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Priest Urges Vietnamese To Grow In Faith In New Land
July 7, 2011With voices strong, the Vietnamese Catholic community sang a traditional hymn in praise of the Eucharist. Urged on by Archbishop Pierre Nguyen Van Tot, the tight-knit community from across the Atlanta region joined together in prayer and celebration. “It’s an opportunity to reconnect,” said Susan Duong, a member of the Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church, Norcross. […]
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Expanded Spanish Track Draws Thousands
July 7, 2011Organizers at this year’s Eucharistic Congress allotted a much larger space to this year’s Spanish track, based on overflowing attendance in this track over the past few years. Following the procession and morning Benediction, attendees flowed into the newly expanded space in even greater numbers, filling it with a multitude of enthusiastic Catholics. Jairo Martinez, […]
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Speakers’ Stories Reveal Faith Grows Against All Odds
July 7, 2011A former Protestant pastor who felt haunted by the hidden God in the presence of the Eucharist. A tiny Iraqi nun whose Catholic faith life grew living among the homeless amidst the devastation of war, even though she wasn’t Catholic. A priest who encouraged others to seek freedom from life’s material attachments—and let grace flow through […]
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Priest Assignments
July 7, 2011Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following changes in priest assignments. At the recommendation of Father Augustine Tharappel, regional superior of the Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales, USA Region, Archbishop Gregory has confirmed the assignment of Father Joseph Pottemmel, MSFS, as bursar of the USA Region of the order, effective June 20. He […]
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Really, Truly, Substantially Present
July 7, 2011Last week, I gave an address at the annual Atlanta Eucharistic Congress, which is one of the most impressive gatherings in the American Catholic Church. Roughly 30,000 people came together, on the eve of the feast of Corpus Christ, to celebrate the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. The Congress opened with a spectacular […]
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‘Oh, Lord, It’s Really You!’
July 7, 2011He was a Presbyterian student at a Christian seminary, and he was vehemently anti-Catholic. As he pored over Scripture, however, his prejudices started crumbling, one by one, and he and his wife were eventually received into the Catholic Church. Scott and Kimberly Hahn write about their conversion story, powerfully and unforgettably, in “Rome Sweet Home.” […]
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Teen Talk
July 7, 2011Kaylynn Badecka, St. Vincent de Paul Church, Dallas, Homeschooled “I think that after attending the Eucharistic Congress, I will try to do the best I can with every decision I make. As APeX said, you’re dragging everyone else down when you sin.” Shawn Horan. St. Theresa Church, Douglasville, Rising freshman at the University of Georgia, […]
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Magnificat Breakfast To Feature Bishop Zarama
July 7, 2011Bishop Luis R. Zarama, auxiliary bishop of the Atlanta Archdiocese, will be the speaker at the breakfast hosted by the Magnificat ministry to women on Saturday, Aug. 13, at Holy Cross Church in Atlanta. Bishop Zarama, who was ordained to the priesthood in 1993, was the beloved pastor of St. Mark Church in Clarkesville and […]
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Prison Ministry Collects Toiletries For Inmates
July 7, 2011Nearly 200 inmates at Central State Prison in Macon need basic toiletries and hygiene items, said Deacon Richard Tolcher, coordinator of the archdiocesan Prison and Jail Ministry. The Central State Prison chaplain contacted the prison ministry, requesting help with donations of shampoo, bar soap, deodorant, toothbrushes and toothpaste for a large number of inmates. Sidonie […]
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Visitation Monastery Re-Elects Superior
July 7, 2011Mother Mary Jane Frances Williams has been re-elected to serve another three years as the superior at the Visitation Monastery, home to a group of cloistered nuns belonging to the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary. Mother Jane Frances was chosen as superior by her peers at the monastery, a position that is bestowed […]