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Irish history, dance on tap at Oakland ‘Sunday in the Park’
June 10, 2010ATLANTA—Come join in a bit of Irish fun at Oakland Cemetery and learn how Father Thomas O’Reilly saved the city during the Civil War. The Hibernian Benevolent Society of Atlanta, in conjunction with the Historic Oakland Foundation’s 34th annual Sunday in the Park, will celebrate the contributions of Father O’Reilly and his heroic deeds on […]
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Catholic School Teams Scale Heights At State
June 10, 2010In state playoffs, Blessed Trinity High School boys and girls tennis teams competed at Clayton County International Park, Jonesboro, where each defeated The Westminster School, Atlanta, to win their respective AA state championships. For the BT girls, it was their second consecutive state title. The BT boys were state runners-up in 2009. The girls, coached […]
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Growing Vietnamese Track Reflects Faith, Culture
June 10, 2010Like the Catholic faith, some things transcend a particular culture. When the crowd in International Salons A&B at the Georgia International Convention Center erupted in a Vietnamese and English rendition of the childhood favorite, “The More We Get Together,” not a face was without a smile, including that of Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory. Through the […]
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Signed Reconciliation Sacrament Is Gift To Deaf
June 10, 2010Frania Franch-Sonner emerged from a makeshift confessional made of a steel frame covered in black velvet drapery in the Kenyan Suite of the Georgia International Convention Center assured that “now I know what to do.” These words were interpreted by Chase Womack, 19, using American Sign Language. Both attended the Deaf Track of the 2010 […]
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Church personnel mandated to report elder, disabled abuse
June 10, 2010ATLANTA—Church volunteers and employees are encouraged to familiarize themselves with a new state law requiring current mandatory reporters of child abuse to also report suspected abuse of disabled adults and the elderly. House Bill 78 became law on July 1, 2013 and now includes those with disabilities and the elderly in mandatory reporting of abuse, […]
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Hispanics Challenged To Pass Faith To Their Children
June 10, 2010When Atlanta’s Auxiliary Bishop Luis Zarama greeted thousands of Spanish-speaking attendees at the Eucharistic Congress’ Hispanic track June 5, section by section people rose to their feet. Whistles, applause and shouts of “bravo” resounded through Exhibit Hall B of the Georgia International Convention Center. “Seeing the procession today, the people’s faces … it’s really energizing,” […]
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General Track Speaker: ‘We Are A Eucharistic People’
June 10, 2010The disparate crowd, numbering in the thousands, flowed continuously in, out, and around the largest hall at the Georgia International Convention Center, while the speakers in the General Track of the 2010 Eucharistic Congress taught and preached throughout the day. Despite the movement, the people listened intently, with little extraneous noise in the cavernous space, […]
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Cardinal says USCCB continues legal, moral analysis of HHS mandate
June 10, 2010WASHINGTON (CNS)—In a Sept. 17 letter to U.S. bishops, New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops continues to study the legal and moral implications of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ contraceptive mandate in the Affordable Care Act. The USCCB also continues to “develop avenues of response […]
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Georgia Bulletin Wins Three Catholic Press Awards
June 10, 2010The Georgia Bulletin earned three awards at the annual Catholic Media Convention held in New Orleans. The 2010 convention drew members of the Catholic Press Association and the Catholic Academy for Communication Arts Professionals to New Orleans June 2-4. The 2010 St. Francis de Sales Award, the highest award from the Catholic Press Association for […]
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What I Have Seen And Heard (June 10, 2010)
June 10, 2010As is typically the case with any significant parish event, there are usually many people who work quietly behind the scenes to make special celebrations go smoothly. The behind-the-scenes folks often prefer not to step into the limelight; they like being the workforce that goes about their business without much fanfare. Occasionally even when the […]