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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.” […] Full Story
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Burmese Catholics Find Support In Parish, Deacon
November 26, 2009As metro Atlanta continues to grow and expand culturally, the face of the Catholic Church in the local archdiocese is changing as well. The Catholic Burmese population throughout North Georgia is rising at a rapid rate, and Deacon Peter Swan of St. Philip Benizi Church, Jonesboro, has been there every step of the way to […]
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Art Collection Illustrates Bible As History
November 26, 2009An art exhibit at Emory University’s Michael C. Carlos Museum examines how the Bible became a weapon in a propaganda war as political and religious changes swept through 16th-century Europe. The Protestants with their new faith challenged the authority of the Catholic Church, and each claimed authority with biblical tracts. The exhibit “Scripture for the […]
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After 54 Years, Priesthood’s ‘A Wonderful Life’
November 26, 2009Father Richard Morrow is one of the longest serving priests in the Atlanta Archdiocese, ministering here since 1955. Father Morrow is a walking history book, from his memories of being a Catholic priest in the Bible belt and sitting beside Ethel Kennedy as her husband, Robert, worked a room in west Georgia, to the changes […]
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Heartwarming Film Offers More Than Football
November 26, 2009Filled with humor, sentiment and heart, “The Blind Side” is a film that will appeal to a wide audience. Just in time for Thanksgiving, “The Blind Side” will make you thankful for your blessings and want to open your heart to a wider definition of family. Directed by John Lee Hancock, and based on the […]
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Sister Briege To Speak At CTK
November 26, 2009The Cathedral of Christ the King and the Atlanta chapter of Legatus will host a special presentation, “Miracles Do Happen, God in Action,” by Sister Briege McKenna, OSC. The event will take place on Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 7:30 p.m. All are invited to attend. Sister Briege was born in Ireland and entered the Sisters […]
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Collection Marked For Elderly In Religious Orders
November 26, 2009Catholic parishes in the Archdiocese of Atlanta will conduct the 22nd annual appeal for the Retirement Fund for Religious on Dec. 13. This year’s collection theme is “Share in the Care.” The collection, coordinated by the National Religious Retirement Office (NRRO) in Washington, D.C., benefits thousands of elderly women and men religious whose communities lack […]
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St. Thomas’ Blue Star Supports Soldiers, Families
November 26, 2009The Blue Star Support Group of St. Thomas Aquinas Church recently completed a three-week fundraising project to send over 200 stockings and Christmas cards to military personnel “adopted” by the church. This is one of the many projects taken on by the active group since it was founded by Father Gregory Goolsby, pastor of St. […] Full Story
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Notable
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 […]