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Immigration Rally
March 25, 2011Atlanta – Thousands of rallied against tough illegal immigration bills at the Georgia Statehouse Thursday, March 24. Opponents of the law say the law will promote racial profiling, hurt the state’s economy as law enforcement is given broader powers to enforce immigration laws. Here’s some photos and a video at the end taken with a […]
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Lenten Mission In Spanish Offered In Tyrone
March 17, 2011St. Matthew Church in Tyrone is offering a three-day Lenten mission in Spanish starting Sunday, April 3, through Tuesday, April 5, at 7 p.m. The mission will be presented by Conventual Franciscan Friar Father Guillermo Aguilar Alamilla. All are welcome to attend. Father Aguilar has been a Franciscan Friar since 1998 and was ordained a […] Full Story
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Untitled-es
March 17, 2011La Iglesia Católica de San Mateo en Tyrone ofrecerá Ejercicios espirituales de Cuaresma los días 3, 4 y 5 de Abril a las 7 pm. Los Ejercicios espirituales serán presentados por Fray Guillermo Aguilar Alamilla OFMConv. Fray Aguilar es un religioso franciscano, profeso desde 1998, ordenado sacerdote en el 2006. Completó sus estudios filosóficos en […]
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Congress Theme Is Vocations, Like Marriage
March 17, 2011Thousands of Catholics in June will celebrate the 16th annual Eucharistic Congress. Vocations in the church are a focus this year, and not just serving as a priest, religious sister, deacon, but also the most common vocation: marriage. That includes people like Stephanie and Jimmy McGinn, of Atlanta, who were married last fall at Sacred […]
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Family Of Five Among 1,900 ‘Joyfully’ Received At Rite
March 17, 2011Tonya Roque and her four children are looking forward to Easter, a holy day that will hold special significance for them as they and nearly 2,000 others enter the Catholic Church in North Georgia at the close of this Lenten season. On Sunday, March 13, the Roques joined the thousands who filled the Boisfeuillet Jones […] Full Story
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Saying ‘Yes’ To God: Flannery O’Connor And Mary Ann
March 17, 2011flannery O’Connor would have turned 86 this year on March 25. And to me, it seems exquisitely fitting that a woman who repeatedly said “yes” to God came into the world on the feast of the Annunciation. Most people know that O’Connor lived outside of Milledgeville on a farm called Andalusia and is considered one […]
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As Near As A Reach
March 17, 2011A friend of mine sat near me during a retreat session on the writings and religious vision of the late Southern author Walker Percy. The subject turned toward the novel “The Moviegoer,” for which Percy was awarded the National Book Award. My friend smiled as he listened to the different points of view offered during […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard
March 17, 2011At the conclusion of the Confirmation ceremony at Prince of Peace Parish a week ago last Sunday evening, Father Eric Hill announced the schedule for Ash Wednesday services to the standing-room-only crowd. He concluded his remarks with the reminder that on Ash Wednesday there would be no self-ashing available! While everyone chuckled at the comment, […]
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Lo Que He Visto Y He Oído
March 17, 2011El domingo pasado por la tarde, al finalizar la ceremonia de Confirmación en la Parroquia Prince of Peace, el Padre Eric Hill anunció a la gente que se encontraba de pie en el salón los horarios de misa para el Miércoles de Ceniza. Finalizó sus comentarios recordándoles que no habrá auto-imposición de cenizas el Día […]
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Priest Assignments
March 17, 2011Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following changes in priest assignments. Archbishop Gregory has confirmed the recommendation of Father Eddie DeLeon, provincial superior of The Claretians, and has assigned Father Peeter Pedroza, CMF, as parochial vicar at Corpus Christi Church, Stone Mountain, effective March 7. Father Neil Dhabliwala has been assigned as pastor of […]