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New Pastor Brings Passion For Catechesis
August 16, 2012The parishioners of St. George Church rolled out the welcome mat for their new pastor, Father Henry Atem. The welcome reception at the 771 Roscoe Road church was filled with well-wishers and folks wanting to introduce themselves to the community’s new spiritual leader. Father Atem recalled the celebration. He said many people came up to […]
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Advice 101 For Catholic College Students
August 16, 2012All across the country, young people are packing up laptops, clothing and books as they prepare for one of life’s big crossroads: going away to college, and living on their own for the first time ever. College offers abundant freedom, but it often comes with pitfalls. Left to their own devices, many students will stay […]
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Mitchell Heir Leaves Estate To Archdiocese
August 16, 2012The Archdiocese of Atlanta has received a substantial gift from the estate of Margaret Mitchell’s nephew, Joseph, including a 50 percent share of the trademark and literary rights to “Gone With the Wind.” The estate of Joseph Mitchell included a multi-million dollar bequest to the archdiocese and the donation of his home on Habersham Road […]
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Atlanta Marks Anniversary Of Margaret Mitchell’s Death
August 14, 2012The Georgia Bulletin comes out this week on the 63rd anniversary of Margaret Mitchell’s death, August 16. The writer’s short-lived life of nearly 49 years was ended five days after a car struck her at the intersection of 13th and Peachtree Street. I recently traced some Atlanta landmarks that are closely associated with Mitchell. The […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard for August 2, 2012
August 2, 2012People frequently ask me how I go about choosing a topic for this column. I have to tell them that I try to ponder the events that I have shared with people in my service as Archbishop and what faith lessons that I manage to learn from those encounters and what faith instructions that I […]
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Former Victim Mentors Girls Away From Sex Trafficking
August 2, 2012ATLANTA (CNS)—The girls Keisha Head mentors today remind her of herself 15 or 20 years ago. They are from the margins: runaways from tough family circumstances, truant from school or on probation from the Fulton County Juvenile Court for one offense or another. And all are potential targets of predators looking to commercially exploit them, […]
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Togo Priest Becomes Chaplain To French-Speakers
August 2, 2012Two parishes will host the new ministry to French-speaking Catholics in the Atlanta Archdiocese. Father Daniel Agbeko Gbadji will be the spiritual leader of the community, part of the multicultural face of the archdiocese. “We have to show people our capability and our desire to be gathered as a big Francophone group. We must emphasize […]
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Priest Assignments
August 2, 2012Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following changes in priest and clergy assignments. Father Daniel Joseph Rogaczewski has been assigned as parochial vicar at All Saints Church, Dunwoody, effective June 23. Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales Father Joseph Pottemmel has been assigned as chaplain at the Monastery of the Visitation, Snellville, effective July […]
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More End-Of-Life Ministry Needed, Deacon Tells Interfaith Group
August 2, 2012Deacon Bob Hauert, chaplain at Hospice Atlanta and deacon at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, spoke on death, dying and the importance of hospice care at the North American Interfaith Network conference held in Atlanta July 15-18. Deacon Hauert, ordained a permanent deacon for the Archdiocese of Atlanta in 2010, shared his story with workshop […]
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Msgr. Donovan, Priest From 1944-2012 In Georgia, Dies
August 2, 2012Msgr. Walter J. Donovan died on Sunday, July 22, leaving a lasting legacy of schools and parishes in the Atlanta Archdiocese and the state. He was 96. A native of Little Falls, N.Y., Msgr. Donovan arrived in Georgia when it was still a mission state with an estimated 44,000 Catholics and he was the 30th […]