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Church Begins Building New Family Center
August 6, 2009Members of St. Benedict Church gathered in the bright summer heat of July 26 to break ground for a new parish family center at the church. The center and surrounding 2.8 acres of land will be used to conduct parish-wide activities such as carnivals, parish picnics, Friday night movies for families, outdoor Masses, outdoor Christmas […]
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Film Depicts Iranian Woman’s Story Of Injustice
August 6, 2009“The Stoning of Soraya M,” from director Cyrus Nowrasteh, is a haunting depiction of life in Iran during the regime of the Ayatollah Khomeini. The film is based on a book of the same name by French-Iranian journalist Freidoune Sahebjam, who came across the story while working in Iran in 1986. While staying respectful to […]
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Chip Lovejoy Honored
August 6, 2009Chip Lovejoy, a 2009 graduate of Blessed Trinity High School in Roswell, was chosen as this year’s Georgia Scout of the Year and was the runner-up and a scholarship winner in the National 2009 Veterans of Foreign Wars Scout of the Year competition. He is an Atlanta Sea Scout Squadron Boatswain on Sea Scout Ship […]
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Conferences To Focus On Faith, Discipleship
August 6, 2009The Archdiocese of Atlanta is sponsoring three one-day conferences in August, September and October with the theme “Connecting the Pieces.” Under the auspices of the Office of Formation and Discipleship, the conferences will focus on evangelization, initiation and catechesis. On Saturday, Aug. 15, Paulist Father Frank DeSiano will lead an all-day session inviting attendees to […]
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Legion Of Christ, Southern Catholic Formalize Ties
August 6, 2009A Legion of Christ priest is nominated to be the next president of Southern Catholic College as the religious order takes over the private college. Legion of Christ Father Shawn Aaron is to be the college’s next president, pending approval of the college’s board of directors. He replaces outgoing founding president Jeremiah Ashcroft, who is […]
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Msgr. Zarama Named Atlanta Auxiliary Bishop
August 6, 2009Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory led a press conference the morning of Monday, July 27, joyfully announcing Pope Benedict XVI’s appointment of Msgr. Luis R. Zarama as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Atlanta. The formal announcement was made in Washington the same day by Archbishop Pietro Sambi, apostolic nuncio to the United States. Bishop-elect Zarama, […]
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Pope Appoints Msgr. Zarama As Auxiliary Bishop Of Atlanta
July 27, 2009ATLANTA—Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory led a press conference the morning of Monday, July 27, joyfully announcing Pope Benedict XVI’s appointment of Msgr. Luis Rafael Zarama as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Atlanta. The appointment was first announced in Washington on July 27 by Archbishop Pietro Sambi, apostolic nuncio to the United States. Archbishop Gregory […]
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My Summer Vacation With Flannery O’Connor
July 16, 2009Published: July 16, 2009 This is not how I planned to spend my summer. I wanted to sit by the pool and get a break from writing. After all, I told myself, it’s time to relax: You’ve written five books in nine years! But it doesn’t look like I will get to the pool very […]
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Image, Faith And The Photograph
July 16, 2009We offer a retreat here on faith and photography. We have had two such retreats so far, and a third is scheduled for next year. I love photography and have long been captivated by the relationship between the discipline involved in taking a photograph, the beauty of the picture, and the desire to know and […]
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Signs Of Grace
July 16, 2009The “Catechism of the Catholic Church” describes grace as the “free and undeserved help that God gives us to respond to his call to become children of God.” My husband, Frank, and I have experienced God’s “undeserved help,” as we have wrestled with His plan for our family. We now know it was God’s grace […]