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Local Catholics React To New Missal
December 22, 2011On the first Sunday of Advent, the Catholic Church officially implemented the new Roman Missal, with new English translations of various parts of the Mass. Some parishes took advantage of the permitted introduction during the fall of some of the new sung responses to introduce the wording changes gradually to their congregations, while others dove […]
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CTK To Host Benefit For Hapeville Pregnancy Center
December 22, 2011The Advice and Aid Pregnancy Center (AAPC) in Hapeville is celebrating its 27th year of ministry for life with a special evening at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta, on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. Mass will be celebrated at 6 p.m. by Bishop Gregory J. Hartmayer of Savannah. Following Mass at 7 p.m. will […]
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Annual St. Pius Basketball Classic Set For Dec. 27-29
December 22, 2011St. Pius X High School will host the 12th annual St. Pius X Christmas Classic, Dec. 27-29. The tournament features 16 boys and girls basketball teams from seven states and the District of Columbia. It’s considered one of the premier Catholic high school basketball tournaments. Winners of the event are presented with the Monsignor Richard Lopez […]
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Christmas Movie Tradition Evokes The Sacred
December 22, 2011Christmas Day, according to both conventional wisdom and actual box office receipts at some of the nation’s busiest movie theatres, is the biggest day of the year for Hollywood films. For many people, and not just those who practice religions other than Christianity, going to the movies is as much a part of family Christmas […]
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Priest Assignment
December 22, 2011Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has confirmed the recommendation of Very Reverend Mark A. Lewis, SJ, provincial superior of the Jesuits of the New Orleans Province, and assigned Father Jose Emilio Fetzer as retreat director at Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center, Atlanta. The assignment was effective Oct. 15.
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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 […]
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What I Have Seen And Heard (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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A Manger Moose – And Other Christmas Confessions
December 22, 2011I have a confession to make: Our crèche lacks the essential figures of the Madonna, St. Joseph and the Baby Jesus. In fact, the little stable—which my husband made from scraps of wood years ago—has only one figure, and it is a bedraggled, cast-off tree ornament, namely a moose. And, yes, I realize the whole […]
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Let Us Celebrate The Good News
December 22, 2011Christmas Greetings. In late October, stores began putting out their Christmas merchandise, and by mid-November Christmas commercials could be heard. Beginning early on in the season, we are bombarded with commercials that invite us to spend our money with promises of a Merry Christmas. The world focuses on consumption and consumerism in hopes that all […]
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Where do I find you? Be alert to God’s presence
December 22, 2011While Advent is a time to anticipate the Second Coming of Christ, the words that constantly spring up in my heart when this wonderful Church season rolls around each year are: “Stay awake! Be on guard! Be watchful!” I find my antennae at full mast! The founder of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Father John […]