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New Owner To Expand Good Shepherd Place
September 15, 2011Nearly 20 years ago in 1992, Catholic Housing Initiatives broke ground on an affordable senior housing project named Good Shepherd Place that has served the local community ever since. This August, the complex was purchased by the Paces Foundation, which plans to expand the facilities and rename it Highland Manor. The groundbreaking for the first […]
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Priest Assignments
September 15, 2011Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following changes in priest assignments. Archbishop Gregory has confirmed the recommendation of Father John L. Connor, LC, territorial director of the Legionaries of Christ, and assigned Father Jason Brooks, LC, as chaplain at Holy Spirit Preparatory School, Atlanta, effective Aug. 4. For canonical status, Father Brooks is appointed […]
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I Hope There Won’t Be Diets In Heaven
September 15, 2011When it comes to the body, I confess I have a love-hate relationship with mine. As a child, it seemed the body was something to battle. For one thing, the second word I uttered, right after momma, was “diet,” and I was constantly on one. But I wasn’t alone. There were also my mother, my […]
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500 People Attend Sept. 11 Interfaith Event
September 15, 2011“Salaam, Shalom, Pacem, Shanti,” sang hundreds of people holding lit candles at the Sept. 11 interfaith gathering at the Decatur Hotel and Conference Center. Whether spoken in Arabic, Hebrew, Latin or Sanskrit, the word was peace. The “Chant For Peace” was the concluding activity in a somber but uplifting memorial sponsored by the Faith Alliance […]
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Bishop Zarama Shares His Healing Faith Journey
September 15, 2011With gentle humor and humility, Auxiliary Bishop Luis R. Zarama brought an intensely personal message of his own healing journey to the priesthood and his reconciliation with his father to the more than 180 women gathered at Holy Cross Church, Atlanta. The bishop was the guest speaker Aug. 13 for the Magnificat ministry that brings […]
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Clemency Requested For Death Row Inmate Troy Davis
September 15, 2011Catholic spiritual leaders asked the state Board of Pardons and Paroles to grant clemency to Troy Davis, the death row inmate convicted of murdering an off-duty Savannah police. Davis is scheduled to be executed at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 21, for the 1989 death of Savannah Police Officer Mark Allen MacPhail. The case has […]
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Marist Finds Its Groove With A Win Over Miller Grove
September 15, 2011Marist School extended its five-game winning streak in softball with a 9-1 victory over Miller Grove High School of Lithonia. Freshman pitcher Grace Packer had 12 strikeouts and held Miller Grove batters to one hit over six innings of play. Sophomore shortstop Taylor Bradley was four for four with two doubles, two singles and four […]
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Gambian Community Celebrates ‘Sang Marie’
September 15, 2011The Gambia Christians Organization (GCO) celebrated the feast of the Assumption—a national holiday called Sang Marie in Gambia—recently at Christ Our Hope Church, Lithonia. Their community is based at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Atlanta. GCO, with over 60 members, was created in 1993 and is open to all Gambian Christians. The group meets once […]
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Evening For Hope To Support The Work Of Saint Vincent de Paul
September 15, 2011The St. Vincent de Paul Society (SVdP), Atlanta, will be holding its annual Evening for Hope fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 15, at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. The evening will begin as guests of all faiths are invited to join Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory for Mass at 5 p.m. Afterward, the cocktail reception with cash bar […]
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New Organization To Assemble African Communities
September 15, 2011A dozen African Catholic communities are working together with the new Pan African Catholic Organization of Atlanta. The organization will mark its early milestones with a Mass celebrated by Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory on Saturday, Oct. 1, at 7 p.m. The parish of Corpus Christi Church, in Stone Mountain, will be the host. In September, […]