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Lessons I Failed To Learn In My Younger Years
July 19, 2012I was in high school when the advent of the birth-control pill was announced to the world, and it was declared by secular society to be a wondrously liberating device. For married women, the pill was touted as offering freedom from a string of pregnancies. For single women, the pill was hailed as a way […]
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Tilting At Windmills
July 19, 2012In Miguel de Cervantes’ masterpiece, “Don Quixote,” the title character famously attacks some windmills, which he mistakes for “ferocious giants”: “Just then they came in sight of thirty or forty windmills that rise from that plain. And no sooner did Don Quixote see them that he said to his squire, ‘Fortune is guiding our affairs […]
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Finding God Right At Your Feet
July 19, 2012Scriptures reveal ample evidence of the traces of God and his ways, as these are found in the most commonplace things. Jesus often spoke of harvests and seeds, pearls and trees, the birds of the air, wineskins and more to share with his hearers what God is like, what he does for us, how much […]
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Priest Assignments
July 19, 2012Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following priest assignments. Upon the recommendation of Bishop Benoît Alowonou of the Diocese of Kpalimé, Togo (Africa), Archbishop Gregory has confirmed the appointment of Father Agbeko (Daniel) Gbadji as chaplain for the Francophone community in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. The appointment is effective beginning June 18 for a […]
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Cristina Zakis To Speak At Magnificat Meal Aug. 18
July 19, 2012Cristina Zakis, of St. Stephen the Martyr Church, Lilburn, will be the guest speaker at the Magnificat breakfast for women to be held on Saturday, Aug. 18, at Holy Cross Church, Atlanta. The local chapter of the international Catholic women’s ministry sponsors the breakfast. All women are invited to attend this morning of faith-sharing and […]
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Then And Now: Siblings Share Love Of Faith, Arts
July 19, 2012It’s been almost 10 years since I took this photograph of Angela Rodriguez and her younger brother, Javier Rivera, as they were lining up for a procession at Mass celebrating the canonization of St. Juan Diego. It was held outdoors at St. Pius X High School in Atlanta. Angela was 13 and Juan was 4. […]
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Priest Joyfully Answers Call To First Pastorate
July 19, 2012Father Timothy Gallagher, who grew up in a small Catholic community in Madison, Georgia, has now answered the call to serve as pastor of one of Atlanta’s smaller Catholic parishes, in Cedartown. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory recently assigned Father Gallagher, 40, to be pastor of St. Bernadette Church, west of Atlanta near the Georgia-Alabama border. […] Full Story
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Conyers Priest Leads Personal Pilgrimage To Ireland
July 19, 2012Father John Kieran, native of Ireland and pastor of St. Pius X Church in Conyers, recently led a group of local Catholics to the Emerald Isle for the 50th annual International Eucharistic Congress, adding his personal touch to the trip with family visits and tours of popular religious sites. Pilgrims from St. Pius X, as […] Full Story
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Holy Spirit College Graduates Charter Class
July 19, 2012Holy Spirit College, on the campus of Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Atlanta, graduated its charter class on May 22. The degree of bachelor of philosophy was conferred on Alan Rauda and the degree of master of theological studies upon AnnMarie Jordan. At the baccalaureate Mass, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory spoke about the purpose of Catholic […]
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Notable
July 19, 2012Sister Virginia Bartolac, a Sister of Charity of Leavenworth, Kansas City, Kan., marked her golden jubilee as a religious during a special celebration in Leavenworth on Sunday, June 24. Sister Virginia, who holds a doctorate in canon law, served as collegiate judge in Atlanta’s Court of Appeals from 1991 to 1995. She left when she […]