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‘Scott’s Run’ Event To Aid Victimized Children
August 16, 2007For the sixth year, Catholic Charities of Atlanta will host the fundraising race event called “Scott’s Run.” The 5K run and 1-mile walk will take place at the Carter Center on Saturday, Oct. 6, beginning at 8 a.m., rain or shine. Proceeds from the event will benefit Catholic Charities’ Children’s Project, a program dedicated to […]
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Catechists In NW Parishes Relish Day Of Learning
August 16, 2007They walked back and forth, pounding the blazing hot pavement between St. Peter Chanel Church and Blessed Trinity High School throughout the day. Despite the record high temperatures outside, the more than 200 men and women who attended the Catechist Faith Formation Day Saturday, Aug. 4, chatted excitedly to each other as they walked to […]
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Bearing Witness Program Stirs Powerful Emotions
August 16, 2007Powerful, amazing and troubling: that’s the overall response of the 35 Catholic educators from the Archdiocese of Atlanta and dioceses of Savannah and Louisville, Ky., who participated in the first “Bearing Witness” ™ program in the Southeast held at St. Pius X High School. Created in 1996 by the Anti-Defamation League in Washington, D.C., as […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (August 16, 2007)
August 16, 2007Seminarians were very much on the minds and in the hearts of those in the Archdiocese of Atlanta within the past couple of weeks. Recently I had the pleasure of installing Father Luke Ballman as our new Vocations Director at a Mass at Ignatius House, where most of our seminarians were on retreat. A number […]
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Steubenville Atlanta Brings Teens Together In Faith
August 16, 2007As in years past, the Steubenville Atlanta youth conference provided an atmosphere for teens—and adults—to give praise and worship to God in the way they feel called. The event, organized and sponsored by Life Teen, offered upbeat music, inspirational speakers and the ability to experience Jesus in the most holy Eucharist, and urged the attendees […]
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Charleston Bishop Assigned To Birmingham Diocese
August 16, 2007Pope Benedict XVI has named Bishop Robert J. Baker to head the Diocese of Birmingham, Ala. The appointment was announced in Washington, D.C., Aug. 14 by Msgr. Martin Krebs, charge d’affaires of the Vatican nunciature. Bishop Baker, 63, succeeds Bishop David E. Foley, who has been head of that diocese since 1994. Pope Benedict XVI […]
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Lawrenceville Parish Breaks Ground for Expansion
August 16, 2007St. Lawrence Church broke ground for a church expansion and office renovation on Monday, July 16. The celebration began in the present church building with Evening Prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours, after which the assembly processed outdoors near the place where construction will soon begin. After prayers of blessing for the building project […]
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‘Garden Party’ To Benefit The Sullivan Center
August 16, 2007Dick Williams, newspaper columnist and host of The Georgia Gang on FOX 5 will emcee “A Garden Party” fundraiser for The Sullivan Center Inc., directed by Sister Marie Sullivan, OP, which provides help with dignity to individuals and families in crisis in the Atlanta area. The gala on Saturday, Sept. 22, from 7:30 to 10:30 […]
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OLM Cheerleaders Find Spirit In Competition
August 16, 2007The competition included teams from Canton, Carrollton and Jacksonville, Fla. As champions, the OLM squad was invited to perform at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Fla., later this year.The cheerleading squad for Our Lady of Mercy High School, Fairburn, was named 2007 Universal Cheerleaders Association Champions after “spirited” competition at Emory University June 17. The […]
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Weeklong Institute Fashions Teen Leaders
August 16, 2007Gregg Morgan isn’t just on fire—he’s melting. And he has a pretty daunting task ahead of him. “I feel like I’m standing in the Sistine Chapel and I’m that painter guy—what’s his name? Oh right! Michelangelo!” he said with an enthusiastic laugh. Gregg and some 75 other Catholic teenagers have just completed a week of […]