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As USCCB President, He Was Tested Under Fire
December 4, 2008In November 2001, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops had little on the horizon. In two months’ time, a whirlwind of sexual abuse allegations of children by priests and the inaction of some bishops to stop it shook the confidence of the laity. In the spotlight would be then Bishop Wilton D. Gregory, the first […]
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Pastoral Council, Planning Among His Initiatives Here
December 4, 2008In his first four years as the shepherd of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has made some major contributions to this growing local church, reaching out to all sections of the population. Those who work closely with the archbishop have testified to the care and concern he shows for his flock, and […]
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To Friends, He’s ‘The AB’ On Golf Course, At Home
December 4, 2008They call him “the AB.” Or just Wilton, which he prefers. He doesn’t wear his collar and exchanges his crosier for a set of clubs. But when Archbishop Wilton Gregory gets on a golfing green, his buddies swear to his uncanny ability to pop lost balls out of treetops—an ability that they can only call […]
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Archbishop Is Revered ‘Role Model’ In Black Community
December 4, 2008rchbishop Wilton D. Gregory started his episcopal service in Chicago as only the eighth African-American Catholic bishop in the United States, and later he became the first to head the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Twenty-five years later, he is the public face of the Catholic Church in a community where African-America leadership is prominent […]
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Biography of Most Reverend Wilton D. Gregory
December 4, 2008Dec. 7, 1947 Born to Wilton Sr. and Ethel Duncan Gregory in Chicago 1958-1961 Attended St. Carthage Grammar School 1959 Converted to Catholicism and was baptized on Holy Saturday, March 28, 1959 1961-1965 Attended Quigley Preparatory Seminary South 1965-1967 Studied at Niles College (now St. Joseph’s College Seminary) of Loyola University 1967-1973 Studied at St. […]
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Archbishop Reminisces, Illuminates Bishop’s Role
December 4, 2008ATLANTA—Atlanta’s Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory was first made a bishop 25 years ago this Dec. 13 in Chicago, serving as an auxiliary bishop under Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin. To mark the anniversary, the dynamic leader of the 750,000 Catholics in North Georgia sat down recently for an interview with The Georgia Bulletin, to remember the […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (November 27, 2008)
November 27, 2008Bless us, O Lord, and these Thy gifts which we are about to receive from Thy bounty, through Christ our Lord. Amen. It is a simple prayer of only 22 words. Most of us learned it as children, and often we say it habitually without reflecting either on the words or on the reasons that […]
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Mother Mary: The Jewel Of Advent
November 27, 2008Most of us have heard the message proclaimed from the pulpit, more than once: Advent is a season of waiting, a quiet stretch of spiritual preparation leading to Christmas. However, the people in the pews also know that Advent is a very busy time because, let’s face it: It’s during this season that most of […]
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Persons With AIDS Have A Place At Our Table
November 27, 2008On Dec. 1, the world will mark the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day, when individuals and organizations come together to bring attention to the AIDS pandemic. AIDS has been ravaging the world since the early 1980s. During the disease’s first decade and a half, much attention was paid to the epidemic in the United […]
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AED Saves Life At Greensboro Parish
November 27, 2008When the first English as a Second Language class began at Christ Our King and Savior on Wednesday, Nov. 5, no student expected the night to end with their teacher being airlifted to Saint Joseph’s Hospital. Michael Moore, a parishioner, was teaching the course when he suddenly collapsed from a heart attack in front of […]