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What I Have Seen and Heard
May 12, 2011Marie B. Craig was the 96-year-old mother of my now-deceased classmate and cherished childhood friend, Father Larry Craig. Larry died suddenly five years ago of an aneurysm, and Marie died last Wednesday. I had continued to call her on those certain special days, Larry’s birthday, our ordination anniversary and, of course, on Mother’s Day. She […]
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Lo Que He Visto Y He Oído
May 12, 2011Marie B. Craig era la madre del Padre Larry Craig, mi compañero de escuela y querido amigo de la infancia que murió repentinamente hace cinco años de un aneurisma. La mamá de Larry falleció el miércoles pasado; tenía 96 años. Yo la seguía llamando por teléfono en ciertos días especiales: el cumpleaños de Larry, el […]
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Priest Assignments
May 12, 2011Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has made the following changes in priest assignments. At the recommendation of Father John Won-sik Sin, provincial superior of the Society of Jesus Korea Province, Archbishop Gregory has assigned Father Isidorus Jeong-ho An, SJ, as pastor of Korean Martyrs Church, Doraville, through May 19. Following the arrival of the new pastor, […]
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The Latest Apparition Of Mary—Our Front Yard!
May 12, 2011As my husband hauled her out of the box, I flinched just a bit. She was much larger than I had envisioned. “Do we really want something that big in the front yard?” I queried nervously. He brushed her off tenderly while glancing at me with a puzzled expression. “I thought she’d be just right,” […]
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Monastery Celebrates New Heritage Center
May 12, 2011When a small group of Trappist monks first settled in Georgia in 1944, they spent several months living in a barn while they worked tirelessly to construct more permanent living and worship spaces that would eventually become the Monastery of the Holy Spirit. That barn has now become a focal point of the new Monastic […]
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Catholic High Schools Hold Commencements Beginning May 14
May 12, 2011Our Lady of Mercy High School The 56 graduating seniors at Our Lady of Mercy High School, Fayetteville, will attend a baccalaureate Mass and receive their diplomas on Saturday, May 14, at ceremonies attended by Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory. The Mass celebrated by the archbishop, followed by the graduation, begins at 2 p.m. on the […]
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God’s Call Led To Monastery, Then Priesthood
May 12, 2011Light streaming from the stained glass windows in the Gothic abbey church of Holy Spirit Monastery made stone in the stark church glow blue. Friends, colleagues and family filled the wooden stalls used by the Trappist monks during their early morning prayers, as the community of close to 40 monks in black and white habits […]
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Augustine’s Ordination Day
May 12, 2011I wonder how many times in the span of a given day do we wish things could be different, say, more to our liking. From the state of the weather, to not getting the winning lottery tickets, to those sighs when we realize we are heading in the wrong direction. I would bet that such […]
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For Pope John Paul II, Spiritual Journey Marked Path To Beatification
May 12, 2011As church officials keep emphasizing, Pope John Paul II has been beatified not for his performance as pope, but for how he lived the Christian virtues of faith, hope and love. When the Vatican’s sainthood experts interviewed witnesses about the Polish pontiff, the focus of their investigation was on holiness, not achievement. What emerged was […]
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Windows Transform Room Into St. Dominic Chapel
May 12, 2011The large ground floor room could serve as a nice conference room, with its picture windows looking out on trees, shrubs and greenery. But instead, David Frei transforms the room with the makings of a chapel as he installs five stained glass windows. It is his favorite part of the job, he says. Manufacturing windows […]