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Sister Briege To Speak At CTK
November 26, 2009The Cathedral of Christ the King and the Atlanta chapter of Legatus will host a special presentation, “Miracles Do Happen, God in Action,” by Sister Briege McKenna, OSC. The event will take place on Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 7:30 p.m. All are invited to attend. Sister Briege was born in Ireland and entered the Sisters […]
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Collection Marked For Elderly In Religious Orders
November 26, 2009Catholic parishes in the Archdiocese of Atlanta will conduct the 22nd annual appeal for the Retirement Fund for Religious on Dec. 13. This year’s collection theme is “Share in the Care.” The collection, coordinated by the National Religious Retirement Office (NRRO) in Washington, D.C., benefits thousands of elderly women and men religious whose communities lack […]
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St. Thomas’ Blue Star Supports Soldiers, Families
November 26, 2009The Blue Star Support Group of St. Thomas Aquinas Church recently completed a three-week fundraising project to send over 200 stockings and Christmas cards to military personnel “adopted” by the church. This is one of the many projects taken on by the active group since it was founded by Father Gregory Goolsby, pastor of St. […]
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Notable
November 26, 2009Somewhere in the world, a family is benefiting from a new goat and the milk and cheese it produces. Thanks for the animal goes to the 2009 class at Immaculate Heart of Mary School where the former students wanted to leave a living legacy. According to young writers Addison Sans and Alicia Guyton, the students […]
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St. Michael Church Brings Thanksgiving To Others
November 26, 2009More than 200 volunteers from St. Michael the Archangel Church gave families in Cherokee County a personally delivered Thanksgiving and the knowledge that people care about and support them. On Saturday, Nov. 21, volunteers delivered over 300 baskets of food, including turkeys, pies, vegetables, butter, dinner rolls and other trimmings, to families and to various […]
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Those in crisis find Sister Marie at their side
November 12, 2009If you want to know anything about Dominican Sister Marie Sullivan know this: On the afternoon civic leaders lauded her, she spent the morning with people who are homeless, linking them with employment, food and medical programs to help lift them up. Fifty years of service to men, women and children who risk having their […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (November 12, 2009)
November 12, 2009One of the colossal questions regarding faith that somehow manages to touch, in some form or fashion, all of the world’s religions is the issue of evil and suffering. It remains the obstacle that keeps some people from joining a religious family. They simply cannot understand how an all-loving, all-powerful, all-knowing God can allow the […]
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Aging Is Part Of Christ’s Cross
November 12, 2009“It is just a tooth,” my aunt said. “There are worse things than that.” I was in my 40s and grappling with the first undeniable signs of aging. The dentist wanted to remove a tooth with a cracked root. Oh, how I moped around, how I whined, how I felt sorry for myself. It was […]
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Pinecrest Paladins Capture State Volleyball Title
November 12, 2009The Lady Paladins of Pinecrest Academy captured the 2009 Georgia Independent School Association (GISA) state varsity volleyball title in Monroe Oct. 24. It was the school’s second trip to the state finals, but their first state championship. On their way to the state finals, Pinecrest won the region title with a perfect record of 12-0. […]
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CCHD Helps Strengthen Marginalized Communities
November 12, 2009Parishioners will be asked to give money to the Catholic Campaign for Human Development next weekend as part of the church’s national and local efforts to tackle the roots causes of poverty. Leaders of the Catholic campaign are facing increasing demands for help as the number of men and women without work reaches its highest […]