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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.
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Faith Stories Linger After General Track Ends
June 18, 2009Greg and Jennifer Willits, founders of the Rosary Army and hosts of “The Catholics Next Door with Greg & Jennifer Willits” on Sirius XM Satellite Radio, led the General Track’s first session, sharing their personal journey and suggesting that others discern if God is calling them to be involved in spreading the Gospel in a […]
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Revive! Encourages Young Adults To Seek Vocation
June 18, 2009Kicking off the Archdiocese of Atlanta’s 2009 Eucharistic Congress was Revive!, with a powerful and consistent message for the several hundred young people who attended the young adult track held at the Georgia International Convention Center. A call to unity and the honest discernment of vocation were the topics of discussion the evening of Friday, […]
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Music, Prayer, Love For Christ Heat Up Hispanic Track
June 18, 2009Latin American religious and lay speakers called for a fortification of faith while addressing the Hispanic Track’s largest audience to date at the 2009 Eucharistic Congress. The core message was that in times of adversity, Christ still conquers through love—and his victory is realized in the Bread of Life. The transformative power of the Eucharist […]
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Speakers Say New Media Offer Chance To Grow In Faith
June 18, 2009“WWNC!” (Wonders will never cease!) With home computers and satellite radio, digital cameras and high-definition TV, social networking and cell phones, technology has become affordable and available to people across the globe. In this new media saturated environment, has the Catholic Church adequately embraced the possibilities for evangelization? And what is lost if wireless becomes […]
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Deaf Priest Urges Solidarity With Poor, Suffering
June 18, 2009Is deafness a blessing from God? Many wouldn’t think so. Dominican Father Thomas Coughlin begs to differ. Father Tom, as he is affectionately called, the first deaf Catholic priest to be ordained in the United States, in an interview with Sister Lou Ella Hickman in February, said that “God created me a deaf person for […]
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Adoration Is Highlight For Kids At Congress
June 18, 2009It was well after 2 p.m. before Nate Boster, head of security for the Kid Track, got the first word that a child was crying for his mother. “That’s pretty impressive, considering these kids have been here all day,” he said. “It shows that everything has gone quite well.” Indeed, in this track, located a […]
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Teen Track Imparts Faith Through Music, Messages
June 18, 2009When Curtis Stephan and Band took the stage Saturday morning at the 2009 Eucharistic Congress, hundreds of teens rushed the stage to dance and sing along, setting the bar high for the day’s events. But the line-up of musicians and speakers throughout the day successfully kept the energy level at a maximum and continued to […]