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GRACE Scholars Donations Vault To $2.9 Million
February 4, 2010As the GRACE Scholars program completed its second year, encouraging signs continue to move the program forward. In 2008, its first year, GRACE brought in over $86,000 to help with tuition for students who newly entered Catholic schools throughout the state of Georgia. In 2009, nearly $2.9 million has been directed to the program through […]
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Moving A Church From Buffalo To Norcross
February 4, 2010Marble block by marble block, that’s how parishioners at Mary Our Queen Church hope to move a historic, basilica-style church in Buffalo, N.Y., to the Atlanta suburbs. Backers of the idea—dubbed “preservation through relocation”—see it as an opportunity to reuse an architectural gem for a parish that has outgrown its own church. It is nearly […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (February 4, 2010)
February 4, 2010I should know better by now, but I felt personally offended by a recent news article that purported to describe Pope John Paul II’s practice of self-mortification. The author wrote that the late Holy Father frequently slept on the floor of his bedroom and occasionally engaged in the practice of self-flagellation, alleging, “He whipped himself […]
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Searching For Jesus In Great Anxiety
February 4, 2010It’s a scene in St. Luke’s Gospel that sends shivers up and down my spine. Mary and Joseph have lost their boy on a journey, and it takes three days to find him. At first, this seems improbable, until you realize they were traveling in a crowd, and it would be easy to assume Jesus […]
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Archbishop’s Statement On Catholic School Education
February 4, 2010Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, stated in his address to Catholic educators in 2008, “Education is integral to the mission of the church to proclaim the Good News.” (Christ Our Hope. 2008) I could not agree more, along with the American bishops. “Our vision is clear: our Catholic […]
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Parishes Raise Over $750,000 For Haiti, Plus Goods
February 4, 2010Emergency shelter and food top the needs of Haitians as the country digs out from its devastating Jan. 12 earthquake. Recovery from the disaster is expected to take close to a decade as world leaders discuss rebuilding the ravaged country. Volunteers from Atlanta and development experts have switched focus from emergency assistance aid to sustaining […]
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Archdiocese Hires Youth Ministry, Inculturation Director
February 4, 2010The Brooklyn diocesan coordinator of adolescent faith formation, Marilyn Santos, has joined the archdiocesan Office of Formation and Discipleship as associate director of youth ministry and associate director of inculturation. Santos, who is a native of New York, spent the last three years on the staff of the Diocese of Brooklyn, N.Y. Prior to that […]
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Rams football at Msgr. Donovan HS kicks off
February 4, 2010The record books will show the Rams started their first season strong, winning the first two games. Look for a story on what the football program means to the small Catholic independent school in Athens in our next issue, including a multimedia presentation.
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Peter Faletti Appointed Master Planner For Archdiocese
February 4, 2010How are we doing? That’s what pastors and school principals are soon going to be asked when the Atlanta Archdiocese polls parish leaders. It has been three years since the archdiocese surveyed leaders across its 69 counties, 99 parishes and missions, and 18 schools to get a picture of the weaknesses and strengths of its […]
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Mass, Banquet For Catholic Physicians Feb. 20
February 4, 2010The Atlanta Guild of the Catholic Medical Association will hold its annual White Mass and banquet program on Saturday evening, Feb. 20, at Mary Our Queen Church in Norcross. The Mass, which takes its name from physicians’ white coats, will be celebrated at 5 p.m. by Archbishop-emeritus John F. Donoghue and concelebrated by Father David […]