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OLA Second-Graders Raise $1,051 For Heifer Project
April 12, 2012The second-grade classes at Our Lady of the Assumption School presented Heifer International president Pierre U. Ferrari with a check in the amount of $1,051 when he visited the Atlanta school March 26. Back in February second-grade teacher Teri Camp read “Beatrice’s Goat” to her class to start a discussion on problem solving. “Beatrice’s Goat” is […]
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Regional Stewardship Conference To Renew Message
April 12, 2012The 11th annual Regional Stewardship Day Conference will be held on Saturday, April 28, in the historic southern city of Charleston, S.C. The conference will take place at the Embassy Suites Airport Convention Center. Pastors, pastoral administrators, associates, deacons, school principals, directors of religious education, parish and finance council members, stewardship committee members, youth and […]
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April 12, 2012Students in Emory University’s Modern Catholicism class visited the Trappist Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers recently to participate in sext, the midday prayer service, tour the Monastic Heritage Center and spend almost two hours asking questions of the monks, including Brother Callistus and Brother Elias. Phillip Thompson, the course instructor and the executive […]
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GRACE Scholars Encourages Earlier Gifts, Corporate Gifts
April 12, 2012While individuals and married couples can donate to the GRACE Scholars program and receive a state tax credit for doing so, corporate giving is being promoted as a much needed and significant way to help more children receive their education at Georgia’s Catholic schools. GRACE Scholars, a program that was introduced in 2008, provides children […]
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CCHD Youth Art Contest Winners Announced
April 12, 2012Winners of the youth multimedia art contest sponsored by Catholic Campaign for Human Development were announced March 24 at a reception held at the Atlanta Chancery offices. Pinecrest Academy senior Sarah Stubbs (“Wall of Ignorance”) and Gina Valecruz, an eighth-grader at St. Jude School (“Digging Up Issues of Poverty”), were named the local grand-prize winners, […]
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Kids And Laws
April 12, 2012Recently I was asked to preach at a Mass and was told beforehand that the congregation would be mostly young people. It was a family Mass, and when I looked out on the large gathering, it was easy to see that most of those before me were indeed very young. There were three readings from […]
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Lo Que He Visto Y He Oido
April 12, 2012“Graba en tu corazón los mandamientos que yo te entrego hoy, repíteselos a tus hijos.” (Deuteronomio 6:7) Este año nuestros vecinos judíos comenzaron su celebración de Pascua el mismo día que nosotros los católicos celebramos el Viernes Santo. El mismo día, ambas familias religiosas fueron llamadas por la amonestación que encontramos en el libro de […]
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Priest Assignment
April 12, 2012Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following change in priest assignment. At the recommendation of Passionist Father Robert H. Joerger, provincial superior, Archbishop Gregory has confirmed the appointment of Father Alberto A. Cabrera, CP, as parochial vicar for St. Paul of the Cross Church, Atlanta, effective March 29.
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Leaving Tony Behind
April 12, 2012Most children are thrilled to hear they have an angel assigned especially to them. But many adults leave behind some beautiful beliefs from childhood—and that often includes guardian angels. So what happens to our angel in this situation? Does it return to heaven, all bedraggled and blue, and ask for a reassignment? Or does it […]
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Vocations Office Sponsors Discernment Events
April 12, 2012The Archdiocese of Atlanta Office of Vocations is sponsoring a worship and discernment event entitled “First Call Atlanta,” as well as Masses for vocational discernment for men and women. “First Call Atlanta” features Father Tim Hepburn, archdiocesan vocations director, and Paul George, co-founder of ADORE Ministries, as speakers, with live music provided by Greg Boudreaux. […]