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Deacon Assignment
November 25, 2010Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following deacon assignment. Deacon Alfred Mitchell has been appointed as administrator of Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Decatur, effective Nov. 22.
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What I Have Seen And Heard (November 25, 2010)
November 25, 2010According to a commonly held national tradition, the first Thanksgiving observance was accomplished as a multicultural feast—the newly arrived settlers and the Native Americans shared a common meal to signify their gratitude for having survived a harsh winter and in thanks for the plentiful harvest. We all enjoy believing that this first shared meal brought […]
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Running Away From Advent
November 25, 2010Lorraine! Yes, Lord? What’s that you’re busy with now? Me? Oh, I’m checking Facebook, Lord, that’s all. Didn’t you tell me the other day you thought that was a waste of time? Uh, yeah, I guess I did. What are you going to do after you check Facebook? I have a column to write, but […]
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Causes For Thanksgiving: A Job, Citizenship
November 25, 2010The worst moment for Maria Naranjo came in September 2009. She’d been without a steady job for six months, her savings account was uncomfortably close to empty and the state unemployment check had just been cut. And her goal to become a U.S. citizen was thrown off track. “All I had was love of family […]
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Gift Of Kidney Makes Words Of Faith Come Alive
November 25, 2010This Thanksgiving, two St. Stephen the Martyr parishioners have truly realized the meaning behind the famous phrase from St. Paul’s letter to the Romans, “so we, though many, are one body in Christ and individually parts of one another.” As the holiday weekend approaches, Chris Wilson and Cristina Zakis continue to recover from an operation […]
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Serving Others Is Her Secret In Tough Times
November 25, 2010Just a few years after starting a job ministry at her parish of St. Thomas Aquinas, Anita Neidert found herself in the same situation as many of the people she helped. Last Nov. 1, Neidert received a notice saying the company for which she did contract work was filing for bankruptcy and all employees would […]
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Gratitude/Thanksgiving
November 25, 2010Diogenes Laertius, in his “Lives of Eminent Philosophers,” quotes Aristotle as asking, “What soon grows old?” His answer, “Gratitude.” As we prepare to celebrate our national day of Thanksgiving, we might ask ourselves how thankful, how grateful we really are for all that God has given us, and whether or not our gratitude has grown […]
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Football Season Ends For Marist, Pius
November 25, 2010Marist School and St. Pius X High School were simultaneously eliminated from the state football playoffs on Friday, Nov. 19. Marist held a 28-14 lead at halftime over Chattahoochee High School, Marietta, but Chattahoochee stormed back to win 31-28. It almost looked like the teams switched playing styles in the second half. Chattahoochee scored two […]
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Catholic Men’s League Crowns 2010 Champion
November 25, 2010The Catholic Men’s Basketball League ended its fourth season of play Nov. 14. The final game of the season was a showdown between Our Lady of Lourdes, Atlanta, and St. Mary Magdalene, Newnan. The teams were tied at 28 at halftime, but in the end Lourdes defeated St Mary Magdalene, 76-52. The Lourdes team, champions […]
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The Essence Of J.R.R. Tolkien, Catholic Writer
November 25, 2010“In a hole in a ground there lived a hobbit,” one of the most beloved opening lines from 20th-century English literature, sprung from J.R.R. Tolkien’s imagination while he labored under the drudgery of grading exam papers at Oxford. “The Hobbit,” initially marketed as a children’s book, was published in 1937. It was followed several years […]