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In Mexico, Priest Learns About His Own Parishioners
March 18, 2010Father Daniel Stack has spent the fall and winter learning to navigate life in Mexico, figuring out baffling traffic laws, timing when his residence has hot water and reveling in the hospitality. Like finding himself in a home of strangers in a custom called “cradling the Christ Child” where they put a doll of the […]
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Monastery Hosts Sacred Music Concert On Palm Sunday
March 18, 2010The Monastery of the Holy Spirit will present the University of Georgia Collegium Musicum and Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Mitos Andaya, in “A Lenten Meditation for Passion Sunday,” a choral concert of sacred classical music in the Abbey Church, on Sunday, March 28, at 4 p.m. The public is invited. The groups will perform […]
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Students Create Art With A View
March 18, 2010St. John the Evangelist School, Hapeville, held its 10th annual Windows Art Exhibit at the Renaissance Concourse Atlanta Airport Hotel, March 5. The “real-world art experience” was coordinated by the school’s art teacher, Angela Bush. Bush instructed the students to incorporate a cultural connection in their projects. The connection could include animals, architecture, landscapes, seascapes, […]
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Notable
March 18, 2010Georgia State University student Theresa Wuertz was selected as membership chairperson for the National Catholic Student Coalition. She will serve on the coalition’s executive board as head of the NCSC Membership Committee for 2010. Ms. Wuertz answered the call to serve the coalition at January’s 26th Annual Leadership Conference in Philadelphia. Theresa is currently a […]
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ValLimar Jansen To Lead Parish Mission
March 18, 2010The parish mission at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Smyrna will be led by ValLimar Jansen, who is a musician, singer, storyteller and workshop and mission presenter who has led events at the parish in the past. The mission will take place nightly from Monday to Wednesday, April 12 to 14, at 7:30 p.m. […]
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April Gala Will Benefit Catholic Charities
March 18, 2010Catholic Charities Atlanta will hold its third annual gala on Thursday, April 15, at 6 p.m. at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. Chairpersons for the gala, which raises funds for the programs and services of the Atlanta organization, are Mary Ellen and Scott Garrett, parishioners of St. Jude the Apostle Church, Sandy Springs. Mary […]
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IHM School Receives $1 Million Bequest
March 18, 2010Immaculate Heart of Mary School has announced an anonymous donation of $1 million from an alumnus to the school’s endowment fund in the form of a charitable remainder trust. IHM’s principal, Tricia DeWitt, said, “Building our endowment fund, which was established in 1990, became a priority for us last year as we celebrated our parish […]
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Youthful Presence At 2010 Catholic Day At Capitol
March 18, 2010The bright red colors of Our Lady of Mercy High School stood out in downtown Atlanta on March 10, as the entire junior class of the Fayetteville school attended the fourth annual Catholic Day at the Capitol. Some 70 students arrived with school principal Danny Dorsel and chaplain Father Jimmy Adams. They attended a legislative […]
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Atlanta’s Irish Priests Have Shaped Archdiocese
March 18, 2010Msgr. James Fennessy sat in his office at St. Jude the Apostle Church and smiled as he recalled the 1968 plane ride from Ireland to the United States, where he was preparing to serve as a newly ordained priest for the Archdiocese of Atlanta. As the plane was preparing to touch down in New York […]
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Priests, Seminarians Kick It Around
March 4, 2010A cold 42-degree afternoon was not enough to contain the competitive spirit of more than 20 priests and seminarians as they gathered on a St. Jude the Apostle Church field for a game of soccer Feb. 25. Father Richard Morrow, vicar for clergy, led the players in prayer before an all-out unleashing of soccer mania […]