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Local Catholic Asks About Attending Roswell Chapel
February 5, 2009Q. The pope lifted the excommunication of four bishops of the Society of St. Pius X. What does this mean for people in the Archdiocese of Atlanta? There is an SSPX chapel in Roswell we have been avoiding because of the excommunication, but now that it is lifted, can we licitly attend? Please cover this […]
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Bishop’s Remarks On Holocaust Repudiated
February 5, 2009Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, who serves as chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, said Feb. 2 that he was “embarrassed” by the statements of a traditionalist bishop who questioned the severity and extent of the Holocaust. “Someone has said something terribly offensive and insulting to friends and neighbors,” he […]
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Pinecrest Boys, Girls Are Double Winners
February 5, 2009The Lady Paladins of Pinecrest Academy defeated The Weber School of Atlanta 63-52. Sophomore guard Margaret Cassandra was the team’s leading scorer, followed by senior guard Danielle Anderson with 15 points. In the boys game sophomore guard Joe Neiner scored 27 points and freshman forward John DePalma added 16 points in Pinecrest’s victory over Weber 90-56. […]
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Deacon Honored To Assist At Papal Mass
February 5, 2009It was a unique privilege and honor for Atlanta native and St. Pius X High School graduate Brother Joseph (Matthew) Van House to serve as one of two principal deacons for Pope Benedict XVI on Jan. 1 at the Mass for the feast of Mary, Mother of God and World Peace Day at St. Peter’s […]
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Cathedral Celebrates Milestone, Plans For Future
February 5, 2009January was a month of celebrating the past and looking to the future at Christ the King Cathedral. Worshippers on Jan. 18 marked the 70th anniversary of the dedication of the mother church of the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory celebrated a Sunday Mass, which was the centerpiece of the anniversary remembrance. He […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (February 5, 2009)
February 5, 2009I had long heard of Southern hospitality before arriving here as the Archbishop of Atlanta. This widely acknowledged attribute of life in our region is one of the celebrated qualities that most people encounter when arriving in the South. Southern people are genteel and hospitable. I certainly have found that to be true, and regularly […]
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Memoirs Of A Catholic Misfit
February 5, 2009All my life, things have been weird. When I was just a kid, I suffered through a series of unfortunate, extremely frizzy permanents, overseen by my older cousin who was a beauty school dropout. Yes, that’s me, the misfit, with the glum expression and the big bush of electrified curls in the family photos. To […]
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Priest Assignments
February 5, 2009Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following changes in priest assignments. Father Neil J. Herlihy, pastor of St. Peter the Rock Church, The Rock, has also been assigned to serve on the archdiocesan priests’ retirement committee, effective Jan. 28. Father Paul D. Williams, pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Carrollton, has also […]
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Gwinnett Approves Waste Station Next To Church
February 5, 2009After long months of debate and hopeful prayer, thousands of Catholics received bitter news as Gwinnett County commissioners voted Feb. 3 to rezone land to allow a solid waste transfer station to be built on Shackleford Road in Norcross, adjacent to Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church. The rezoning and special use permits were passed by a […]
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Local Catholic Named To Student Coalition Board
January 29, 2009A Georgia State University religious studies student is a newly appointed leader with the National Catholic Student Coalition. Theresa Wuertz, 20, and the 10-member NCSC executive board received the coalition’s blessing in a Mass celebrated by Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory at its January meeting. The NCSC is the voice of Catholic students to the U.S. […]