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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 […]
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Coming To Life
August 2, 2007Fifty-one concrete panels that will make up the exterior of the new St. Peter Chanel Church were lifted into place in July. The parish, which started as a mission in 1998, has been exceeding its projections for growth every year. The new church will seat approximately 1,300 people. The existing church, which will be converted […]
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Superior Speaks Of Christ’s Call To Love Others
August 2, 2007PThe highest official in the Legionaries of Christ urged members of the religious congregation and its lay members to follow the Gospel message, to love in word and action. “We are called to love. We are called to love in deeds, and not just in words. We are called to love our enemies, and not […]
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Thousands Feel ‘Grace Flowing’ At National Encounter
August 2, 2007Joanna Brunson of Columbus had attended many religious conferences but joked she had never seen so many “people with children and strollers in (her) life.” Brunson was among the approximately 4,000 people who attended the 11th Youth and Family Encounter, organized by priests of the Legionaries of Christ and members of Regnum Christi, an apostolic […]
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Mexican Actor Shares Conversion Story, ‘Bella’ Movie
August 2, 2007A video shown at the 11th Youth and Family Encounter of Eduardo Veràstegui shows girls, young and old, crying over him, blowing him kisses, screaming and rushing to get near him as he greets his adoring fans. But the video changes from the frenetic pace of fandom when the Mexican actor begins to speak of […]
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Atlantan Encourages New Black Catholic Worship Music
August 2, 2007Kevin Johnson had one hand on a piano keyboard as the other guided a room full of participants through seamless key changes from one gospel song to another. “I could go on and on playing just song after song,” said Johnson, associate professor of music and chairman of the music department at Spelman College in […]
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‘Dear Lord, Let Me Not Burn This Veil!’
August 2, 2007It is just a few hours before my youngest niece’s wedding. I am in my sister’s house in Oklahoma City, where chaos is spreading like insistent wildfire, as last-minute preparations are underway. There are too few shower stalls for the people who need them, and not enough mirrors. The bride and matron-of-honor are huddled in […]
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‘We Walk By Faith’ Taken Literally By Pilgrims
August 2, 2007Delores Kovacik looked like one of the millions of tourists that visit Atlanta. But after paying the $1.75 MARTA fare to travel from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to the city center, Kovacik and her three traveling companions promptly gave their few remaining dollars away to start their sojourn here. Kovacik was a modern pilgrim with […]
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Prayer Service, Programs Offered For Abuse Victims
August 2, 2007Catholics and people of faith can express sympathy with victims of abuse, their families and the hurting community at a prayer service of consolation on Monday, Aug. 13. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory will lead the evening service, which begins at 7 p.m. and will be held at the Cathedral of Christ the King, located at […]