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Visitation Monastery Elects New Superior
June 5, 2008Mother Mary Jane Frances Williams is the new leader of the cloistered nuns at the Visitation Monastery, a religious community that spends hours a day in chapel. She’s also a convert, a mother of nine children with more than two dozen grandchildren. A mother as a nun doesn’t raise any eyebrows here. In fact, another […]
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St. Philip Benizi Uses ‘Envision’ To Strengthen Parish
June 5, 2008The parishioners at St. Philip Benizi Church are trying to discern how to harness the power of their greatest strength and their greatest weakness, which they believe are one and the same. Cultural diversity continues to grow throughout the Clayton County parish, which is home to 2,100 families, and the community is using the Envision […]
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Local Basketball Coach Gets National Recognition
June 5, 2008William Tarver, basketball director of the Corpus Christi Church Youth Basketball League, was recently chosen as one of the 32 Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA Coaches of the Year for the 2007-08 season. These top youth league coaches were chosen by the NBA/WNBA from 83,000 Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA coaches in the U.S. and abroad. Tarver, who represented […]
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Liturgical Music Symposium To Be Held In Atlanta
June 5, 2008Musicians from around the Southeast will gather in Atlanta Aug. 16 for the first Southeastern Liturgical Music Symposium. The symposium will be held Saturday, Aug.16, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Sacred Heart Church, 353 Peachtree St., NE, Atlanta. The advance registration fee for the day is $50, with group discounts available. “While liturgical […]
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‘Hello Dolly’ To Benefit Buckhead Ministry
June 5, 2008Christ The King’s Cathedral Players are using the Broadway hit musical “Hello Dolly” to raise money to support a local nonprofit that helps the working poor. In production, Patty Guenthner performs as Dolly and Alan Stacy plays the reluctant Mr. Horace Vandergelder. More than 40 cast members, including six school-age children, will take the stage […]
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Upcoming Congress Offers Eucharistic Renewal
June 5, 2008Preparations are in full swing with attention to each detail big and small, as the many people who work on the Eucharistic Congress each year begin adding the final touches to this annual celebration of the true presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. Catholics across North Georgia and the Southeast are invited and welcomed […]
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What I Have Seen And Heard (May 29, 2008)
May 29, 2008The trip to the new National Cemetery in Canton is usually a breeze, and so I had hoped it would be on Memorial Day morning. It was anything but the usual trip. From the front door of my home to the very entry of the cemetery, there seemed to be a door-to-door police squad car […]
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Roses, The Blessed Mother—And A Joyful Child
May 29, 2008The roses are alive, I am thinking as I head out into our garden, trailed by a cloud of mosquitoes. Invariably, after pruning my roses each winter, I fear that I have killed them and will never see another bloom. And then in May, the month devoted to Mary, comes my big glorious surprise: Out […]
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Catholic Seniors Sign On To Play Collegiate Sports
May 29, 2008Many of the area’s high school senior athletes will be showcasing their skills as they play at various colleges and universities around the country. Here is a list of where some of the graduating seniors will be taking their game: BASEBALL Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell Stephen Drisaldi will attend Young Harris College, Young Harris […]
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Society Of St. Vincent De Paul Celebrates 175 Years
May 29, 2008Over 160 members of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Atlanta Council gathered on Saturday, April 19, at St. Peter Claver Regional School and Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Decatur for their annual meeting, called “Spring to Life.” This year’s “Spring” meeting included a special celebration because of the 175th anniversary of the […]