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What I Have Seen and Heard for March 29, 2012
March 29, 2012Lent is rapidly coming to an end—and perhaps not a moment too soon for many of us. We may have grown weary of the penances that we began on Ash Wednesday and long to return to those pleasures that we have set aside as a sign of our mortification and self-denial. In these closing days […]
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Lo Que He Visto Y He Oido
March 29, 2012Ya estamos por terminar la Cuaresma. Tal vez estamos fatigados de nuestras penitencias que comenzaron el miércoles de cenizas y deseamos regresar a los placeres que hemos puesto a un lado como señal de nuestra humillación y abnegación. En estos últimos días de la cuaresma, nuestras penitencias parecen ser más como un concurso de resistencia […]
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Priest Assignments
March 29, 2012Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following changes in priest assignments. Father Alvaro D. Avendano has been assigned as administrator of St. Helena Mission, Clayton, effective Feb. 15. Msgr. Francois Smith Jeannot, who has retired from ministry in the Jacmel Diocese in Haiti, has been assigned as presiding priest for Masses for the Haitian […]
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Unraveling The Mystery Of Suffering
March 29, 2012In church I kneel down and stare at the big crucifix over the altar and see Christ with his arms outstretched. He looks so peaceful there, but he was in unimaginable agony. And I know some people flinch from the cross, saying it is too brutal and terrible. But the cross is a powerful way […]
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AACCW Recognition Day Honors Those Who Serve
March 29, 2012Nominated by their parish communities, 58 women and 54 senior high school youth of the Atlanta Archdiocese were honored March 3 for their ministry and service to the church at the 35th annual Recognition Day, sponsored by the Atlanta Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women. AACCW president Dana Lee Willis, speaking at the Recognition Day Mass, […]
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Radio Hosts Lead Panel On Religious Freedom
March 29, 2012As radio hosts, Greg and Jennifer Willits are no strangers to hearing a wide array of listeners’ opinions. But when it comes to the federal health plan mandating free contraceptive coverage by most religious employers, the couple has been surprised by both the support and the dissent the topic has generated. The Willitses, hosts of […]
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Women Of The Year
March 29, 2012Telma Acosta, St. Thomas the Apostle, Smyrna; Maureen Alexander, St. Monica, Duluth; Margaret Atkinson, St. James the Apostle, McDonough; Marguerite Avery, St. Vincent de Paul, Dallas; Joanne Balen, St. Ann, Marietta; Gail Barrow, St. Gerard Majella, Ft. Oglethorpe; Pat Bendert, St. Gabriel, Fayetteville; Consuelo Bills, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Atlanta; Linda Bischof, St. Oliver Plunkett, […]
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Catholic Charities Atlanta Gala Honors Sister Valentina
March 29, 2012A Sister of Mercy who has served for more than 60 years in various roles in the archdiocese, from Catholic school superintendent and parish administrator to director of mission integration at Saint Joseph’s Hospital, will be honored at the fifth annual Catholic Charities Atlanta Gala. Sister Valentina Sheridan, RSM, is to receive the Archbishop John […]
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Pilgrimage To Link Christ’s Passion, Social Justice
March 29, 2012The 32nd annual Good Friday Pilgrimage, which is a “walking prayer” linking the solemn remembrance of Christ’s Passion with contemporary social justice questions, will take place on April 6, sponsored by the social justice ministries of the archdiocese. Participants will gather on the steps of the state Capitol at 8:45 a.m. on Good Friday. Archbishop […]
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Social Justice Series Starts With Nuclear Disarmament
March 29, 2012A new series for Catholics will begin in April, with the aim of providing in-depth discussions on current social justice topics that are often overlooked. The first program will focus on the Church’s teaching on nuclear weapons, weapons of mass destruction and nuclear disarmament. “Part of the reason we are doing the series is […]