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Eight Catholic Schools Join New Voucher Program
July 19, 2007Eight Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Atlanta are among the 114 schools participating in the new Georgia scholarship program for students with disabilities. The Georgia Board of Education approved the school list July 12 in time for parents to register students for the upcoming school year. Faith-based educational programs, including Christian, Jewish and Islamic […]
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Love Of Teaching Motivates Associate Superintendent
July 19, 2007Technically Tom Campbell has always lived south of the Mason-Dixon Line, but said he has never received Southern hospitality like the welcome he has gotten during his two weeks in Georgia. Campbell, a native of Maryland, has begun a new position for the Archdiocese of Atlanta as the associate superintendent of Catholic schools under Diane […]
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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, […]