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Local Catholic Athletes Sign On The Dotted Line
February 19, 2009This year National Signing Day took place Wednesday, Feb. 4. Like many athletes around the country, local Catholic high school seniors made it official when they signed binding national letters of intent to play collegiate sports at the college or university of their choice. The list below includes area Catholic athletes who made commitments on […]
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Queen Of Angels Students Look To The Future And Win
February 19, 2009In the futuristic city of Jatville, clean, reusable energy, water conservation and keeping the environment green are paramount. The citizens of this amazing city have research facilities, a sophisticated transportation system and a power grid based on clean energy sources. Jatville even has a water filtration system that works like the circulatory system of the […]
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International class of deacons ordained
February 19, 2009Christ the King Cathedral welcomed family and friends from all over the country and beyond as a unique and international class of deacons was ordained on Saturday, Feb. 7. Five countries and a commonwealth were represented in the class of 12 permanent deacons, which even had a special presence in Timothy Gallagher, who was ordained […]
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Living So That Others Don’t Go Hungry
February 12, 2009Haven and his wife, Rocky, are long-time friends of the monastery. They grace our community almost every weekend, making the trip here from their home in Florida. They recently bought a home in Conyers and will soon be moving here, so we will be neighbors. They recently returned from a trip to our Trappistine monastery […]
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Priest Assignments
February 12, 2009Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following change in priest assignment. Archbishop Gregory has confirmed the recommendation of Father Joseph Jones, provincial of the Congregation of the Passionists, and has granted the faculties of the archdiocese to Father Jerome McKenna, CP, to serve as pastor of St. Paul of the Cross Church, Atlanta, effective […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (February 12, 2009)
February 12, 2009Last Monday, the women and men religious serving in the Archdiocese of Atlanta were invited to celebrate Vespers and enjoy supper in observance of the feast of the Presentation of the Lord, which is the feast that Pope John Paul II set aside to recognize and honor those in Consecrated Life within the Catholic Church. […]
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Operation Rice Bowl 2009 – Pray, Fast, Learn And Give
February 12, 2009Dear Brothers and Sisters: The season of Lent is a special time in our Church. Beginning with Ash Wednesday we take 40 days to prepare ourselves spiritually for our great celebration of Easter. We practice justice towards God through our prayer, justice towards ourselves through our fasting, and justice to our neighbors through our almsgiving. […]
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American Jewish Committee And Archdiocese of Atlanta Joint Statement
February 12, 2009At a meeting with Archbishop Wilton Gregory of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, leadership of the American Jewish Committee’s (AJC) Atlanta Chapter applauded the February 4, 2009 statement from the Vatican demanding that Bishop Richard Williamson “absolutely, unequivocally and publicly distance himself” from his advocacy of Holocaust denial. The positions of Bishop Williamson on the Holocaust […]
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SSPX Bishop Told To Disavow Holocaust Statements
February 12, 2009The Vatican said a traditionalist bishop who has minimized the full extent of the Holocaust must disavow his positions before he will be accepted into full communion with the church. A Vatican statement Feb. 4 said Pope Benedict XVI did not know about the controversial statements by British-born Bishop Richard Williamson when he lifted the […]
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The Word And The Church
February 12, 2009Although it was one of the signature innovations of the Second Vatican Council, the Synod of Bishops rarely receives the rapt attention of the people of the Church. Yet Synods have been the occasions for some of the most important decisions and documents of recent Catholic history. The 1985 Extraordinary Synod, which marked Vatican II’s […]