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What I Have Seen and Heard (February 5, 2009)
February 5, 2009I had long heard of Southern hospitality before arriving here as the Archbishop of Atlanta. This widely acknowledged attribute of life in our region is one of the celebrated qualities that most people encounter when arriving in the South. Southern people are genteel and hospitable. I certainly have found that to be true, and regularly […]
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Memoirs Of A Catholic Misfit
February 5, 2009All my life, things have been weird. When I was just a kid, I suffered through a series of unfortunate, extremely frizzy permanents, overseen by my older cousin who was a beauty school dropout. Yes, that’s me, the misfit, with the glum expression and the big bush of electrified curls in the family photos. To […]
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Priest Assignments
February 5, 2009Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following changes in priest assignments. Father Neil J. Herlihy, pastor of St. Peter the Rock Church, The Rock, has also been assigned to serve on the archdiocesan priests’ retirement committee, effective Jan. 28. Father Paul D. Williams, pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Carrollton, has also […]
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Gwinnett Approves Waste Station Next To Church
February 5, 2009After long months of debate and hopeful prayer, thousands of Catholics received bitter news as Gwinnett County commissioners voted Feb. 3 to rezone land to allow a solid waste transfer station to be built on Shackleford Road in Norcross, adjacent to Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church. The rezoning and special use permits were passed by a […]
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Local Catholic Named To Student Coalition Board
January 29, 2009A Georgia State University religious studies student is a newly appointed leader with the National Catholic Student Coalition. Theresa Wuertz, 20, and the 10-member NCSC executive board received the coalition’s blessing in a Mass celebrated by Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory at its January meeting. The NCSC is the voice of Catholic students to the U.S. […]
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Priest Assignments
January 29, 2009Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following changes in priest assignments. Msgr. William G. Hoffman has been assigned as administrator of St. Joseph Church, Dalton, effective Jan. 12. Archbishop Gregory has confirmed the recommendation of Father Gerard J. Sheehan, regional priest servant of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity, and […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (January 29, 2009)
January 29, 2009I’m going to school this week! Actually I will be going to three different schools and a Catholic Schools Mass and banquet at the end of the week. This is Catholic Schools Week, and my calendar is filled with events to mark this special time of year. As most of you know, the time that […]
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Curtain Rises On Tenth Anniversary At Holy Redeemer
January 29, 2009Just a few days before opening night, the Holy Redeemer School gymnasium was busy with activity as middle school students belted out the songs they had been practicing for months and made the final adjustments on their costumes. Parents, teachers and staff also were busy as they directed students and polished the sets that would […]
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Queen Of Angels Celebrates A Decade
January 29, 2009A lot can happen in a decade. Just ask Kathy Wood. Ten years ago, she was starting her first fall as dean of students at St. Pius X High School in Atlanta. Miles away in Roswell, the Archdiocese of Atlanta was opening Queen of Angels School, one of three new regional K-8 schools built to […]
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Science, Beta Activities Stretch Imaginations At OLV
January 29, 2009Books and faith come alive at Our Lady of Victory School. Science has flown off the pages for eighth-grade student Steven Johnston and his Science Olympiad “Scrambler” teammates who use scientific methods to build vehicles carrying uncooked eggs. Their mission: to deliver the eggs safely for a determined distance and then stop (fingers crossed) before […]