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Sacred Heart Marks 25 With Tri-lingual Mass
July 19, 2007Parishioners of Sacred Heart Church celebrated a tri-lingual Mass June 9 to mark the 25th anniversary of when the mission became a parish. Members from the Anglo, Vietnamese and Spanish-speaking communities within the parish came together for the celebration called “Unity in Diversity” and under the motto of “Moved by the Gospel to Live Together/Build […]
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Marist’s Brady McCaffrey To Play In Ohio
July 19, 2007Marist School graduate Brady McCaffrey has committed to play basketball at Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio. McCaffrey, a three-year varsity basketball player for Marist, served as team captain and was the recipient of the team’s Most Valuable Player Award for the 2006-2007 season under first year head coach Greg McClaire. During McCaffrey’s junior year he […]
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Two New Priests Ordained To Serve In North Georgia
July 19, 2007Jaime Rivera-Cortijo worked in a fast food joint, the post office and as an IRS clerk before entering the seminary. “You name it, I did it. I was running from the call. I tried to do everything but it,” he said. Despite the twists and turns, the 34-year-old still found himself lying face down on […]
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Serra International Convention A First For Atlanta
July 6, 2007Area Catholics are invited to attend the 65th Serra International Convention Aug. 9-Aug. 12 at the Hilton Atlanta. This is the first time the international convention, which will have the theme, “Faith of the Family: Foundation of Vocations,” will be held here. Serra International is a nonprofit Catholic organization made up of laymen and laywomen […]
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Theology On Tap Meets At Fox Sports Grill
July 5, 2007The Young Adult Ministry (YAM) speaker series Theology on Tap will be held Wednesdays in July at Fox Sports Grill in Atlantic Station. Young adults, ages 18-40, single and married, are invited to attend. Each Theology on Tap session begins with gathering at 7 p.m. The program, including the speaker, followed by a question-and-answer session, […]
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Priests Reflect On Becoming American Citizens
July 5, 2007July 4, 2000, was an auspicious date for Msgr. Luis Zarama. It was the birthday of America—and the day he swore allegiance to his adopted country. The native-born Colombian, and now vicar general of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, had been in the United States for nine years, and the significance of becoming a citizen on […]
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‘Jesus Loves The Little Children’
July 5, 2007The chapel was drenched in delicious silence. My husband and I had joined four of Mother Teresa’s nuns in their tiny chapel to pray the rosary and then sit quietly before the Blessed Sacrament. On this particular day, a young mother had joined the group, along with her toddler. During the rosary, she managed to […]
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A Thankful People
July 5, 2007Have you ever been genuinely hungry? We all know that most kids are eternally hungry. But I refer not to a child’s seemingly perpetual appetite fueled more by the energy of their growing but to a hunger that is actually life-threatening in its severity. I don’t imagine any of us have ever been that hungry. […]
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Archbishop Asks For Clemency For Georgia Inmate
July 5, 2007Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory joined an international effort to plead for clemency for a Georgia death row inmate. Troy Davis, who was condemned for the fatal shooting of an off-duty police officer in Savannah, is scheduled to be the second man executed in Georgia this year. The State Board of Pardons and Paroles is Davis’ […]
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Faith Leaders Uphold Immigrants’ Value, Dignity
July 5, 2007Area Catholics joined members of the Muslim and Jewish faith communities at an interfaith prayer service in downtown Atlanta June 21 to support the dignity of immigrants. In a statement read at the prayer service, local religious leaders, including Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, urged people to debate changes to the country’s immigration laws without degrading […]