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You Can Find Her At The Russell Student Union
December 9, 2009Helen Almeter is the Catholic campus minister at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro and the diocesan director of campus ministry for the Savannah Diocese. After graduating from Christendom College in Front Royal, Va., she spent three years as a missionary with the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS) at the Catholic Center of the University […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (November 26, 2009)
November 26, 2009“Please pray for me!” I have received requests like this almost every day of my life as a priest. Sometimes the prayer request is for a child who may have gone astray, or for a sick spouse, or to find a job, or simply to continue living the good fortune that has come into someone’s […]
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‘Lord, Help Me! Here Comes The Christmas Train!’
November 26, 2009The train is roaring by on Coventry Road and the blaring whistle is inspiring a symphony of howls, some soprano, some baritone, from the dogs that live in Chelsea Heights. I have always loved trains, having traveled on one from Atlanta to New Orleans many years ago with Jef. We ambled about meeting various people […]
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Liturgies To Remember Those Affected By HIV/AIDS
November 26, 2009Parishes in the Atlanta Archdiocese are observing World AIDS Day. A candlelight procession at Sacred Heart Church on Peachtree Street starts a Mass for people touched by HIV/AIDS. Organizers at the downtown church want to highlight the connection between the sufferings of Jesus and the suffering by people with the disease. Also, St. Philip Benizi […]
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Marian Mass, Procession To Be Held Dec. 8
November 26, 2009A Mass and procession in honor of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception will take place on Tuesday, Dec. 8. The Mass, hosted by St. Patrick Church, will be followed by a candlelight procession to the Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Mission. The group, accompanied by a police escort, will process with the Blessed Sacrament (weather permitting) […]
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Advent Renewal Set At St. Pius X Church
November 26, 2009“Preparing Hearts for Christmas” is the theme for a five-evening parish renewal beginning on Sunday, Dec. 13, at St. Pius X Church. Services in English and Spanish will begin at 7 p.m. each evening through Thursday, Dec.17, at the parish church, 2621 Ga. Highway 20. A morning service will be at 8:30 a.m. Refreshments and […]
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Monastery To Host Traditional Christmas Drama
November 26, 2009The Camerata Theatre will present an Atlanta Christmas tradition, “The Play of Herod,” a 12th-century music drama at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit on Sunday, Dec. 13, at 7 p.m. The evening performance will take place in the Abbey Church. The audience is invited to join the cast after the show in the reception […]
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Greek Orthodox, Catholic Churches To Celebrate Advent
November 26, 2009The Greek Orthodox and Catholic communities are invited to join in an Advent Vesper service on Sunday, Dec. 13, at 7 p.m. at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation. Both Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and Archbishop Alexios will officiate. The Cathedral is located at 2500 Clairmont Road, NE, Atlanta.
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Family Finds Hospice A Comfort In Time Of Need
November 26, 2009Every night Dr. Anton Reel Jr. pushes a second hospital bed next to his wife’s and holds her hand as she falls asleep. It is a tradition to which he has held true throughout 64 years of marriage. He continues to speak encouragingly to his wife, who is now under home hospice care from Hospice […]
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Habitat Home-Building Still Impels 25-Year Volunteer
November 26, 2009Gene Stelten opens the first page of a weathered scrapbook. It isn’t pictures of his wife, Jeannie, their five children or their grandchildren, but it’s obviously family in his heart. It starts in 1984. A colleague writes him about a new thing in Atlanta called Habitat for Humanity and says, “It’s right down your alley.” […]