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November 26, 2009Somewhere in the world, a family is benefiting from a new goat and the milk and cheese it produces. Thanks for the animal goes to the 2009 class at Immaculate Heart of Mary School where the former students wanted to leave a living legacy. According to young writers Addison Sans and Alicia Guyton, the students […]
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St. Michael Church Brings Thanksgiving To Others
November 26, 2009More than 200 volunteers from St. Michael the Archangel Church gave families in Cherokee County a personally delivered Thanksgiving and the knowledge that people care about and support them. On Saturday, Nov. 21, volunteers delivered over 300 baskets of food, including turkeys, pies, vegetables, butter, dinner rolls and other trimmings, to families and to various […]
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Those in crisis find Sister Marie at their side
November 12, 2009If you want to know anything about Dominican Sister Marie Sullivan know this: On the afternoon civic leaders lauded her, she spent the morning with people who are homeless, linking them with employment, food and medical programs to help lift them up. Fifty years of service to men, women and children who risk having their […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (November 12, 2009)
November 12, 2009One of the colossal questions regarding faith that somehow manages to touch, in some form or fashion, all of the world’s religions is the issue of evil and suffering. It remains the obstacle that keeps some people from joining a religious family. They simply cannot understand how an all-loving, all-powerful, all-knowing God can allow the […]
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Aging Is Part Of Christ’s Cross
November 12, 2009“It is just a tooth,” my aunt said. “There are worse things than that.” I was in my 40s and grappling with the first undeniable signs of aging. The dentist wanted to remove a tooth with a cracked root. Oh, how I moped around, how I whined, how I felt sorry for myself. It was […]
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Pinecrest Paladins Capture State Volleyball Title
November 12, 2009The Lady Paladins of Pinecrest Academy captured the 2009 Georgia Independent School Association (GISA) state varsity volleyball title in Monroe Oct. 24. It was the school’s second trip to the state finals, but their first state championship. On their way to the state finals, Pinecrest won the region title with a perfect record of 12-0. […]
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CCHD Helps Strengthen Marginalized Communities
November 12, 2009Parishioners will be asked to give money to the Catholic Campaign for Human Development next weekend as part of the church’s national and local efforts to tackle the roots causes of poverty. Leaders of the Catholic campaign are facing increasing demands for help as the number of men and women without work reaches its highest […]
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Patriarch Urges People Of Faith To Care For Environment
November 12, 2009The spiritual leader of the world’s 300-million Orthodox Christians traveled here to spread his concern about a Christian’s responsibility to the environment. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I spoke at the crowded Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation, 2500 Clairmont Road, at an “ecumenical gathering of peace” on Thursday, Oct. 29. “We are not users but guardians […]
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Lyke House An Oasis For Students At Six Colleges
November 12, 2009Beneath towering pine trees and with a cold fall breeze blowing, college students, alumni and supporters from the Lyke House huddled in a horseshoe shape at the bronze grave marker of its namesake, Archbishop James P. Lyke. The crowd recited the morning prayer of Liturgy of the Hours with its ancient prayers and Scripture readings […]
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‘Small Seed’ Of Faith Generates Thriving Calhoun Parish
November 12, 2009St. Clement Church joins three other parishes in the Archdiocese of Atlanta celebrating silver anniversaries in 2009. However, the Calhoun community celebrated a double milestone, also marking 50 golden years since it began as a mission. Nearly 700 people filled the Calhoun Civic Center as Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory presided over an anniversary Mass there […]