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Pope Draws Young To Religious Life, Sister Says
August 23, 2007Dominican Sister Catherine Marie Hopkins flashed a quick smile and told the group of Serrans something they hadn’t heard a lot of during a weekend focused on the drop in vocations. “I bring a message of hope,” said Sister Catherine Marie. “God has not stopped calling.” In a twist, she said a way to encourage […]
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People With Disabilities Welcome All In Prayer
August 23, 2007Dressed in sparkling costumes, the Chattooga Special Olympics gymnastics team lit up St. Ann’s Church. With a routine set to the words of “Elissa’s Song,” they sang, “We all have special needs.” It was part of an ecumenical prayer service held at St. Ann’s July 31, celebrating people with disabilities. At “The Colors of Love” […]
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Ordinary Lives Can Become Prayers
August 23, 2007“So you go to work, then you go home and write … and is that it?,” my sister asked me. Somewhat embarrassed at how dull my life sounded, all I could do was mutter a quick, “Yes.” I have to admit my life seems mighty boring. I get up at 6 each day and head […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard
August 23, 2007Each place that I have called home has had to contend with nature and the volatile physical forces that human beings simply cannot control or predict. In Chicago, there are the devastating tornadoes that can strike almost without warning. In fact, the path of destruction that a tornado can inflict on a region can catch […]
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Prayer Service Offers Healing To Abuse Survivors
August 23, 2007With a gentle touch of a hand and gesturing a sign of the cross, the Catholic spiritual leader of North Georgia offered blessings for healing to the slow moving line of abuse victims, family members of victims and their advocates who filled the aisle of Christ the King Cathedral. Some 40 people attended the Monday […]
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New Archdiocesan Religious Education Director Chosen
August 23, 2007The Assumption has a special significance in the life of Dennis Johnson Jr., who began his new position as the director of the archdiocesan Office of Religious Education on this feast day. It is also the day his son, David Carlos, now 8, was baptized. In July, David Carlos was climbing the stairs in their […]
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‘Meet And Greet’ Planned For New Religious Ed Director
August 23, 2007The archdiocesan Office of Religious Education will hold three open house sessions on Thursday, Sept. 6, for interested Catholics to come and meet the new director of religious education, Dennis Johnson Jr. The “meet and greet” open house sessions are set for 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 […]
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‘Scott’s Run’ Event To Aid Victimized Children
August 16, 2007For the sixth year, Catholic Charities of Atlanta will host the fundraising race event called “Scott’s Run.” The 5K run and 1-mile walk will take place at the Carter Center on Saturday, Oct. 6, beginning at 8 a.m., rain or shine. Proceeds from the event will benefit Catholic Charities’ Children’s Project, a program dedicated to […]
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Catechists In NW Parishes Relish Day Of Learning
August 16, 2007They walked back and forth, pounding the blazing hot pavement between St. Peter Chanel Church and Blessed Trinity High School throughout the day. Despite the record high temperatures outside, the more than 200 men and women who attended the Catechist Faith Formation Day Saturday, Aug. 4, chatted excitedly to each other as they walked to […]
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Bearing Witness Program Stirs Powerful Emotions
August 16, 2007Powerful, amazing and troubling: that’s the overall response of the 35 Catholic educators from the Archdiocese of Atlanta and dioceses of Savannah and Louisville, Ky., who participated in the first “Bearing Witness” ™ program in the Southeast held at St. Pius X High School. Created in 1996 by the Anti-Defamation League in Washington, D.C., as […]