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What I Have Seen and Heard (December 10, 2009)
December 10, 2009“Do you mind if I call you Father?” was the question from one of my young servers in the sacristy before the Notre Dame Academy Thanksgiving week Mass. Just as the principal was about to tell the young man my formal title, I intervened and told him that Father would be just fine with me! […]
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AD+Vents
December 10, 2009Adults and school children responded to a request from The Georgia Bulletin and sent in their thoughts on the season of Advent. Prayerfully we prepare, anxiously we await, celestially we celebrate! Lord, we thank you for all that we hold in our hearts. We, who are worried about so much, look forward to your coming […]
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‘Don’t Let Go Of My Hand, Lord!’
December 10, 2009The first time I set foot on a plane I was 16 years old, and I was thoroughly traumatized. No one had warned me that the engine makes an extremely loud noise just before take-off. Although other passengers seemed unconcerned, I was sure the plane was about to explode, and so I sat there, cringing […]
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Knights Of Peter Claver Mark 100 Years Of Service
December 10, 2009On the heels of the Knights of Peter Claver national 100th anniversary Mass in New Orleans, the local chapter of the nation’s largest lay organization for African-American Catholics celebrated in its own way with a Founders Day Mass and dinner. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory served as the main celebrant for the Knights of Peter Claver […]
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SJN School Back To Normal On Grandparents Day
December 10, 2009Continuing its tradition for the 22nd year, St. John Neumann Regional Catholic School welcomed parents and grandparents for its annual Grandparents Day Mass on Nov. 24, giving them a chance to visit with the students and have a first-hand look at the school’s recovery from September’s floods. Students and family members filled the sanctuary, lining […]
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Atlanta Chancery To Move From Midtown
December 10, 2009The Atlanta Archdiocese is moving out of its Midtown neighborhood after close to 40 years. The new headquarters for the nearly 750,000 Catholics in North Georgia will be in Smyrna, just outside the Perimeter and near Cumberland Mall. The move puts the archdiocesan office about 12 miles from its current home at 680 West Peachtree […]
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Father Miceli, Retired Pastor Of St. Mary’s, Dies
December 10, 2009Father James A. Miceli, who served as pastor of St. Mary Church in Rome from 1990 until June 2009 when he retired, died on Dec. 8. He was 60. Ordained a priest on May 24, 1975 by Archbishop Thomas A. Donnellan, Father Miceli served the archdiocese for several years as an administrator, but most of […]
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After 44 Years As Priest, Msgr. Gracz Still Energized
December 10, 2009“A priest, in some ways, is expressing God to His people, and God uses other people to speak to us priests. It’s a dialogue,” Msgr. Henry Gracz, pastor of Atlanta’s Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, said about his experiences as a priest. “I love being in church with God’s people, searching out ways to continue […]
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Men’s Basketball League Wraps Up Third Season
December 10, 2009The Catholic Men’s Basketball League (CML) completed its 2009 season at Our Lady of Mercy High School Nov. 15. Over 90 men from six teams competed each Sunday starting on Sept. 13. Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Atlanta, won its third consecutive championship and finished the season with an undefeated record of 10-0. Our Lady […]
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De Niro Anchors Film On Family
December 10, 2009Director Kirk Jones gives us “Everybody’s Fine,” a film about a father who is isolated and out of touch with his children, and who makes up his mind to rectify this. Frank Goode is a retired widower who seems to be just marking time, keeping his house immaculate and maintaining his yard and his health. […]