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Noted Speaker To Lead Day Of Reflection
January 21, 2010Well-known author and speaker Father Richard Fragomeni will give several keynote talks on liturgy Saturday, Jan. 23, at St. Thomas Aquinas Church. Father Fragomeni will appear as part of the parish’s annual day of reflection for all liturgical ministers. His topics will address liturgical space, collaborative ministry in liturgy and how to live out our […]
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Catholic Councilwoman Recalls Civil Rights History
January 21, 2010A convert to Catholicism, Carolyn Long Banks carried her faith with her during the days when she organized sit-ins as a college student during the civil rights movement and the years she served her hometown as the first black councilwoman on the Atlanta City Council. Today the active mother and grandmother, a parishioner at St. […]
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Award Honors ‘A Gentle Soul’ Who Cares For Others
January 21, 2010Eva Romick learned the lessons of racial justice from the “good sisters” who taught her at her Ohio parochial school. Those lessons rippled through her life, from rooming with two black college students and service as a Peace Corps volunteer to promoting ecumenical efforts in her adopted community of Douglasville. Her grade school teachers, who […]
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Haiti Suffering Remembered At Annual King Mass
January 21, 2010The tragedy unfolding in Haiti was on people’s minds as the Atlanta Archdiocese remembered the life and work of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. The devastating earthquake on the island country and the deaths of an estimated 100,000 or more were spotlighted as Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, assisted by some 13 priests and five deacons […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard for January 21, 2010
January 21, 2010Last Thursday evening as I was leaving Los Angeles, after celebrating the funeral Mass for Father Gerard P. Weber, the priest who had baptized me and then continued to serve as a mentor, friend and model for my priestly service, I approached the Delta ticket agent, silently hoping that the current increased security protocols would […]
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Revealing Secrets Of The Heart
January 21, 2010We all have secrets. We all harbor memories of embarrassing moments or shameful events that we would rather forget. Maybe we share these secrets with very close friends, but we tend to keep them hidden when it comes to, say, the people at work, or the neighbors down the street. When I wrote “Confessions of […]
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Trappist Monks Invite Public To Help Renewal Campaign
January 21, 2010For over 65 years the Monastery of the Holy Spirit has contributed in a unique way to the tapestry of Catholicism in North Georgia. It has been a center of ecumenism, a place of refuge and solace for hundreds of thousands of people from all backgrounds and all walks of life, and a Catholic retreat […]
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Haitian Community Draws Together For Mass, Comfort
January 21, 2010The people came into the church quietly. There were greetings and hugs—hugs of condolence and hugs of comfort. It had been two days since the 7.0 earthquake leveled Port-au-Prince and devastated the island nation of Haiti. The Haitian community of Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Decatur, other members of the parish, and the Archdiocese […]
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Advice And Aid Pregnancy Center Celebrates 25 Years
January 21, 2010Many women will tell you that having a baby can be a scary thing. What is even scarier is when the pregnancy comes at a young age or when it is unexpected. For 25 years, women and families in the metro Atlanta area have turned to the Advice and Aid Pregnancy Problem Center for help […]
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Priest To Speak At Magnificat Of Mary’s Role In Vocation
January 21, 2010Father Timothy Gallagher says that Mary, the Mother of God, has been vital in his spiritual life, bringing him back to the Catholic Church when he wandered away and then helping him to hear and embrace his vocation to the priesthood. “If it weren’t for Mary, I would have never been able to embrace the […] Full Story