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Paul’s Letters Assure Us of God’s Grace
March 26, 2009There is some debate as to whether babies learn to recognize a smiling face very early in life, or are in fact born with the capacity to recognize it as part of their genetic makeup. In either case, a baby’s joy in recognizing a smiling face seems to be an important part of a bonding […]
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Pilgrimage April 4 At Decatur Church
March 26, 2009A pilgrimage for the Year of St. Paul will be held Saturday, April 4, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at Sts. Peter and Paul Church, 2560 Tilson Road, Decatur. The service will include the first Saturday devotion of the rosary and meditation, followed by a holy hour of adoration in honor of St. Paul. […]
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Interfaith Crowd Expected At Annual Pilgrimage
March 26, 2009Catholics and members of other faiths will mark Good Friday on the city streets. Last year, more than 200 people walked, sang and prayed at landmarks around the city center serving as Stations of the Cross to recall Jesus carrying the cross to his death. Susan Stevenot Sullivan, director of the Parish & Social Justice […]
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Biography Makes O’Connor’s Absence Felt
March 26, 2009“Flannery, A Life of Flannery O’Connor” by Brad Gooch. Little, Brown and Co. (New York, 2009). 464 pp., $30. This week marks the birthday of Flannery O’Connor, a writer whose startling fiction belied a deep Catholic faith and razor-sharp intellect. O’Connor, who died of lupus when she was just shy of 40, would have turned […]
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St. Peter Chanel Dedicates New Organ
March 26, 2009For a while, Vivian White had a dream of an organ at St. Peter Chanel Church. A big fan of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, she felt it would add a great deal to the place of worship. That dream came true, two years to the day after her death, as more than 600 people came […]
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St. Jude Student Wins State Spelling Bee
March 26, 2009Sixth-grader Julia Denniss of St. Jude the Apostle School saw weeks, months and years of hard work come to fruition on March 20 as she correctly spelled “concatenate” to earn first place in the Georgia State Spelling Bee. Her journey began at St. Jude the Apostle School, where the Dunwoody resident has been a student […]
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Archdiocesan Mass To Award Scouts For Faith
March 26, 2009Local scouts will be honored at the Atlanta Archdiocesan Scout Mass on Saturday, April 4. Five Boy Scouts and one Girl Scout will receive the highest religious recognition a scout can earn at the service. The award for the Boy Scouts is called Pillars of Faith—Duty to God and for the Girl Scouts, Pillars of Faith—Service […]
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Regional Homeschooling Conference Set For April
March 26, 2009The Catholic Home Alliance of North Georgia Educators (CHANGE), will hold its third annual North Georgia Catholic Homeschooling Conference on Friday-Saturday, April 17-18, at North Metro Tech, 5198 Ross Road, Acworth. The theme of this year’s conference is “A Journey with St. Paul,” in honor of the Jubilee Year of St. Paul. The conference will […]
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OLA To Join Ecumenical Easter Sunrise Service
March 26, 2009Our Lady of the Assumption Church will join with fellow churches of the Brookhaven Christian Ministries to celebrate the resurrection of the Lord with a sunrise service on Easter Sunday, April 12. This celebration begins at 7 a.m. on the lawn of the Oglethorpe Presbyterian Church, located behind Oglethorpe University at 3016 Lanier Drive. This […]
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Archdiocese To Host 14th Eucharistic Congress
March 26, 200914th Annual Eucharistic Congress Friday-Saturday, June 12-13 Georgia International Convention Center, College Park Friday, June 12 5:30 p.m. Doors open 6:30 p.m. Mass 7:45 p.m. Healing service 8 p.m. Revive! for young adults (concurrent) Saturday, June 13 7:30 a.m. Doors open 8:30 a.m. Opening procession 10 a.m. Adoration and exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 11 […]