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Parishioners, Even Target Stores, Join In Refugee Drives
October 23, 2008Spurred on by the idea that people want to help if asked, Joanne Wider has become an advocate for refugees. Wider enlisted the help of her choir at St. Ann Church, Marietta, neighbors and even a person holding a garage sale by simply telling them about refugees fleeing persecution and their needs as they remake […]
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Fine Performances Sustain ‘Secret Life Of Bees’
October 23, 2008“The Secret Life of Bees” is many things: a coming of age story, a discourse on female empowerment, a lesson in civil rights and a magical tale about slaying one’s personal dragons. If you accept the slow pace and open up to the fine performances, the film works on all of these levels and demonstrates […]
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Homecoming Planned For Returning Catholics
October 23, 2008The Catholic Diocese of Savannah will sponsor “One in the Spirit: A Catholic Homecoming” at the Georgia National Fairgrounds in Perry on Saturday, Nov. 1. The event, in addition to serving as a celebration of the faith, will place a special emphasis on inviting back those who have been away from the faith. Keynote speakers […]
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Cathedral Plans Faure’s ‘Requiem’ For All Souls Day
October 23, 2008November is a month traditionally dedicated to remembering ancestors and loved ones who have died. In a liturgy dedicated to those remembrances, Cathedral Choir of the Cathedral of Christ the King will again offer a moving remembrance of the Feast of All Souls. On Saturday, Nov. 1, at 5:30 p.m., Father Charles Byrd will celebrate […]
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Mercy Students Dramatize Human Cost Of Abortion
October 23, 2008For the second year, Our Lady of Mercy High School brought the issue of life to the forefront in October, holding a pro-life week with a series of events, including a silent witness by one-quarter of the student body to visually dramatize the abortion rate in the United States in a human way. On Oct. […]
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Notre Dame Program Puts ACE Teachers In Schools
October 23, 2008When Elizabeth Stewart first met teachers from Notre Dame University’s Alliance for Catholic Education program in her hometown of Mobile, Ala., these young teachers helped her discern where God was calling her. Nearly a decade later she is serving Atlanta’s Catholic schools in exactly the same way. Stewart described the “ACE-ers” she met in 1998 […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (October 16, 2008)
October 16, 2008My appointment calendar is seldom thematic in its arrangement! I generally go about events that are pretty much helter-skelter in their organization—a school Mass, a meeting with the Finance Council, a visit to Jackson prison. This week, however, there was a very distinct spirit in my schedule—she was the Mother of God. October is the […]
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Duluth Church Battles Childhood Mortality In Haiti
October 16, 2008In 1999, St. Monica Church began a parish twinning program with a sister parish, Sacred Heart Church in Hinche, Haiti. In 2000, the first medical mission to Hinche was organized, and many more missions have followed over the past eight years. Eventually these medical mission efforts were augmented by the construction and operation of a […]
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Archbishop Speaks On Death Penalty At Emory
October 16, 2008“It is one of the most difficult issues facing the faithful—but one of the most important life issues. It has caused a deep division within our church,” said Phillip Thompson, director of the Aquinas Center of Theology, as he introduced the night’s speaker and topic. The “difficult issue” is the death penalty; the speaker was […]
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Priest Assignments
October 16, 2008Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following changes in priest assignments. Father Fausto Marquez, parochial vicar at St. Jude the Apostle Church, Sandy Springs, and Holy Spirit Church, Atlanta, has also been appointed as spiritual director of La Escuela de la Cruz, effective Oct. 2. Archbishop Gregory has confirmed the recommendation of Father Eddie […]