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Coming Home To Heaven
May 28, 2009When I travel overseas, I fret over too many things. What if the flight is canceled, what if the weather turns awful, and the biggest one of all: What if the invisible beings that keep the plane up in the sky take a coffee break, and we end up in the drink? All these niggling […]
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A Bow To Miss Regina
May 28, 2009One of the most moving and beautiful passages in the Old Testament Book of Proverbs begins with the question: Who shall describe a valiant woman? Many of the virtues and ensuring accomplishments of such a one are listed and extolled in the answering verses that follow the question; and most of these qualities were to […]
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Seniors Sign On To Play Collegiate Sports
May 28, 2009Many of the area’s high school senior athletes will be showcasing their skills as they play at various colleges and universities around the country. Here is a list of where some of the graduating seniors will be taking their game. This list does not include the athletes announced in the Feb. 12 issue of The […]
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Priest Assignment
May 28, 2009Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following change in priest assignment. Father Hieu Minh Ha, parochial vicar at St. Benedict Church, Johns Creek, has been granted permission to enter into active duty as a chaplain with the U.S. Regular Army to serve initially for a period of three years, beginning June 7.
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Why We Are Family
May 28, 2009I’ve never been a fan of family reunions. They were not a habit in my family—it was too small. The only time we managed was shortly after my father’s death. It was not an unalloyed success. We booked rooms in a small motel on the beach in Florida on the hottest weekend of the summer, […]
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Local Catholics Inspire As High School Honorees
May 28, 2009High school seniors from three North Georgia parishes have been named valedictorian at their respective schools. The three top scholars gave these interviews to the Georgia Bulletin as they looked back on their high school years and anticipated the challenge of college and beyond. Ryan O’Shaughnessy, 18, is attending Georgia Tech in the fall. The […]
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BT Teacher Finds Unique Way To Blend Hobby, Helping
May 28, 2009Chantal Gourlay always had a love for animals. In 2004 when she got her first German shepherd puppy, which demonstrated a noticeable amount of energy, she wondered if she could find a way to use that youthful stamina for a purpose. First she thought about prepping the dog for competition, considering whether to train Jonah […]
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New Endowment Will Preserve Flannery’s Church
May 28, 2009At the corner of North Jefferson and East Hancock, the historic brick church stands. Stepping inside, time seems to have been its friend. Even empty of people, it is filled with warmth, as if imbued with the prayers and the devotion of ordinary Catholics who marked each season of their lives at Sacred Heart Church, […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (May 21, 2009)
May 21, 2009Would St. Paul Twitter? I had that very thought as Veronica, one of our communications department staffers, was trying to teach me about this new Internet tool. I believe that not only would St. Paul Twitter, he would urge all of those who are Church ministers of the Gospel to do the same. Paul was […]
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Anthony And His Tomato Seeds
May 21, 2009Night before last I was in the retreat house and sitting with Father Anthony, at the kitchen table. He held in his hand a small plastic bag, with a picture on it of a bright red tomato. I asked him what was in the bag, and he smiled and said, “Seeds, tomato seeds. They have […]