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Fair Trade Coffee: Brewed From Principles Of Faith
April 2, 2009In a global economy, even your morning cup of coffee has effects that ripple around the world. That message came as a wake-up call for a group attending Catholic Relief Services’ third annual fair trade weekend held in Americus, Feb. 27-28. This trade philosophy seeks to improve conditions for disadvantaged producers—farmers, workers and artisans—across diverse […]
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St. Thomas The Apostle To Hold Parish Mission
April 2, 2009On April 20-22, St. Thomas the Apostle Church will host a parish mission featuring guest Grayson Warren Brown. Brown is an internationally known liturgical composer, author, recording artist and speaker. Because of his many years of experience working in a multicultural parish, he has a unique insight into the power that good liturgy can instill […]
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Dance Company To Stage Benefit For Cancer Home
April 2, 2009Gathering Wild, a Decatur-based professional modern dance company, will perform in a special evening of dance to benefit the Atlanta cancer hospice, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home. The fundraiser will be Saturday, April 18, at 8 p.m. at St. Pius X High School’s Msgr. Terry Young Center for Performing Arts. A dessert reception will […]
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Citizenship Day To Assist Permanent Residents
April 2, 2009On Saturday, April 18, Catholic Charities Atlanta will partner with the American Immigration Lawyers Association to sponsor Citizenship Day 2009, a single-day workshop with sites around the country providing assistance to lawful permanent residents eligible for naturalization. Chapter attorneys and trained volunteers will provide assistance at no cost at five Atlanta Metro area locations during […]
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Under Gold Dome, Frank Mulcahy Speaks For Bishops
April 2, 2009On a recent Thursday, the lobbyist for the Catholic Church in Georgia, Frank Mulcahy, huddled at the Statehouse with American Civil Liberties Union and Mexican American Legal Defense Fund representatives to swap advice about stopping legislation that targets immigrants. Later that same day, Mulcahy joined Georgia Right to Life and Christian advocates interested in measures […]
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IHM School To Mark 50 Years
March 26, 2009Immaculate Heart of Mary School is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year with a weekend of celebration and fun. The big “Homecoming Weekend” will take place at the school from April 24-26. An alumni and parent reception is scheduled for Friday evening in the IHM gymnasium. Marta Lane, a Spanish teacher at the school, also […]
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Local Catholics Urged To Back Conscience Protections
March 26, 2009The archdiocesan Pro-Life Office is encouraging people to add their voices to the record of public comments as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services weighs whether to rescind December regulations protecting health care providers from violating their consciences regarding abortion. Mary Boyert, pro-life director, said she believes there is an “urgent” need to […]
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What I Have Seen And Heard (March 26, 2009)
March 26, 2009Perspective shades the way we all tend to view things. Our perspective colors and influences the way that we view opportunities and obstacles. We all have a particular perspective on the way that we look at the issues of life, and it is often very difficult to change one’s perspective. Over the course of the […]
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On Love And Living A Transfigured Life
March 26, 2009The Transfiguration is an awe-inspiring breakthrough. The disciples are taken to a high place, and it is there that the eternal shines through the ordinary. The two cannot be separate, save only for reasons of abstraction. There is no such thing as the ordinary without the eternal—nor is there the eternal without the ordinary. The […]
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Wild Beasts In My Lenten Desert
March 26, 2009I am studying a package of graham crackers with a quizzical eye. Although it is not obvious to the casual observer, I am actually engaging in a bit of philosophy as I lift a cracker and sniff it. Lent is more than half over, and what is going on is very predictable. I’ve given up […]