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SVdP Provides Care To Growing Numbers
December 8, 2011Nearly one out of every five Georgia residents now lives in poverty. Figures from the U.S. Census Bureau show some 1.83 million people in Georgia living below the poverty line, some 18.7 percent of the state. It is the highest level since 1993. Volunteers at the St. Vincent de Paul Society see their faces, people […]
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New Book Unlocks Deeper Meaning Of Mass
December 8, 2011“INSIDE THE MASS: A SPIRITUAL REFLECTION ON THE NEW TRANSLATION” by Father Theodore Book, SLL; Scepter Publishers, Inc., (New York, N.Y., 2011). 122 pp., paperback; $9.95. If you’ve ever had trouble explaining to a curious friend what Mass is all about, or yearned to understand the prayers more deeply, this book is for you. In […]
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In Midlife A Dream To Be A Missionary Is Realized
December 8, 2011Halfway around the world and immersed in an unfamiliar culture, St. Jude the Apostle parishioner Carmen Hilmes still recognizes the oneness of faith in God. “The universality of our faith has been awe-inspiring,” said Hilmes, who has been stationed as a missionary in the Cambodian capital city of Phnom Penh since September. She is serving […]
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Lay Missionary ‘Meets God’ In Eyes Of Poor, Suffering
December 8, 2011Catherine Giller always had a heart for mission work. Though she feels that God may have been leading her to it years ago, she did not always recognize the signs. “I believe that God put before my eyes ‘mission’ in various forms throughout my life, but that my eyes were not always open,” Giller said. […]
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‘I Believe …’: New Mass Prayers
December 8, 2011Can a one-letter word really make a great difference? In the case of the new Mass translation of the Nicene Creed, the answer is emphatically, “Yes!” Instead of starting the Creed at Mass by saying, “We believe in one God …” we have begun to say, “I believe in one God.” The use of the […]
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Priest Assignment
December 8, 2011Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following change in priest assignment. Father Alvaro D. Avendano has been assigned as parochial vicar at St. Mark Church, Clarkesville, and at St. Helena Mission, Clayton, effective Dec. 1. He will reside at St. Helena’s.
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Lucy Brightens Dark Days Of Advent
December 8, 2011Here’s the question of the day: Are you ready for Christmas? As for me, I still have three-million-and-one things to do, but still I am looking forward with great anticipation to the big day. After all, when it comes to Christmas, what’s not to like? There’s that whole jolliness thing with eggnog, cookies and the […]
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Feeding Hungry Continues Drexel Mission At Lourdes
December 8, 2011Aproned volunteers pile plates with the day’s menu of spicy chicken sausage, collard greens and creamed potatoes. The “guests” of the Lourdes Lunch Ministry add to their crowded plates as they choose from a table heavy with breads and pastries before taking a seat. Servers walk around with steaming cups of coffee, water and lemonade. […]
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Catholic Foundation Gives Thanks With New Society
December 8, 2011Paula and Charles Gorgolione wanted to create a lasting gift in memory of Charles’ mother. The couple had inherited some money and wanted to “do good with the money to remember her by.” The retired Catholic elementary school teacher and vocational high school instructor were already involved in helping Catholic Charities Atlanta’s ministries. So when […]
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Two Honored For Serving Others In Court System
December 8, 2011DeKalb County Senior Judge Robert Castellani for years faced a courtroom with what seemed to him to be a revolving door of drug-addicted defendants committing crime after crime. Defendants faced probation and jail but kept coming back in front of him, he said. The work was “unrealistic and ineffective,” said Castellani, who served on the […]