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Citizenship Day To Assist Permanent Residents
April 2, 2009On Saturday, April 18, Catholic Charities Atlanta will partner with the American Immigration Lawyers Association to sponsor Citizenship Day 2009, a single-day workshop with sites around the country providing assistance to lawful permanent residents eligible for naturalization. Chapter attorneys and trained volunteers will provide assistance at no cost at five Atlanta Metro area locations during […]
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Under Gold Dome, Frank Mulcahy Speaks For Bishops
April 2, 2009On a recent Thursday, the lobbyist for the Catholic Church in Georgia, Frank Mulcahy, huddled at the Statehouse with American Civil Liberties Union and Mexican American Legal Defense Fund representatives to swap advice about stopping legislation that targets immigrants. Later that same day, Mulcahy joined Georgia Right to Life and Christian advocates interested in measures […]
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IHM School To Mark 50 Years
March 26, 2009Immaculate Heart of Mary School is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year with a weekend of celebration and fun. The big “Homecoming Weekend” will take place at the school from April 24-26. An alumni and parent reception is scheduled for Friday evening in the IHM gymnasium. Marta Lane, a Spanish teacher at the school, also […]
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Local Catholics Urged To Back Conscience Protections
March 26, 2009The archdiocesan Pro-Life Office is encouraging people to add their voices to the record of public comments as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services weighs whether to rescind December regulations protecting health care providers from violating their consciences regarding abortion. Mary Boyert, pro-life director, said she believes there is an “urgent” need to […]
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What I Have Seen And Heard (March 26, 2009)
March 26, 2009Perspective shades the way we all tend to view things. Our perspective colors and influences the way that we view opportunities and obstacles. We all have a particular perspective on the way that we look at the issues of life, and it is often very difficult to change one’s perspective. Over the course of the […]
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On Love And Living A Transfigured Life
March 26, 2009The Transfiguration is an awe-inspiring breakthrough. The disciples are taken to a high place, and it is there that the eternal shines through the ordinary. The two cannot be separate, save only for reasons of abstraction. There is no such thing as the ordinary without the eternal—nor is there the eternal without the ordinary. The […]
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Wild Beasts In My Lenten Desert
March 26, 2009I am studying a package of graham crackers with a quizzical eye. Although it is not obvious to the casual observer, I am actually engaging in a bit of philosophy as I lift a cracker and sniff it. Lent is more than half over, and what is going on is very predictable. I’ve given up […]
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Paul’s Letters Assure Us of God’s Grace
March 26, 2009There is some debate as to whether babies learn to recognize a smiling face very early in life, or are in fact born with the capacity to recognize it as part of their genetic makeup. In either case, a baby’s joy in recognizing a smiling face seems to be an important part of a bonding […]
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Pilgrimage April 4 At Decatur Church
March 26, 2009A pilgrimage for the Year of St. Paul will be held Saturday, April 4, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at Sts. Peter and Paul Church, 2560 Tilson Road, Decatur. The service will include the first Saturday devotion of the rosary and meditation, followed by a holy hour of adoration in honor of St. Paul. […]
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Interfaith Crowd Expected At Annual Pilgrimage
March 26, 2009Catholics and members of other faiths will mark Good Friday on the city streets. Last year, more than 200 people walked, sang and prayed at landmarks around the city center serving as Stations of the Cross to recall Jesus carrying the cross to his death. Susan Stevenot Sullivan, director of the Parish & Social Justice […]