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‘Christmas For All’ Event Reaches Children In Need
January 5, 2012Many people, lay and ordained, came together last month to provide a Christmas celebration for the residents of the South Colony Mobile Home Park. It was the third year that volunteers brought gifts, food and good tidings to the community in South Atlanta. Rick Walker, a parishioner at Holy Trinity Church, Peachtree City, has been […]
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Order of Malta to Host Mass, Anointing of the Sick
January 5, 2012“Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and did not minister to you?” This famous verse in the Gospel of Matthew illustrates the responsibility that members of the Order of Malta accept as their duty when making a commitment to join this 900-year-old […]
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Catholic-Orthodox Ecumenical Event Set For Jan. 24
January 5, 2012Holy Spirit Church is scheduled to host a Catholic-Orthodox Ecumenical Gathering on Tuesday, Jan. 24, at 7 p.m. The event includes a reception in McDonough Hall. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and Archbishop Alexios, the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Atlanta, will preside at the gathering, which will also feature music by the Chantors of Annunciation Greek […]
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On to a New Year
January 5, 2012New Year’s Eves are always quiet here at the monastery. I do not know of any monks who stay up through midnight. If there are, they welcome the New Year unnoticed. Most of us are long asleep by the time the New Year rolls into town. But that does not mean that it is not […]
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Catholic Schools’ Office Seeks District-Wide Accreditation
January 5, 2012The archdiocesan Office of Catholic Schools plans to seek district-wide accreditation for the 18 Catholic educational institutions in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Superintendent Dr. Diane Starkovich said 2012 would be a big year for the schools in the Archdiocese of Atlanta as the process of converting the accreditation begins. “Our current model is a secular […]
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What The Magi Saw That Night
January 5, 2012“Oh, it’s the feast of the Epiphany, right? That’s about the three guys in fancy clothes, who show up in Bethlehem with gifts, correct? Yeah, I’ve heard about that one before.” Maybe because we commemorate this day every year, it’s in danger of losing its sparkle, especially for those who have grown somewhat cynical over […]
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What I Have Seen And Heard
January 5, 2012All in all, I think there were about 40 of them, many of them looking quite relaxed wearing jeans and running shoes. Some sported mustaches while others were clean shaven. There were Koreans, Hispanics, Vietnamese, Anglos and African-Americans. Their ages varied perhaps from the early 20s to the mid-30s—maybe one or two of them in […]
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Photos From 2011
December 31, 2011Photojournalist Michael Alexander selected these photos to look back at some of the events that took place in the Atlanta Archdiocese in 2011.
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What I Have Seen And Heard for December 22, 2011
December 22, 2011I’ve now made it somewhat of a personal campaign that whenever a person wishes me the generic greeting “happy holidays,” I respond with an enthusiastic “Merry Christmas.” I suppose that for some people it might seem just an inconsequential gesture, but I have become more and more frustrated at the progressively growing and quite obvious […]
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‘For All Or For Many?’: New Mass Prayers
December 22, 2011Of all the changes in the new Mass translation, two words used by the priest at the consecration have evoked the most questions. Those two words are “for many.” Until the new translation, the priest had been referring to Jesus’ blood having redemptive value “for all”: “… this is the cup of my blood, the […]