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Upcoming CCHD Collection Fights Poverty Through Grants
November 8, 2007A dozen Atlanta area nonprofits with a focus on anti-poverty projects received grants in 2006 from the annual fundraising for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development. Thanks to donations from people in the pews, organizations like the local branch of the 9 to 5 National Association of Working Women could offer job-related workshops for low-wage […]
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Hispanic Charismatic Catholics Celebrate Renewal
November 8, 2007Some 1,500 worshippers gathered to celebrate the growth of charismatic Catholic renewal in the Hispanic community for a two-day celebration in August. The event commemorated the 40th anniversary of the charismatic renewal movement in the church. Iris Tomassini, a leader in the organization, said the months of planning for the celebration were worth it to […]
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Blessed Trinity Captures State Softball Title
November 8, 2007The Blessed Trinity High School softball team captured the AAA state championship at the Olympic Softball Complex in Columbus Oct. 27, defeating Sandy Creek High School 2-1. Senior Amber Hamilton led the Titans, pitching a three-hitter and driving in both of the team’s runs. Sandy Creek scored first in the second inning, pushing across one […]
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In Atypical Style, Marist Loses At Home To Mays
November 8, 2007Marist School, Atlanta, had not lost a home game since the second game of the 2006 season, Sept. 8, 2006, a three-point loss to Tucker High School. In fact, before last Friday’s game Marist had compiled a home record of 68-3 going back to 1997. It took an overtime win to do it, but on […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (November 8, 2007)
November 8, 2007“Fifty Million French Men Can’t Be Wrong” was the title of a popular Tin Pan Alley song from 1927. It spawned a Broadway play title in 1931 with songs composed by Cole Porter. We’ve often heard the saying made well known by the song title, probably without knowing from whence it originally came. The song […]
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Archbishop ‘Recovering Well’
November 8, 2007Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory is recovering well from surgery on Monday, Nov. 5, for early stage prostate cancer. He is walking for exercise and receiving excellent medical care. From the hospital he said, “I am grateful for the loving prayers offered on my behalf and ask for your continued prayers for healing during the next […]
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First Fall In Many Years Finds Mrs. Msezane At Home
November 8, 2007Upon her retirement after years in the classroom and as St. Thomas More’s principal, Gail Msezane is enjoying more time to play bridge and to knit while also jumping into her newest role of grandmother to her 1-year-old grandson, Jacob. “The first sweater I knitted him was three times too big,” she said with a […]
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Pro-Life Advocate Finds Spiritual Community
November 8, 2007Linda Powell was a “good, faithful Catholic” in Ohio when the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision legalized abortion. “I wasn’t paying much attention to what it meant,” she said. “Abortion was not on my radar screen—I was raising children, and I couldn’t fathom what it would turn into. I thought that everybody was […]
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Immigration Debate Calls For ‘Prophetic Courage’
November 8, 2007In the spring of last year, Georgia lawmakers cracked down on illegal immigrants. This summer, the Cobb Country Sheriff’s Office trained its officers with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement to combat unauthorized foreign workers. Federal legislation, backed by President Bush, to overhaul the country’s immigration laws went down in defeat. But, last week, Atlanta’s Catholic […]
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Fall Revive Set To Enliven Young Adults
November 1, 2007A retired cop who patrolled the streets of Los Angeles. A martial arts instructor turned priest who hosts a cooking show. These are the nationally known speakers talking at the 2007 Revive conference, touching issues important to young adults questioning their faith to those rooted in the church. With the theme of “Be Transformed,” the […]