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St. Thomas More Society Seeks To Raise Profile
August 23, 2007Ed Konieczny has a big tent vision as the new president for the Atlanta’s St. Thomas More Society, an organization for Catholics lawyers. “My STMS colleagues are good and honorable people. Spending time with them strengthens my faith by strengthening my connection to community. I learn from them and am inspired by them, and together, […]
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Atlanta To Host Catholic Medical Conference
August 23, 2007The 76th annual educational conference of the Catholic Medical Association will be held Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 4-6, at the J.W. Marriott Hotel near Lenox Square Mall in Buckhead. Founded in 1932, the CMA is open to physicians and dentists, both active and retired; nurses; medical students; allied health care professionals; clergy, Religious and seminarians; and all […]
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Local Seniors Awarded $9 Million In Scholarships
August 23, 2007As the recent graduates of archdiocesan Catholic schools begin to head off to college, they do so armed with an impressive amount of scholarship money—over $9 million. The 495 students who graduated in the class of 2007 at the three archdiocesan high schools—St. Pius X High School, Atlanta, Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell, and Our […]
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Families Asked To Create ‘Culture Of Vocations’
August 23, 2007Catholic families should adopt a “culture of vocations” to increase the numbers of women and men becoming sisters and priests, according to speakers at the Serra International Convention. Nearly 600 members of Serra International clubs from around the globe, meeting in Atlanta, heard bishops, Scripture scholars, and other speakers urge them to continue to support […]
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St. Thomas More Hosts Event On Child Trafficking
August 23, 2007A documentary that investigates the hidden world of child sex trafficking in the United States will be shown in an event open to the public at St. Thomas More Church and School on Thursday, Sept. 13, at 7 p.m. The documentary, “Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking: How To Identify America’s Trafficked Youth,” was prepared by Shared […]
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Pope Draws Young To Religious Life, Sister Says
August 23, 2007Dominican Sister Catherine Marie Hopkins flashed a quick smile and told the group of Serrans something they hadn’t heard a lot of during a weekend focused on the drop in vocations. “I bring a message of hope,” said Sister Catherine Marie. “God has not stopped calling.” In a twist, she said a way to encourage […]
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People With Disabilities Welcome All In Prayer
August 23, 2007Dressed in sparkling costumes, the Chattooga Special Olympics gymnastics team lit up St. Ann’s Church. With a routine set to the words of “Elissa’s Song,” they sang, “We all have special needs.” It was part of an ecumenical prayer service held at St. Ann’s July 31, celebrating people with disabilities. At “The Colors of Love” […]
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Ordinary Lives Can Become Prayers
August 23, 2007“So you go to work, then you go home and write … and is that it?,” my sister asked me. Somewhat embarrassed at how dull my life sounded, all I could do was mutter a quick, “Yes.” I have to admit my life seems mighty boring. I get up at 6 each day and head […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard
August 23, 2007Each place that I have called home has had to contend with nature and the volatile physical forces that human beings simply cannot control or predict. In Chicago, there are the devastating tornadoes that can strike almost without warning. In fact, the path of destruction that a tornado can inflict on a region can catch […]
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Prayer Service Offers Healing To Abuse Survivors
August 23, 2007With a gentle touch of a hand and gesturing a sign of the cross, the Catholic spiritual leader of North Georgia offered blessings for healing to the slow moving line of abuse victims, family members of victims and their advocates who filled the aisle of Christ the King Cathedral. Some 40 people attended the Monday […]