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Stewardship Head Outlines Annual Appeal Changes
January 6, 2011The Archbishop’s Annual Appeal is set to begin—for the first time in many years beginning and ending within the year—from January to December. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory announced the changes to the schedule for the Annual Appeal last fall—changes intended to simplify the process and synchronize the Appeal with the calendar year. “We are making […]
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Fathers Invited To 20th Dad’s Event With Msgr. Lopez
January 6, 2011All fathers of the archdiocese are invited to take part in the 20th year of a well-loved tradition for guys: the Morning of Recollection for Dads with Msgr. Richard Lopez, a priest-teacher who is an institution at St. Pius X High School and throughout the archdiocese. The tradition will continue at St. Pius X on […]
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Priest Returns To Childhood Hobby With Comic Strip
January 6, 2011Father Dominick Fullam was drawn to cartooning at an early age, but a higher calling erased any aspirations he had of becoming a full-time cartoonist. Recently, however, the St. Martin native, who is vicar general and moderator of the curia for the Biloxi Diocese as well as pastor of St. Mary Parish in Woolmarket, was […]
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Ignatius House Director To Be Feb. 12 Magnificat Speaker
January 6, 2011Maria G. Cressler, of the Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center, will be the featured speaker at the Magnificat breakfast on Saturday, Feb. 12. All women of the archdiocese are invited to attend. The breakfast will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Killian Hall, 908 Killian Hill Road, Lilburn. The event includes music, […]
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St. Mary’s Welcomes Montana’s ‘Fighting Saints’
January 6, 2011Students at St. Mary’s Catholic School were treated to a special visit the morning of Dec. 17, the last day before their Christmas break, when the Carroll College Fighting Saints football team stopped by. All roads led to Rome for the team from the small Catholic college in Helena, Mont. The next day they were […]
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New Director For Formation, Discipleship Named
January 6, 2011Amy Daniels was early in her days as an Air Force chaplain when two helicopters on a training mission collided in the Nevada desert, killing a dozen crewmembers. Teaming up with the unit commander, Daniels visited all the homes and loved ones of the crewmembers who died and ministered to the needs of their families, […]
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Hapeville Pregnancy Center Holds Fundraiser Dinner
January 6, 2011The Advice and Aid Pregnancy Center is marking its 26th anniversary of helping women who are pregnant. A fundraising dinner and fellowship at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta are scheduled for Friday, Jan. 21. The event begins with Mass at the Cathedral at 6 p.m., followed by 7 p.m. refreshments and dinner. […]
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Mass For Unborn, March For Life To Be Held Jan. 21
January 6, 2011Those who see abortion as the taking of a human life will observe in prayer and silence the 38th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decisions that legalized abortion in America, gathering for a Mass for the Unborn and a silent March for Life in downtown Atlanta. The events will be held on Friday, Jan. […]
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Vigil Honors Homeless Who Died In 2010
January 6, 2011The names of some 50 homeless men and women who died in 2010 were read aloud at the fifth annual National Homeless Persons Memorial Day Candlelight Vigil, held on Dec. 21 at the new Rawson Haverty campus of Saint Joseph’s Mercy Care at 424 Decatur St. The event was held in collaboration with the National […]
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Inspired Catholic Community Shares ‘Gift of Life’
January 6, 2011The season of giving took on a whole new meaning for Holy Cross Church when 190 of its members rolled up their sleeves and donated the gift of life—blood. On Saturday, Dec. 11, the parish hall was converted into a donation center, where some 60 parish volunteers and 30 American Red Cross workers from Athens, […]