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Two Local Schools Named To National Honor Roll
October 25, 2007The Catholic High School Honor Roll announced Oct. 17 that Holy Spirit Preparatory School, Atlanta, and Pinecrest Academy, Cumming, were named to its 2007 list of America’s top 50 Catholic secondary schools. The annual Honor Roll, initiated in 2004, provides a resource to parents and educators by acknowledging those schools that best maintain high academic […]
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Catholic Physicians Challenged To Apply Their Faith
October 25, 2007Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory reminded Catholic physicians and healthcare workers attending the 76th annual Catholic Medical Association conference that they should strive to be “Catholic first” in a profession that often challenges church wisdom. Long-held classical and biblical ideals of reason and freedom have been “trumped” by modern notions of “self-determination” and “self-creation,” “deeply invad(ing) […]
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Seminar Spotlights Shadows Of Child Pornography
October 25, 2007After hearing from federal investigators, advocates for children, canon lawyers and technology experts, archdiocesan officials are examining how to raise awareness in Catholic churches across North Georgia of the crime of child pornography. Sue Stubbs, the director of the archdiocesan Office of Child and Youth Protection, said the church can influence the fight against the […]
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Let Go Of Fears, Live Life In Faith
October 25, 2007Her name was Doris, and she was a waitress in a small café in the town where I grew up. The café was on the main street. I was assigned to a parish in the town, and the café was within walking distance from the church. I must have gone to that café hundreds of […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (October 25, 2007)
October 25, 2007An important component of every bishop’s ministry, no matter where he might serve, is his chancery. There are certain aspects to every chancery that connect them to all others. They all have divisions and departments that are assigned responsibility for different dimensions of the life of a local Church—education, finance, catechesis, vocations, communications, etc. The […]
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Marist Students ‘Came, Saw, Read’ For Worthy Cause
October 25, 2007From dawn until dusk on Oct. 12, approximately 175 Marist School students, faculty, staff and administrators lent their voices in a public reading of Vergil’s epic poem the Aeneid to raise funds for the “Lost Boys” of Sudan. The event raised $1,400, which will assist the young men from Sudan who are pursuing coursework at […]
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Woodstock Parish To Host Sacred Music Workshop
October 25, 2007The songs of angels and the music of scripture will bring vocalists and musicians from all over the archdiocese to St. Michael the Archangel Church for two days of study, singing and worship. On Friday and Saturday, Nov. 9-10, participants in a sacred music workshop will experience the music that continues to hold “pride of […]
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Archdiocese Celebrates Gift Of Long Marriages
October 25, 2007On Saturday, Oct. 6, couples from around the Archdiocese of Atlanta gathered with their families for a special jubilee Mass at St. Brigid Church. The Mass, celebrated by Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, honored those couples marking 50 and 60 years of marriage this year. Over 100 couples were honored with Mass, corsages and champagne, and […]
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Faith And Public Policy Workshop Set For Nov. 17
October 25, 2007A Faith and Public Policy workshop, focusing on Catholic teaching and responsible citizenship, will held Saturday, Nov. 17, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the parish hall at Holy Cross Church. All are welcome to attend. Sponsors for the event are the archdiocesan Office of Catholic Communications, Pro-Life Office, Parish & Social Justice Ministries […]
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Annual Mass of Remembrance To Be Held In Roswell
October 25, 2007St. Peter Chanel Church will host its eighth annual Mass of Remembrance on Saturday, Nov. 3, at 11 a.m. in the Catholic section of Green Lawn Cemetery. The Mass, which is open to all, gives Catholics an opportunity to celebrate the lives of their deceased loved ones and to remember in prayer the souls of […]