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March 18, 2010Georgia State University student Theresa Wuertz was selected as membership chairperson for the National Catholic Student Coalition. She will serve on the coalition’s executive board as head of the NCSC Membership Committee for 2010. Ms. Wuertz answered the call to serve the coalition at January’s 26th Annual Leadership Conference in Philadelphia. Theresa is currently a […]
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ValLimar Jansen To Lead Parish Mission
March 18, 2010The parish mission at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Smyrna will be led by ValLimar Jansen, who is a musician, singer, storyteller and workshop and mission presenter who has led events at the parish in the past. The mission will take place nightly from Monday to Wednesday, April 12 to 14, at 7:30 p.m. […]
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April Gala Will Benefit Catholic Charities
March 18, 2010Catholic Charities Atlanta will hold its third annual gala on Thursday, April 15, at 6 p.m. at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. Chairpersons for the gala, which raises funds for the programs and services of the Atlanta organization, are Mary Ellen and Scott Garrett, parishioners of St. Jude the Apostle Church, Sandy Springs. Mary […]
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IHM School Receives $1 Million Bequest
March 18, 2010Immaculate Heart of Mary School has announced an anonymous donation of $1 million from an alumnus to the school’s endowment fund in the form of a charitable remainder trust. IHM’s principal, Tricia DeWitt, said, “Building our endowment fund, which was established in 1990, became a priority for us last year as we celebrated our parish […]
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Youthful Presence At 2010 Catholic Day At Capitol
March 18, 2010The bright red colors of Our Lady of Mercy High School stood out in downtown Atlanta on March 10, as the entire junior class of the Fayetteville school attended the fourth annual Catholic Day at the Capitol. Some 70 students arrived with school principal Danny Dorsel and chaplain Father Jimmy Adams. They attended a legislative […]
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Atlanta’s Irish Priests Have Shaped Archdiocese
March 18, 2010Msgr. James Fennessy sat in his office at St. Jude the Apostle Church and smiled as he recalled the 1968 plane ride from Ireland to the United States, where he was preparing to serve as a newly ordained priest for the Archdiocese of Atlanta. As the plane was preparing to touch down in New York […]
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Priests, Seminarians Kick It Around
March 4, 2010A cold 42-degree afternoon was not enough to contain the competitive spirit of more than 20 priests and seminarians as they gathered on a St. Jude the Apostle Church field for a game of soccer Feb. 25. Father Richard Morrow, vicar for clergy, led the players in prayer before an all-out unleashing of soccer mania […]
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Catholic Day At Capitol Rescheduled For March 10
March 4, 2010The fourth annual Catholic Day at the Capitol has been rescheduled for Wednesday, March 10, at the state Capitol in downtown Atlanta. Catholics in the Archdiocese of Atlanta and the Diocese of Savannah are invited to attend and exercise their baptismal call as advocates for public policy that protects those who are vulnerable and promotes […]
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Vatican Astronomer Discusses Elusive Truth Of Science
March 4, 2010Many people might be surprised to learn that the Catholic Church has experts in astronomy, cosmology and planetary science as well as one of the world’s oldest astronomical research facilities. For Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno, curator of meteorites for the Vatican, it is a typical day at the office. Brother Consolmagno, a Detroit native and […]
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What I Have Seen And Heard (March 3, 2010)
March 4, 2010Archbishop Timothy Dolan wrote to me at the beginning of Advent last year asking me to provide some high profile support and publicity for the tremendous work of Catholic Relief Services, which functions as the preeminent international outreach ministry of the Catholic Church in the United States to the needy and suffering in more than […]