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Celebrating A Simple Life
July 19, 2007It’s a blisteringly hot day when we head over to Andalusia, the farm where Flannery O’Connor lived with her mother, from 1951 until her death at age 39 on August 3, 1964. We leave the downtown area of Milledgeville and drive pass the tacky strip of fast-food restaurants and stores, which in Flannery’s day would […]
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Sarah And Clara—A Touch Of God
July 19, 2007I went to St. Anna’s Parish in Monroe last year to preach at the Masses and ask for financial help for the monastery. I have gone to several parishes over the last year or so and enjoy meeting people. Many memories come back to me of my years in parish life. When I gaze at […]
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Troy Davis Receives 90-Day Reprieve
July 19, 2007The execution of Troy Davis has been postponed for 90 days to give the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles more time to hear his case. The decision was made July 16, less than 24 hours before his scheduled execution. Davis, who was convicted in 1991 of shooting a Savannah police officer working an off-duty […]
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Aug. 6 Mass To Honor Vicars General
July 19, 2007Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory will celebrate Mass at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta, to honor Msgr. W. Joseph Corbett and Msgr. Luis R. Zarama, who were recently named as Chaplains of His Holiness with the title of monsignor by Pope Benedict XVI. Msgr. Corbett and Msgr. Zarama serve as the vicars general for […]
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St. Thomas The Apostle Deacon Joe Reynolds Dies
July 19, 2007Deacon Joe Reynolds, a permanent deacon at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Smyrna, died Tuesday, July 3. He was 59. Ordained to the diaconate in 2004, Deacon Reynolds retired from the State of Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources where he served for 20 years, including 14 as the director of the internal audit unit. He […]
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Catholics Who Home-School To Hold Conference
July 19, 2007Catholic home educators in the Southeast will find plenty of camaraderie, curriculum materials and inspiration at the 2007 North Georgia Catholic Homeschooling Conference to be held Saturday, July 28, at St. Andrew Church, located at 675 Riverside Drive along the Chattahoochee River. “We trade stories, see how people are doing,” said Jennie Prater, one of […]
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Alpharetta Parish Marks ‘35 Years Of Grace’
July 19, 2007The communities of Roswell and Alpharetta have experienced significant changes since June 1, 1972, when the parish of St. Thomas Aquinas was formed to serve all of north Fulton County from the Chattahoochee River to the county line. What was once a rural, sparsely populated community has grown to become a bustling metropolitan suburb, richly […]
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Montessori-Based Catechesis Training Offered
July 19, 2007St. Brigid Church is offering to all catechists of the archdiocese the opportunity to participate in a training program for the religious formation of children, known as the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (CGS). The program will begin the weekend of Aug. 24-25. According to the National Association of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, […]
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Susan Buffington To Speak At Magnificat Aug. 18
July 19, 2007All women of the archdiocese are invited to the Saturday, Aug. 18, Magnificat breakfast at which Susan Buffington will speak. A member of All Saints Church in Dunwoody, the speaker is married and the mother of three children, and hopes to share the gratitude she has for her faith and the miracles she has seen […]
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Couples Married 50, 60 Years To Be Honored
July 19, 2007The Family Life Office is looking for the brides and grooms of 1957 and 1947. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory would like to honor theses couples on their 50th or 60th year of marriage with an invitation to a Golden/Diamond Wedding Anniversary Mass on Saturday, Oct. 6, at noon at St. Brigid Church in Alpharetta. A […]