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Ashes Start Us In The Right Place
February 19, 2009We live by several varieties of seasons all through our lives. There are those brought with the winds and other climatic shifts, and there are those we enter through the dividing of time according to the need to mark our days and years. We need to remember the day of our birth, and the passing […]
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Hunger Walk/Run To Benefit SVdP, Other Agencies
February 19, 2009The Atlanta Community Food Bank, along with five other local hunger relief programs, in March will mark the 25th anniversary of the Annual Hunger Walk/Run. More than 200,000 folks from Atlanta and around the region have raised money to feed hundreds of thousands of people who struggle with hunger or the threat of hunger. They […]
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Immigration Forum For Cobb, Douglas Set
February 19, 2009St. John Vianney Parish in Lithia Springs has received a financial grant from Catholic Charities to create a program which would aid local immigrants in two major areas: current United States law and the immigration and educational services available to children in the Douglas and Cobb County school systems. The program, held once in February, […]
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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. […]