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Hospital Appeals For Fair Resolution To Contract Dispute
August 6, 2009Saint Joseph Hospital, the only Catholic and faith-based hospital in the Atlanta area, is seeking a fair and equitable resolution to a contract dispute with health insurance provider UnitedHealthcare. The success of hoped-for negotiations affect those like Betty Garvin and her husband who look to Saint Joseph Hospital for their medical care. Garvin and her […]
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Hispanic Encounter Calls For Ongoing Evangelization
August 6, 2009Nearly 300 Hispanic leaders of the Archdiocese of Atlanta packed into a large hall at St. Andrew Church by the Chattahoochee River July 11 for the sixth annual Encounter of Hispanic Ministries. “It is an opportunity to share experiences, services and pastoral knowledge with ministry leaders, which will help them in the integration process of […]
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Georgia Families, Colombian Children Link Lives
August 6, 2009This may be the summer that changes 10-year-old Luisa’s life. The Colombian native has spent July with the Madda family in Cumming as they work to find a family interested in adopting her. Catholic families are among the half-dozen hosts in metro Atlanta opening their homes last month to give nine orphans the chance to […]
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Teens Celebrate Faith At Steubenville
August 6, 2009Mix chest-thumbing music with thousands of high-energy teenagers, throw in Catholic devotions and talks about Mary and the saints and what you get is Steubenville Atlanta. The annual celebration of music and faith drew some 2,300 teens and young adults to the Gwinnett Conference Center July 17-19 for three days and two nights. From a […]
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New Pipe Organ Installed In IHM Worship Space
August 6, 2009This summer Atlanta’s Immaculate Heart of Mary has been putting the final touches on one of the premier features in its new church: a gleaming, custom-built pipe organ by the A. E. Schlueter Pipe Organ Company of Lithonia. The organ is housed in a 26-foot tall case built of red oak and ebonized walnut. Inside […]
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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 […]