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Priest Assignment
December 22, 2011Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has confirmed the recommendation of Very Reverend Mark A. Lewis, SJ, provincial superior of the Jesuits of the New Orleans Province, and assigned Father Jose Emilio Fetzer as retreat director at Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center, Atlanta. The assignment was effective Oct. 15.
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‘For All Or For Many?’: New Mass Prayers
December 22, 2011Of all the changes in the new Mass translation, two words used by the priest at the consecration have evoked the most questions. Those two words are “for many.” Until the new translation, the priest had been referring to Jesus’ blood having redemptive value “for all”: “… this is the cup of my blood, the […]
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What I Have Seen And Heard (December 22, 2011)
December 22, 2011I’ve now made it somewhat of a personal campaign that whenever a person wishes me the generic greeting “happy holidays,” I respond with an enthusiastic “Merry Christmas.” I suppose that for some people it might seem just an inconsequential gesture, but I have become more and more frustrated at the progressively growing and quite obvious […]
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A Manger Moose – And Other Christmas Confessions
December 22, 2011I have a confession to make: Our crèche lacks the essential figures of the Madonna, St. Joseph and the Baby Jesus. In fact, the little stable—which my husband made from scraps of wood years ago—has only one figure, and it is a bedraggled, cast-off tree ornament, namely a moose. And, yes, I realize the whole […]
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Let Us Celebrate The Good News
December 22, 2011Christmas Greetings. In late October, stores began putting out their Christmas merchandise, and by mid-November Christmas commercials could be heard. Beginning early on in the season, we are bombarded with commercials that invite us to spend our money with promises of a Merry Christmas. The world focuses on consumption and consumerism in hopes that all […]
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Where do I find you? Be alert to God’s presence
December 22, 2011While Advent is a time to anticipate the Second Coming of Christ, the words that constantly spring up in my heart when this wonderful Church season rolls around each year are: “Stay awake! Be on guard! Be watchful!” I find my antennae at full mast! The founder of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Father John […]
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Journeying With Jesus, Longing For Peace
December 22, 2011Advent is this great season of leaning into the future with hope in the heart and a deep longing for a world of peace, compassion and justice. How can we not be on Jesus’ journey bent on turning swords into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks? At every turn in the road, adversarial personalities and events sought […]
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Learning again how to wait with Mary
December 22, 2011Waiting is something I do not do very well. I’m always aware of that, but Advent brings “waiting” to my mind in a very special way. What were Mary’s thoughts as she waited? She knew all too well that the baby she carried was, oh, so special. He was the one people throughout the ages […]
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Finding comfort and recommitment in Advent
December 22, 2011Advent is one of my favorite times of the year. Summer and hot temperatures are over and the cold of January and February hasn’t arrived yet. It’s a time of Jesse trees and Advent wreaths. Yes, the Christmas trees come up after Halloween and the Christmas carols begin before Thanksgiving. For me, however, everything kind […]
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Faith & Public Policy Workshops To Begin In January
December 22, 2011The Georgia Catholic Conference is sponsoring the first Faith & Public Policy Workshop of 2012, to be held on Jan. 7 at St. Ann Church. Speakers at the workshop will include Frank Mulcahy, executive director of the Georgia Catholic Conference, Mary Boyert, director of the archdiocesan Respect Life Ministry, Kat Doyle, director of Social Justice […]