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Yes, Virginia, There Is A Spiritual Side To Santa Claus
December 23, 2010From time to time I have been accused by some of my friends, “You seem to see God revealing Himself in many different life situations.” Well, I must confess, often I do. It is a firm conviction of mine that God has planted deep in each of us a special seed, which sprouts into a […]
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Notable
December 23, 2010A cardboard city was built outside St Michael Church, Gainesville, recently as the parish’s Life Teen and Edge youth groups slept outside to better understand poverty and how to help those in the parish and community suffering economic hardship. More than 40 teenagers gave up their beds with overnight temperatures in the 30s for the […]
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Simpler, Peaceful Christmas Revealed In A Manger
December 23, 2010Those of us who are older can recall memories of Christmases past where there was less business, less noise, less complexity. Nostalgically, we long in vain for a return of that kind of Christmas. I can recall wonderful, peaceful memories of Christmas at home in Alabama with family and close friends, and at church. Memories […]
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Fund Created For Ursula Peterson Family
December 23, 2010A fund has been established at Catholic Charities Atlanta for the grandchildren of archdiocesan staff member Ursula Peterson, who died on Dec. 11. The three children, all under the age of 10, are being cared for by another grandmother following the deaths of their mother and grandmother. Ms. Peterson and her daughter, Dominiqué Martin, were […]
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What I Have Seen And Heard (December 23, 2010)
December 23, 2010The celebration of the Christmas Mystery is an annual opportunity for all of us to recall many cherished moments from our own personal pasts. We all have memories of Christmases that we knew from the past, especially the ones that we experienced when we were youngsters, and those memories always seem to be dominant in […]
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Barbara Friel, Retired Georgia Bulletin Staffer, Dies
December 23, 2010Barbara (Bobbie) McGee Friel, a longtime member of The Georgia Bulletin staff and also formerly on the staff of Christ the King School and Catholic Charities Atlanta, died Dec. 6 at her home in Dunwoody. She was 68. Born on Jan. 23, 1942 in Macon, Mrs. Friel met her husband of 45 years, Robert, when […]
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Priest Assignments
December 23, 2010Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following changes in priest assignments. He has confirmed the recommendation of Father John Won-sik Sin, provincial superior of the Society of Jesus in Korea province, and extended the faculties of Father Isidorus J. An, SJ, to minister at Korean Martyrs Church, Doraville, through April 30, 2011. Father Kevin […]
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King Celebration Set For Jan. 14-16, 2011
December 23, 2010The annual weekend celebration to honor civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be held from Friday, Jan. 14, through Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011. The Atlanta Archdiocesan Office for Black Catholic Ministry sponsors this celebration each year to commemorate the life of Dr. King, whose national holiday is officially recognized on Monday, Jan. […]
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Msgr. Paul Reynolds, Pastor, Leader, Dies At 72
December 23, 2010Msgr. Paul H. Reynolds served the faithful in the Deep South for close to 50 years. A son of Ireland, Msgr. Reynolds planted himself in the Bible belt. After seminary and ordination in Ireland, he served first as a priest for the Diocese of Mobile-Birmingham, Ala., in 1963 and then joined the clergy in the […]
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St. Pius X To Host Annual Basketball Tournament
December 23, 2010St. Pius X High School will host the 11th annual SPX Christmas Classic on Monday to Wednesday, Dec. 27-29. The tournament features 16 boys and girls basketball teams from eight different states and is considered a premier Catholic high school basketball tournaments. Since the inception of the event, schools from as far north as Maine […]