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Event To Celebrate Cultural Diversity Of Community
July 17, 2008A colorful parade, cultural activities and cuisine from around the world will be among the featured attractions at the 2008 International Festival scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 9, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Christ our Hope Church. The annual event will include rides, games, prizes, multi-cultural dancers and a “Taste of the Nations” highlighting foods from […]
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Catholic Professionals Host Training On Marital Therapy
July 17, 2008What is the role of religion and spirituality in psychotherapy? There is a group of therapists here in the Archdiocese of Atlanta interested in exploring how the practice of psychotherapy can be informed by the richness of Catholic teaching and philosophy. The name that the group has adopted is taken from their patroness, Our Mother […]
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Hope For Parish Bears Fruit In Apple Capital
July 17, 2008One of the newest Catholic parishes in the Atlanta Archdiocese is adopting centuries-old church customs as its own in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Leaving the red-columned Good Samaritan Church, the long line of parishioners was led by altar servers carrying a crucifix. The Knights of Columbus in plumed hats and swords added dignity to the […]
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Sharing The Mystery
July 3, 2008The Eucharist is a living mystery, the gift of Jesus of himself to his church. It is his life, given to us, that makes us a church, a people gathered by the Spirit and renewed with the very life of God. The archdiocese celebrates this great gift with an annual day of festive remembrance, a […]
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Newcomers To Catholic Podcasts Must Find Passion, Presenters Say
July 3, 2008During the Catholic New Media Celebration, two separate presentations were given on the subject of podcasts, a Web-based audio broadcast and a new and relatively easy way to become involved in the new media. Father Roderick Vonhögen, host of the Daily Breakfast and Catholic Insider podcasts and known by some as the original podcasting priest, […]
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Faith-Filled Congress-goers Embrace ‘The Living Bread’
July 3, 2008The crowd knelt as the ringing bells signaled the approach of the golden monstrance carried by the archbishop. A parade of colorful banners from Catholic parishes and organizations across the Atlanta Archdiocese, youngsters in white dresses and suits worn at their first Communion, followed by sword-carrying members of the Knights of Peter Claver and of […]
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Bread Of Life, Invitation To Eternal Life
July 3, 2008This is the homily given by Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory to open the 2008 Eucharistic Congress. The wonderful aroma is always tempting! It usually fills the house with such smells that your nose rejoices just to breathe in the fragrance. There is nothing like the aroma of fresh bread when it’s baking. As a youngster, […]
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Opening Mass Stirs Faith In Jesus’ Healing Presence
July 3, 2008Since 2005 the Eucharistic Congress has opened on Friday night with a healing Mass and an extended time for the sick, the frail, those wounded in any way, to receive prayer. For the first time in 2008 the clergy and laity who were praying for those in need of healing came from within the Atlanta […]
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Speakers Challenge Catholics To Take Action
July 3, 2008Presenters at this year’s Eucharistic Congress by turns challenged, instructed and inspired the scores of people gathered in the main hall at the Georgia International Convention Center to listen and learn during the general track. The roster of speakers drew people of all ages and backgrounds, some stopping in to listen to one or two […]
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Hispanic Bishops: Eucharist Is Universal Language
July 3, 2008The auxiliary bishop of Ayacucho, Peru, who heads the Peruvian bishops’ conference committee on youth and young adults, spoke to the Spanish-speaking people at the 2008 Eucharistic Congress. Bishop Gabino Miranda Melgarejo spoke on the need to come to Mass prepared, in dress, in interior respect for God, and spiritually. His words were translated for […]