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Priest Joyfully Answers Call To First Pastorate
July 19, 2012Father Timothy Gallagher, who grew up in a small Catholic community in Madison, Georgia, has now answered the call to serve as pastor of one of Atlanta’s smaller Catholic parishes, in Cedartown. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory recently assigned Father Gallagher, 40, to be pastor of St. Bernadette Church, west of Atlanta near the Georgia-Alabama border. […]
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Conyers Priest Leads Personal Pilgrimage To Ireland
July 19, 2012Father John Kieran, native of Ireland and pastor of St. Pius X Church in Conyers, recently led a group of local Catholics to the Emerald Isle for the 50th annual International Eucharistic Congress, adding his personal touch to the trip with family visits and tours of popular religious sites. Pilgrims from St. Pius X, as […]
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Holy Spirit College Graduates Charter Class
July 19, 2012Holy Spirit College, on the campus of Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Atlanta, graduated its charter class on May 22. The degree of bachelor of philosophy was conferred on Alan Rauda and the degree of master of theological studies upon AnnMarie Jordan. At the baccalaureate Mass, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory spoke about the purpose of Catholic […]
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July 19, 2012Sister Virginia Bartolac, a Sister of Charity of Leavenworth, Kansas City, Kan., marked her golden jubilee as a religious during a special celebration in Leavenworth on Sunday, June 24. Sister Virginia, who holds a doctorate in canon law, served as collegiate judge in Atlanta’s Court of Appeals from 1991 to 1995. She left when she […]
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‘The Exorcist’: Setting The Record Straight
July 19, 2012Consider three excerpts from the readings from St. Mark’s Gospel we’ve heard at Sunday Masses this month: “There was a woman afflicted with hemorrhages for 12 years. She had suffered greatly at the hands of many doctors and had spent all that she had. Yet she was not helped but only grew worse.” “Jesus took […]
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Couples For Christ Region Event Focuses On Mary
July 19, 2012Nearly 1,000 people from 21 states associated with Couples for Christ USA attended the organization’s Eastern conference at the Marriott Marquis Hotel, Atlanta, June 29 to July 1. The conference theme for the “Magnificat weekend” was “Proclaim the Greatness of the Lord.” The mother of Jesus was held up as a model for couples in […]
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Encounter of Hispanic Ministries To Be Held Aug. 4
July 19, 2012The 2012 Encounter of Hispanic Ministries, known as “Encuentro,” will be held Saturday, Aug. 4, at St. Andrew Church in Roswell from 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Encuentro provides an opportunity for Catholics to share information and to exchange points of view about the integration process of the Catholic Hispanic community in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. The […]
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6 Incentives To Consider Natural Family Planning
July 19, 2012According to the Guttmacher Institute, statistics released earlier this year suggest that close to 90 percent of women of reproductive age—and 87 percent of Catholic women—use a method of contraception other than Natural Family Planning. While the percentages may differ in other studies, it is clear that contraceptive use is prevalent even among Catholics, making […]
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Father Scully Excited To Settle Into New Parish
July 10, 2012Marist Father Patrick Scully recently took on the role of pastor at St. Peter Church in LaGrange and administrator of its mission, St. Elizabeth Seton in Warm Springs, an appointment he is both passionate and excited about. “I’m excited to be in LaGrange. I’m excited with the locale, the feel, the people,” he said about […]
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Theology Of The Body Conference To Be Held In S.C.
July 7, 2012The Diocese of Charleston and Family Honor, Inc. are sponsoring a Theology of the Body conference from July 6-7 at St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church in Simpsonville, S.C. The event offers an opportunity for families to meet some of the foremost experts in the study of Pope John Paul II’s teaching called “The Theology of […]