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Depression-Era Classic Has Audience On Campus
December 8, 2011Young Americans, so many of them prepared throughout childhood and adolescence for a life of relative affluence and privilege, suddenly find themselves facing an economic crisis most of them never imagined. The college degree doesn’t guarantee a job; the job, if found, doesn’t necessarily provide fulfillment; and the security that many of their parents have […]
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Students Speak Out For Pro-Life Concerns
December 8, 2011“Our EDGE team woke up early and prepared for a big event in the center of Gainesville. All teens met … to pick signs with the message to say no to abortion. As the EDGE team walked up the street, many drivers that went by were honking and putting thumbs up as an agreement to […]
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St. Michael Teens Join National Pro-Life Effort
December 8, 2011Teens at St. Michael Parish are busy this season. Not just with preparations for upcoming holidays but also with their involvement in the national pro-life movement. Beginning in September, the youth group at the Gainesville parish became involved by holding a drive to collect baby items for Catholic and pro-life pregnancy crisis centers as part […]
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Notable
December 8, 2011On Sunday, Nov. 13, the clothing designs of a parishioner of St. Jude the Apostle Church, Sandy Springs, were displayed at a “Pure Fashion” Show. Local designer Marisa Pereira crafted the look of the outfits. The work is called the Michaela-Noel clothing collection. Designer Pereira’s vision is to give teenagers and women styles to wear […]
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BT Chaplain has experience to lead by example
December 8, 2011ROSWELL–Father Paul Berny is the new chaplain at Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell. This assignment is another chapter in his long service to the church, which started when he was ordained in 1972. Originally from Buffalo, N.Y., Father Berny has served in parishes around the Atlanta Archdiocese and retired as pastor of Prince of Peace […]
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Jesuit Retreat House Dedicates New Center
December 8, 2011A newly constructed resource building at the Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center was recently dedicated on Tuesday, Oct. 25. The dedication was the capstone of the completion of the new J. Robert Fitzgerald Resource Center and also celebrated renovations to the retreat house, including an upgraded entrance and lobby atrium. The 4,000-square-foot resource center accomplished […]
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Parishioners Create Church Stained Glass Windows
December 8, 2011For the volunteers at this Forsyth County church, the chance to work with a craftsman gave them the opportunity to add beauty to Good Shepherd Church. The work wasn’t easy, but the novice volunteers had fun creating the stained glass windows. “My husband says all our DNA are in the windows,” said Tina Wright, who […]
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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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‘Through My Most Grievous Fault’: New Mass Prayers
November 24, 2011In the prayer known as the Confiteor (which begins, “I confess to almighty God …”), the new translation of the Mass helps us cultivate a more humble, sorrowful attitude toward God as we confess our sins and accept responsibility for our wrong actions. Instead of simply saying that I have sinned “through my own fault,” […]
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New Book Espouses Weaving Faith Into Workplace
November 24, 2011“Why Do We Leave Our Faith at the Door?” That is the question that opens the new book by Randy Hain, “The Catholic Briefcase: Tools for Integrating Faith and Work.” In the opening paragraphs, Hain makes the point that, as adults, we spend most of our waking hours at our jobs, but that we often […]