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Monastery Open House To Feature New Museum, Concert
September 15, 2011The Monastery of the Holy Spirit will host an open house on Saturday, Oct. 1, to celebrate the new Monastic Heritage Center, a museum showcasing the history of the monastery and the Cistercian Order. All are welcome to attend. The 17,000-square-foot museum incorporates both new and renovated monastery structures and features videos, interactive displays, and […]
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Festival Aims To Supply Water To Nicaraguan Poor
September 15, 2011Last year Amigos for Christ nonprofit set a goal to raise funds through its annual music festival to provide clean running water to the Nicaraguan village of El Chonco, whose families were walking miles to collect agua—water—that was contaminated. Amigos met its goal and then some, collaborating with Catholic and other mission teams from North […]
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Sept. 11 Remembrances Pray For Peace
September 15, 2011With a wreath of remembrance placed before the Cathedral’s St. Joseph altar, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory said the Sunday readings for Sept. 11, 2011, offered wisdom for people everywhere reflecting on the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States. The reading from the Book of Sirach says that “wrath and anger are […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (September 15, 2011)
September 15, 2011Parents of college-age students throughout North Georgia, and in other places well beyond this region, have been participating in a ritual that uniquely belongs to this time of year. They are bringing their students back to school. Whether they are bringing their first college student to a new university campus or they have done this […]
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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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Notable
September 15, 2011A Mass to remember the death of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta was held on Monday, Sept. 5. David Caron, who worships at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Atlanta, said some 60 people crowded in the Gift of Grace House, in Atlanta’s Poncey-Highland neighborhood, to remember the beloved woman on the 14th anniversary of her […]
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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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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 […]