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Emory Hosts 15th Annual Celtic Christmas Concert
December 6, 2007The 2007 gala 15th anniversary Atlanta Celtic Christmas Concert will feature the talents of three Grammy Award-winners including Irish sean-nós singer Moya Brennan, virtuoso Celtic banjoist Alison Brown and the composer of Riverdance, Bill Whelan. Back by popular demand from last year’s concert, these and the regular line-up of top regional performers promise to provide […]
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Filipino Community Prepares For Christmas With Simbang Gabi
December 6, 2007This month the Filipino community in the Archdiocese of Atlanta will again celebrate Simbang Gabi, a more than 400-year-old tradition that helps prepare Filipino Catholics for the coming of Christ. Simbang Gabi, which began in the late 16th century, is widely celebrated in the Philippines as well as in Filipino communities throughout the world. The […]
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St. Anthony’s To Host Mission
December 6, 2007St. Anthony Church will hold an Advent mission on Sunday through Wednesday, Dec. 9-12, led by Father Daniel McCaffrey. The talks will be presented at 3 p.m. and repeated at 7 p.m. All are welcome to attend. Father Daniel McCaffrey was ordained in 1958, and a year later he departed for Pakistan where he served […]
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Roswell Mission Will Focus On Divine Mercy, St. Faustina
December 6, 2007St. Peter Chanel Church will host Sister Mary Wendy and Sister Mary Grace of the Sisters of Reparation to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus for an Advent mission on Saturday, Dec. 8, through Wednesday, Dec. 12. The sisters will present the message of Divine Mercy as given by Jesus Christ to St. Faustina. The […]
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Mercy Wrestlers Win Twice
December 6, 2007The Our Lady of Mercy Bobcats began the season racking up victories over Pace Academy during the Dunwoody Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Nov. 24, and at home on Nov. 27 against Banneker High School. The team’s veteran wrestlers provided the skill and leadership in these two very close matches. In the Dunwoody tournament senior heavyweight […]
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Faith Sustains New Commander Of Georgia Guard
December 6, 2007Aren’t generals supposed to talk with voices that bark? Stare and intimidate? Brig. Gen. Maria Britt won’t do any of that after taking command Dec. 1 of the 10,500 soldiers of the Georgia Army National Guard. It will be the first time in the Georgia Guard’s 273-year history that a female general will lead it. […]
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Choirs Welcome Nativity With ‘Ceremony Of Carols’
November 29, 2007On Sunday afternoon, Dec. 16, at 4 p.m., as the sun begins to set on the Advent season and the liturgical world turns toward the final preparations for the birth of the Savior, Benjamin Britten’s “A Ceremony of Carols” will be presented by choirs from the Cathedral of Christ the King. Women from the Schola […]
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Monastic Life Offers Community Of Prayer, Work
November 29, 2007Cistercian Brother Michael Lautieri remembers well his first visit to the monastery. He was 52, beyond the age when men are accepted as possible candidates. But after a career as a teacher and a travel agent, he had heard again the call he first sensed as a younger man. “When the call came again at […]
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Confounding Compasses And Malignant Myths
November 29, 2007Published: November 29, 2007 I was in second grade when I first explored the marvelous world of Narnia. And, partly as a result of C. S. Lewis’ “Chronicles of Narnia” I came to love the fictional tales that we now call fantasy, but which Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien referred to as mythopoeic. Mythopoeic […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (November 29, 2007)
November 29, 2007I have never had more ample time in which to compose my weekly column, and yet I have never found it more grueling to do so as I have during these past several weeks. After more than 12 years of writing a weekly column for my diocesan newspaper, I have realized that the energy and […]