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Hispanic Community Praises Bishop’s Biculturalism
October 1, 2009As an immigrant from South America, Auxiliary Bishop Luis Zarama shares a native language and cultural heritage with others in the diverse and growing Hispanic Catholic population in the Atlanta Archdiocese. And those common experiences make this native Colombian, who is now an American, the right man to be a spiritual leader and shepherd, according […]
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Hispanic Bishop, Priest Welcome Appointment Nationally
October 1, 2009The ordination of Bishop Luis Zarama recognizes an important shift in the Catholic population nationally and celebrates the “great blessing” of Latino and Hispanic Catholics to the church—particularly those from the Colombian community as they and others watch a “capable” man learn more deeply “the joy of leadership.” Bishop Felipe Estevéz, auxiliary bishop of Miami […]
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Former Parishioners Not Surprised By His Selection
October 1, 2009As friends, family members and the Archdiocese of Atlanta as a whole welcomed its new auxiliary bishop on Tuesday, Sept. 29, parishioners of Bishop Luis Zarama’s former parishes collectively smiled as they watched their pastor earn recognition they felt he deserves. “We expect him to be pope, but I won’t live that long,” said Bud […]
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Archdiocesan Priests Welcome Archdiocesan Priests Auxiliary Bishop
October 1, 2009While parishioners, friends and family members of Bishop Luis Zarama have openly voiced their approval of his elevation to the episcopacy, his fellow priests also have spoken up in support of his selection and the help he will bring in shepherding the local church. The news was well received by Bishop Zarama’s confreres, priests said. […]
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At Vespers, Bishop-Designate Lifted Up In Prayer
October 1, 2009His two families surrounded Bishop-designate Luis Zarama on the eve of his ordination as a bishop. Pews on one side of the Cathedral of Christ the King were filled with priests from throughout the archdiocese in black clerical garb, while the opposite side was filled with members of his family and close friends invited to […]
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Bishop Zarama Ordained As Atlanta Auxiliary Bishop
October 1, 2009On Sept. 29, the feast day of the Holy Archangels, Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory ordained Luis Rafael Zarama as the auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Atlanta and the titular bishop of Bararus. The day included many historic elements: this was the first bishop ordained in the archdiocese, the first bishop […]
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Is God Still In Control Of The World?
September 29, 2009Reading the news can definitely bring on the blues. In India, a cluster of bystanders lost their lives when a bomb exploded. In our own country, many people are out of work and some have lost their homes. Whenever you turn on your computer or pick up a newspaper, the headlines blare at you: terrorism, […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (September 17, 2009)
September 17, 2009No one that I know needs to be told or reminded that we have been enduring one of the more severe economic downturns in a very long time. The impact of our current financial situation is truly a global concern. And as in all such fiscal recessions, the poor are those who felt its impact […]
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It Takes a Village To Shape a Christian Heart
September 17, 2009“Watch his head!” These are my words of wisdom to my niece, a new mother, as she hands her 3-week-old son to his Uncle Jef, my husband, so he can hold the infant for the first time. We are visiting family in Oklahoma City, and the baby is the center of attention, as well he […]
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Reflection On The Year For Priests
September 17, 2009This past August 15, the Feast of the Assumption of Mary, marked 40 years since our Lord called me into his service and the service of the church. Forty years, 28 as a priest—that’s remarkable. When God called me to serve him as a religious brother I never imagined he would extend that call to […]