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Surgeon Finds Medical Ministry In Guatemala
May 8, 2008The 60-year-old Guatemalan businessman reached over, held Dr. Henry Zielinski’s hand and kissed it in thanks. Domingo Gonzalez had just had surgery to repair a hernia he had been suffering with for more than two years. Diagnosed by a Guatemalan doctor, Gonzalez had not been able to receive the surgery until a visiting Georgia team […] Full Story
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After Tragedy, Holy Land Speakers Pursue Peace
May 8, 2008As young men, the two could not have been more different: a battle-hardened former Israeli soldier, a rock-throwing Palestinian jailed for protesting the occupation of the West Bank. But through shared sorrows, Mazen Faraj and Rami Elhanan now call each other brothers. “We are not competing with the size of our pain. We do not […]
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What I Have Seen And Heard (May 1, 2008)
May 1, 2008I have been directly engaged in the occurrence of a marriage proposal only on one occasion. I was the Bishop of Belleville at the time, when a nervous young man asked me if he could visit the Blessed Sacrament Chapel in the cathedral at the conclusion of the Christmas midnight Mass. I assured him that […]
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Living Stones
May 1, 2008In our community, we recently were given our annual retreat. Our retreat master this year was Damien Thompson, the abbot of our monastery in Gethsemani, Kentucky. He is a warm, friendly man and impresses me as being much at peace with life, with what it means to be human in an ever-changing world. He is […]
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We Still Remember
May 1, 2008Where were you on May 5, 1988? So many of us remember, quite clearly, our joy and excitement on that sunny day at the convention center here in Atlanta. We remember the scampering about and wheeling and dealing to get precious tickets for the historic event—the installation of America’s first African-American archbishop, Most Reverend Eugene […]
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Prayer, Perseverance Take Local Family To Pope
May 1, 2008A professor in college once told me, you are only eight people away from anything you want to accomplish in life. I took that lesson to heart recently when there was a mix-up while my pastor was out of town caring for his ill brother, and I did not receive tickets from our archdiocese to […]
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Charismatic Renewal Hosts Pentecost Vigil Mass
May 1, 2008On Saturday, May 10, the Catholic charismatic renewal of the Archdiocese of Atlanta will celebrate a Pentecost vigil Mass at Corpus Christi Church, 600 Mountain View Drive, Stone Mountain. All are invited. Praise and worship will begin at 7 p.m., followed by Mass and renewal of consecration to Mary at 7:30 p.m. There will be […] Full Story
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HIV/AIDS Ministry To Latinos Garners CDC Support
May 1, 2008There isn’t a word for virus in the Mayan language. Nor is there a word for HIV/AIDS. That language barrier is becoming a devastating omission for members of metro Atlanta’s Mayan communities in Canton and Covington. They are contracting AIDS and dying—without any knowledge of the disease or its causes. “One day they’re healthy and […]
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Catholic Lobbyist Summarizes 2008 Georgia Session
May 1, 2008Georgia drivers could suffer stiffer fines and even lose their cars if Gov. Sonny Perdue enacts two pieces of legislation into law aimed at illegal immigrants, according to the Georgia Catholic Conference. The chief lobbyist for the Catholic Church in Georgia said lawmakers cast a wide net to combat illegal immigration and residents may be […]
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Helping Media, Director Has Unique View Of Pope
May 1, 2008In her regular job, Pat Chivers works as the communications director for the Atlanta Archdiocese. During the visit of Pope Benedict XVI, as a member of a communications team assembled to handle the media responsibilities, she shepherded hundreds of reporters and journalists covering the event. After catching up on sleep and returning to her day […]