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Emory To Sponsor Special Showing Of ‘Restless Heart’
January 3, 2013The Aquinas Center and the Catholic Student Union at Emory University will sponsor a special showing of the new movie, “Restless Heart,” on Thursday, Jan. 31, at 7:30 p.m. The movie will be shown in White Hall, room 208, at Emory. “The Restless Heart” explores the dramatic life of St. Augustine, one of the pillars […]
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Save Feb. 16 For 28th Annual Marriage Day Ball
January 3, 2013For the 28th year in Atlanta, married couples who want to celebrate St. Valentine’s Day in a joyous atmosphere with other couples are invited to attend the World Marriage Day Ball. Held at the Crowne Plaza Atlanta Perimeter at Ravinia, the event on Saturday, Feb. 16, is planned by the Atlanta Area Worldwide Marriage Encounter […]
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Bobcat Youth Football League Debuted On South Side
January 3, 2013FAYETTEVILLE—The 2012-13 school year has been busy for the Our Lady of Mercy High School community. The school has a new principal, growing enrollment, the football team in the playoffs—and a program with 112 youth football players between the ages of 7 and 14. Since arriving at school three years ago, Coach Mike Earwood has […]
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Knights Help Make Christmas Special
January 3, 2013St. Joseph Church Knights of Columbus, Council 4599, along with the St. Vincent de Paul Society, hosted a Christmas party for children from infant to 17 years. The children met Santa Claus and were each given a new toy for Christmas, plus a stocking of goodies. Nearly 700 children from 200 families received toys for […]
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Christmas At Gift Of Grace House
January 3, 2013David Caron reported about 30 guests—among them “the poor, sick, homeless”—gathered along with about 10 volunteers for Christmas Day Mass at the Gift of Grace House, Atlanta. The home is run by the Missionaries of Charity to serve women who are poor and ill. Following Mass, volunteers readied the tables for the guests. Caron played […]
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Catholic Pastor Attends Hospital Milestone
January 3, 2013Father Eric Hill, pastor of Prince of Peace Church, Flowery Branch, joined with a group of ecumenical clergy members at a blessing of a future hospital. The early December event took place in Braselton on a dirt field where the 100-bed Northeast Georgia Medical Center hospital is scheduled to open in 2015.
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Archdiocese Joined Religious Liberty Fray in 2012
January 3, 2013ATLANTA—Catholics in the Atlanta Archdiocese came out to support a nationwide series of rallies for religious freedom during 2012. The Fortnight for Freedom rallies, in addition to the filing of a lawsuit by the archdiocese against the Obama administration’s health care mandate on contraception and sterilization, were key events last year. Others were the 2012 […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard for January 3, 2013
January 3, 2013One of my two California nephews has been working on a career in the film industry. He’s found some early success so he is quite enthused, and needless to say I am very proud of him. When I spoke with him over the Christmas holidays, he told me that he is currently engaged in a […]
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Historic Year For Lourdes, Cathedral
January 3, 2013ATLANTA—Two parishes reached milestone years in 2012. Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Atlanta, marked a century since its founding as the mother church of African-American Catholics in the archdiocese. And the Cathedral of Christ the King celebrated its 75th anniversary. Our Lady of Lourdes Church and School began with a dozen people, the first black […]
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Father José Fetzer, Jesuit Retreat Director, Dies
January 3, 2013ATLANTA—Jesuit Father José E. Fetzer had a unique giggle that would erupt from his mouth whenever he goofed. That trait attracted many Catholics to him during his 14 months at Ignatius Retreat Center, Atlanta, before he died on Dec. 22. Father Fetzer was never full of himself and that was part of his charm. “People […]