impact over 100 parishes, schools and Catholic agencies for years to come through endowment funds. “The first thing I would like to say is how extremely grateful Catholic Charities Atlanta is,” said Joseph Krygiel, chief executive officer. “This gift […]
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Margaret Mitchell’s Family: Learned, Quiet Lives
August 16, 2012The generous bequest of Joseph Mitchell is perhaps the most public moment of a life lived very privately. Two Cathedral of Christ the King parishioners spoke of their memories of him. Hamilton Smith, his third cousin by marriage, grew up alongside him. They were in the same class at Christ the King School and initially […]
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Lo Que He Visto Y He Oido
August 16, 2012Muchas de nuestras comunidades han adoptado la costumbre de colocar en la iglesia un libro de intenciones para la oración, donde la gente puede escribir por lo que está orando, e invitar a otros para que se unan al ofrecer oraciones por una necesidad especial o una persona. En la capilla de la cancillería tenemos […]
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Habersham Address To Become Archbishop’s New Home
August 16, 2012The Archdiocese of Atlanta received a property on Habersham Road in the Buckhead neighborhood as part of the bequest of Joseph Mitchell, nephew of the famous author of “Gone With the Wind,” that will become the new home for the archbishop. Located less than two miles from his current home, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory is […]