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Cindy Palmer Is November Speaker At Magnificat
October 9, 2008Seeing her parents living their faith as she grew up and listening to the faith stories of the people—priests, sisters and good-hearted people—they brought around the family’s kitchen table has laid the foundation that Cindy Palmer has relied on in her own life. On Saturday, Nov. 8, Palmer, who grew up in Athens and Monroe, […]
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St. Philip Benizi Celebrates Its International Diversity
October 9, 2008Hundreds savored a feast of food from around the world as people at St. Philip Benizi Church reveled in its 10th annual multicultural celebration. Booths from 30 nationalities covered the grounds of the parish: shepherd’s pie from Ireland, kartofelsalat from Germany, tamales from Mexico, jerk chicken from Jamaica, hamburgers from the United States. A mariachi […] Full Story
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Blessed Alphonsa Canonization Draws Loganville Pilgrims
October 9, 2008The canonization of the first Indian-born woman saint in Rome Oct. 12 will be attended by a group of 30 people from the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Blessed Alphonsa, a Franciscan Clarist nun, will be canonized by Pope Benedict XVI. Among those coming from around the world are a group of people who worship at Blessed […] Full Story
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Archdiocese To Host Faith & Public Policy Workshop
October 9, 2008A Faith & Public Policy Workshop, sponsored by the Archdiocese of Atlanta, will be held on Saturday, Oct. 25, in the parish hall of All Saints Church. Open to all, the workshop will address several topics, including a presentation of seven key themes of Catholic social teaching, an overview of the Georgia Catholic Conference after […]
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Hundreds Promote Life At Old Alabama Life Chain
October 9, 2008Stretching more than a quarter mile down a heavily trafficked portion of Old Alabama Road near St. Brigid Church, hundreds of Catholics came together in silent solidarity Oct. 5 to promote life at a Life Chain honoring Respect Life Sunday. For one hour, teenagers, young couples with children and their elders lined the sidewalks along […]
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Greater Atlanta Christian Upsets BT At Home
October 9, 2008When Blessed Trinity and Greater Atlanta Christian School faced each other Oct. 3, it was just a matter of whose streak was going to come to a halt, the 4-0 one of Blessed Trinity or the 0-4 one of Greater Atlanta Christian. In the end Blessed Trinity was upset by a fiercely competitive Greater Atlanta […]
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Georgia-Made Film ‘Fireproof’ Is Heartwarming
October 9, 2008You fireproof your home; why not your marriage? Such is the obvious but unobjectionable theme of “Fireproof” (Goldwyn), a modest but heartwarming drama from Sherwood Pictures, the Albany, Ga., church-based studio that made “Flywheel” and “Facing the Giants,” all on remarkably small budgets with a largely volunteer cast and crew. Their latest concerns a small-town […]
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Catholics Asked To Support Good Works Of Church
October 9, 2008As the 2009 Archbishop’s Annual Appeal campaign begins, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory acknowledged current economic uncertainty while asking Catholics to respond with their generous donations to support the ministries and programs of the archdiocese. In a letter sent to parishioners in the Atlanta Archdiocese this week, the archbishop stated, “Without a doubt these are challenging […]
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Once Allies On Immigration, Candidates Now Diverge
October 8, 2008Not long ago, the two leading presidential candidates clearly supported the same approaches to fixing the dysfunctional U.S. immigration system. In 2006, Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois was among those working to try to pass the ill-fated comprehensive immigration reform bill co-written by Republican nominee Sen. John McCain of Arizona and Sen. Ted […] Full Story
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What I Have Seen and Heard (October 2, 2008)
October 2, 2008Like most of you, for the past couple of weeks I have kept one eye on my fuel gauge and the other eye on the incredibly long lines waiting at the sporadic stations that were lucky enough to have gasoline to sell. Life has changed for all of us. Last year it was the drought […]