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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 […]
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Vocations Director Tapped For Rome Post
July 7, 2011Father Luke Ballman is returning to Rome and to his alma mater where he studied to be a priest. This time he’ll be a working at the Pontifical North American College, which is home to nearly 240 seminarians from dioceses across the United States. “They will teach me a lot about my priesthood,” he said. […]
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‘Jesus Thinks You Are Terrific,’ Archbishop Tells Kids
July 7, 2011Never have 610 children been so quiet. Prepped by their catechists, they knelt or sat in complete silence as the bells chimed and the archbishop entered the room holding the monstrance aloft with the Blessed Sacrament. After he placed the monstrance on an altar at the front, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory told the children, “You […]
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ASL Attendees Urged To Participate, Actively, In Liturgy
July 7, 2011“The word ‘liturgy’ means ‘work of the people,’” Father Tom Coyte explained. And liturgy is what the American Sign Language (ASL) track of the 2011 Eucharistic Congress was all about. Throughout his presentation, Father Coyte encouraged the deaf and hearing attendees to participate fully in liturgy. “The goal of liturgy is to experience God,” he […]
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Vendors Reflect Faith, Theme Of Congress
July 7, 2011Nabil Rishmawi traveled more than 700 miles to be with the Catholic faithful of the archdiocese for the 2011 Eucharistic Congress. The products he sold at the event have traveled an even greater distance. Rishmawi occupied a table in the vendor area of the congress, as he has done for the past 10 years, selling […]
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Radio Hosts Share Congress With The World
July 7, 2011When one of the most influential people in the U.S. Catholic Church was speaking to Jennifer and Greg Willits through mouthfuls of popcorn, it was obvious this was more than just an everyday experience. Soon after his keynote remarks to the June 25 Eucharistic Congress congregation, New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan sat down with the […]
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What I Have Seen And Heard
July 7, 2011The following homily was delivered by Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory at the closing Mass, on the vigil of the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, at the 2011 Eucharistic Congress. Salmonella, E-coli, and botulism are among the many worrisome words and health threats that have become all too familiar for most of us. […]