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Georgia-Made Film ‘Fireproof’ Is Heartwarming
October 9, 2008You fireproof your home; why not your marriage? Such is the obvious but unobjectionable theme of “Fireproof” (Goldwyn), a modest but heartwarming drama from Sherwood Pictures, the Albany, Ga., church-based studio that made “Flywheel” and “Facing the Giants,” all on remarkably small budgets with a largely volunteer cast and crew. Their latest concerns a small-town […]
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Catholics Asked To Support Good Works Of Church
October 9, 2008As the 2009 Archbishop’s Annual Appeal campaign begins, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory acknowledged current economic uncertainty while asking Catholics to respond with their generous donations to support the ministries and programs of the archdiocese. In a letter sent to parishioners in the Atlanta Archdiocese this week, the archbishop stated, “Without a doubt these are challenging […]
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Once Allies On Immigration, Candidates Now Diverge
October 8, 2008Not long ago, the two leading presidential candidates clearly supported the same approaches to fixing the dysfunctional U.S. immigration system. In 2006, Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois was among those working to try to pass the ill-fated comprehensive immigration reform bill co-written by Republican nominee Sen. John McCain of Arizona and Sen. Ted […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (October 2, 2008)
October 2, 2008Like most of you, for the past couple of weeks I have kept one eye on my fuel gauge and the other eye on the incredibly long lines waiting at the sporadic stations that were lucky enough to have gasoline to sell. Life has changed for all of us. Last year it was the drought […]
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Learning To Capture The Puzzles
October 2, 2008I once read an obituary of a woman who made a living creating crossword puzzles. She lived, as I remember, in Connecticut. She was obviously gifted. She once told an interviewer that when she went to bed at night, the puzzles would just come to her, like magic, and she would wake in the morning […]
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Book Urges Catholics To Defend Faith In Political Arena
October 2, 2008“Render Unto Caesar: Serving the Nation by Living Our Catholic Beliefs in Political Life” by Archbishop Charles J. Chaput. Doubleday (New York, 2008). 258 pp. $21.95. Many people get nervous when the words “religion” and “politics” show up in the same sentence. They think the two domains must be kept entirely separate. “Render Unto Caesar,” […]
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Conversion, Not Change, Could Be American Dream
October 2, 2008Change is definitely the most utilized—and least defined—word of this fall despite its misuse as an intransitive verb to describe some goal-less event. Candidates for every office—from president of the United States to county supervisors—make it clear they are the “candidate of change” even as it remains unclear what is meant by change. Change, it […]
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Iraq War Poses Major Challenges For Next President
October 2, 2008The legacy of President George W. Bush will be framed primarily by one event: the ongoing war in Iraq. At five and a half years and running, the Iraq War—portrayed by Bush as a vital front in what he has characterized as the war on terror—has left Americans divided and much of the world community […]
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Leaders: Don’t Forget Human Aspect Of Bailout
October 2, 2008Church leaders urged members of Congress and the Bush administration to keep the human and ethical dimensions of the economic crisis in mind as they craft a financial bailout package for Wall Street. “This crisis involves far more than just economic or technical matters, but has enormous human impact and clear ethical dimensions which should […]
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Steve Siler To Head Archdiocesan Stewardship Office
October 2, 2008Steve Siler, the director of development at St. Pius X High School in Atlanta for the past nine years, has been named as the new executive director of the Stewardship Office of the Archdiocese of Atlanta. A graduate of Notre Dame University in business and accounting, he will also bring to the office a familiarity […]