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What I Have Seen and Heard (December 24, 2009)
December 24, 2009This time of year always brings out the best in most of us. We are inclined to be more gentle and caring about one another. Even the news reports take time to broadcast many of the acts of charity and compassion that seem to abound during the weeks and days that surround Christmas. The lead […]
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Santa Remains Symbol Of Generosity And Love
December 24, 2009I can still see the large pair of bright red trousers flapping ominously on the clothesline. They looked suspiciously like something Santa Claus might wear. I was with a crowd of my older cousins who were eager to dispel any illusions that a little child might have. “See those pants?” one of them chortled. “They […]
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Volunteers Make Christmas Connections A Success
December 24, 2009Cold, wet weather did not dampen the spirits of people working in the parking lot at St. Bernadette Church for a children’s Christmas celebration. On Saturday, Dec. 19, community leaders welcomed youth volunteers from St. Pius X High School and Transfiguration Church who came to play with the children and organized hundreds of gifts for […]
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Growing Mission of Divino Niño Dedicated In Duluth
December 24, 2009Driven by fire from its former strip shopping center home, the Divino Niño Jesús Mission in Duluth celebrates this Christmas the gift of its spacious new house of worship on a pine-shaded plot near the Chattahoochee River—reflecting how blessings can arise from the ashes of misfortune. The Spanish mission, founded in 2001, first rented space […]
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Catholics Around Archdiocese Honor Marian Feast Day
December 24, 2009With coats on and hoods up, a dozen or so people stood in the chilly air outside the St. Pius X Church social hall, praying the rosary in Spanish before a shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe. It was one of several shrines on the church’s grounds that day. Meanwhile, others inside the social hall […]
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New St. Catherine Labouré ‘a sign of love’
December 24, 2009Years of dreaming and planning ended Sunday, Dec. 6, as Catholics crowded the new church of St. Catherine Labouré Mission for its dedication. The slathering of the wooden altar and blessing of the walls of the building with blessed oil by Bishop Luis R. Zarama were part of the two-hour ceremony. “You need to feel […]
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St. Mary’s, Rome, Comes Together For Father Miceli
December 24, 2009It was a cold, raw December day outside, but not inside St. Mary’s Church, where a parish of people crowded together Dec. 12 in shared remembrance of their former pastor, listening to music he loved, sheltered in the structure carefully renovated under his care, welcoming his family and friends, and taking comfort that this day […]
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Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
December 24, 20091774-1821 Feast – January 4 Raised Episcopalian in New York City, Elizabeth married William Magee Seton, a merchant. The couple had five children. William died in 1803 in Italy, where Elizabeth learned about Catholicism from the family who gave her hospitality. After becoming a Catholic in New York in 1805, the now poor Elizabeth was […]
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Catholic-Orthodox Communities Join For Prayer
December 24, 2009Catholic Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and His Eminence, Alexios, the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Atlanta, along with clergy and the faithful of both churches joined together on Sunday, Dec. 13, in prayer and music at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation to commemorate the Nativity of the Lord. It was the latest gathering as […]
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Local Teens Find National Conference Uplifting
December 24, 2009“Kansas City here we come” was the motto for the 105 teens and adults from the Archdiocese of Atlanta who attended the National Catholic Youth Conference in November. Parish youth groups from Transfiguration, St. Jude, Immaculate Heart of Mary and St. Oliver Plunkett parishes spent months of planning to attend this once-in-a-lifetime event. St. Oliver […]