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Priest Appointments
February 14, 2008Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following priest appointments. Father Ricardo X. Bailey, parochical vicar at Holy Spirit Church, Atlanta, has been appointed to a five-year term on the College of Consultors of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, effective Feb. 15. Father Paul W. Berny, pastor of St. Joseph Church, Marietta, has been appointed to […]
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Atlanta To Host Several St. Patrick’s Day Events
February 14, 2008Three significant events have been planned this year to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. The Hibernian Benevolent Society of Atlanta will host these events, which include a memorial Mass for Father Thomas O’Reilly, a St. Patrick’s Day Mass and a St. Patrick’s Day parade. This year, the celebration of St. Patrick’s […]
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Contest Calls For St. Patrick’s Day Essays
February 14, 2008St. Patrick’s Day honors Ireland’s national saint, but the day also is a reminder of the American commitment to immigrants who came to the United States as a land of opportunity. The festivities of St. Patrick’s Day abound in Georgia. In Atlanta, the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade was first held in 1858 by the […]
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Christians, Jews Look Together At Holocaust History
February 14, 2008Two upcoming Jewish-Catholic educational events will examine the history of the Holocaust in an interfaith setting. The American Jewish Committee and Atlanta Archdiocese, along with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, will host a lunchtime seminar and an evening lecture with leading experts focused on Holocaust history and other contemporary interfaith issues. The lunch event, […]
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Composer Hopes Pro-Life Song Will Touch Hearts
February 14, 2008When David Burke was asked to write a pro-life song, he had no idea what would take place during the next two years. Those simple requests led to a powerful musical experience, heightened recently when video images were contributed to illustrate the piece. Filled with children’s voices, the song has been used by churches around […]
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‘Angels For A Day’ Deliver Heavenly Fun On Skates
February 14, 2008Some 250 enthusiastic Hispanic children from the Missionaries of Charity Jonesboro mission, Holy Spirit Catholic Center at the Solidarity School, Atlanta, San Felipe De Jesus Mission, Forest Park, and the St. Andrew Church Hispanic Ministry, Roswell, were transported by bus to the Sparkles Roller Skating Rink, Kennesaw, as part of the annual Angel For A […]
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Catholic High School Athletes Sign On The Dotted Line
February 14, 2008This year National Signing Day and Ash Wednesday shared the same date on the calendar. 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. Here’s a list of where some […]
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Catholic Georgians Take Politics 101 At Capitol
February 14, 2008Willa McGarity and Margaret Ann Harris were among scores of Catholics who took to the shiny marble halls of the Georgia Statehouse on Tuesday, Feb. 5, to encourage lawmakers to vote against death penalty legislation and an English-only language proposal. McGarity, a retired nursing instructor, and Harris, who worked in advertising, are friends and novices […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (February 7, 2008)
February 7, 2008We began what I pray will be a longstanding tradition in the Archdiocese of Atlanta last Saturday evening by concluding Catholic Schools Week with a banquet to honor some members of our Catholic schools for their extraordinary service to the students and parents of these fine institutions. The evening, however, was somewhat peculiar because there […]
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African Saint A Perfect Lenten Companion
February 7, 2008I will always remember the sound of the cell door slamming. I looked around in the dim light and saw a cluster of women, all downtrodden and shabby, looking at me with sympathy in their eyes. Many of the women were “ladies of the night,” while I was an amazingly naïve college student who had […]