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Sister Linda Valasik Marks Golden Jubilee
July 2, 2009On Saturday, May 16, Sister Linda Valasik, a golden jubilarian, gathered with Sisters of the Humility of Mary of Villa Maria, Pa., associates, family and friends, for a liturgy of thanksgiving with other honored sisters celebrating their jubilees of religious profession. The liturgy was celebrated in Magnificat Chapel at Villa Maria Community Center. A reception […]
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Deacon’s Son Ordained To Diaconate For Legion
July 2, 2009After 10 years of discernment, Rev. Mr. Richard Sutter took a step closer to serving the church as a priest after he was ordained in May as a transitional deacon for the Legionaries of Christ at the Minor Basilica of Mary Help of Christians at Belmont Abbey College in Belmont, N.C. Bishop Peter J. Jugis […]
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Centenarians’ Serving Spirit Hailed On Birthdays
July 2, 2009Two Catholics here recently celebrated 100 years or more of life. Nettie Singleton, a parishioner of Our Lady of Lourdes Church, was honored by the Atlanta City Council. She turned 100 on May 31. Meanwhile, Jim Kelly is not to be outdone. A longtime member of Holy Cross Church, Kelly’s 101st birthday was June 22. […]
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Four Priests Named First-Time Pastors, Administrator
July 2, 2009Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has named four priests as first-time pastors, effective July 1. Father Rafael Carballo, currently a parochial vicar at St. Brendan the Navigator Church, Cumming, will become pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Carrollton. Father Luis Guillermo Cordoba, currently a parochial vicar at St. Francis of Assisi Church, Blairsville, and […]
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Eight New Priests Ordained For North Georgia
July 2, 2009Nearly five years ago, a young Aisling Cleary attended the Archdiocese of Atlanta’s Eucharistic Congress where she received a small stuffed bear with the name of a seminarian printed on an attached card. Over the last few years the bear traveled with the young girl from Atlanta to Canada to Ireland and back, and all […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (June 18, 2009)
June 18, 2009Each one of our physical senses is a blessing from God, and they work in perfectly balanced harmony for most of us. We all depend upon those senses to encounter the world about us. While some human senses are more highly developed than others, members of the animal kingdom often have superior senses of smell; […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (June 18, 2009)
June 18, 2009Each one of our physical senses is a blessing from God, and they work in perfectly balanced harmony for most of us. We all depend upon those senses to encounter the world about us. While some human senses are more highly developed than others, members of the animal kingdom often have superior senses of smell; […]
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Mass, Healing Service Emphasize Need For Eucharist
June 18, 2009Harkening to the 2009 Eucharistic Congress theme “As Grain Once Scattered,” North Georgia Catholics became one body in Christ on Friday evening, June 12, as they gathered at the Georgia International Convention Center for an opening Mass and healing service. The presence of the diverse and vibrant archdiocesan church buoyed people like Jim O’Brien of […]
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Cardinal: With Eucharist, ‘We Can Change The World’
June 18, 2009Cardinal John P. Foley was quick to note the impressive crowd at the closing Mass for the 2009 Eucharistic Congress. “I haven’t seen a crowd this big at Mass since Yankee Stadium, and that was for Pope Benedict XVI,” he said, referring to the pope’s 2008 U.S. visit. “This is a tremendous testimony to the […]
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Priest Assignment
June 18, 2009Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following change in priest assignment. Father Fred W. Wendel has been assigned as Garrison Chaplain at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, effective June 15.