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Marian Catechesis Set In Motion At Congress
June 21, 2007During the closing Mass of the Eucharistic Congress June 9, a special commissioning of 11 images of Our Lady of Guadalupe marked a Marian renewal for the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Father José Duván Gonzalez, vicar for clergy and liaison for the Office for Hispanic Ministry, spoke at the closing Mass while the images of Our […]
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Cardinal Applies Pope’s Words To New Caritas Role
June 21, 2007As he arrived in Atlanta to address the 2007 Eucharistic Congress, Honduran Cardinal Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga had just been elected the new president of Caritas Internationalis, the Vatican-based confederation of Catholic relief and development agencies. In an interview between his presentations to Spanish-speaking and English-speaking audiences at the congress, Cardinal Rodríguez, 64, smilingly acknowledged that […]
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Exhibitors Showcase Services, Gifts For Catholics
June 21, 2007In addition to the liturgies, prayer, presentations and music, the lively crowds at the 2007 Eucharistic Congress found a variety of inviting and interesting Catholic gifts, books, clothing, music and services for purchase in the large exhibitors’ hall in the Georgia International Convention Center. The congress each year features vendors with items and information for […]
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Honduran Cardinal Encourages A ‘Eucharistic Life’
June 21, 2007Cardinal Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga of Honduras told participants in the Hispanic track at the Eucharistic Congress not to work for food that perishes but to focus their lives upon the Eucharist and upon the word of God. Gesturing animatedly, reading letters that children had sent to Pope John Paul II in 2005 asking him faith […]
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‘Family Of Faith’ Gathers To Celebrate Eucharist
June 21, 2007The theme of this year’s Eucharistic Congress, chosen from John’s Gospel, resonates especially in a culture struggling with wrong answers to human hungers. “Jesus answered them and said, ‘Amen, amen, I say to you, you are looking for me not because you saw signs but because you ate the loaves and were filled. Do not […]
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Blessed Trinity Girls Take State Tennis Trophy
June 7, 2007Tennis is usually one of two high school sports, the other being golf, where fans are quiet and reserved. But when Blessed Trinity’s girl tennis team took to their home courts on May 14, the fans, while quiet, were not reserved. The BT fans wanted another state championship to place alongside the trophy won by […]
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Father Luke Ballman Named New Vocations Director
June 7, 2007Though he never envisioned himself in an administrative role in the archdiocese, Father Luke Ballman said he was honored when Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory asked him to serve as the new vocations director. Father Ballman, pastor of St. Augustine Church in Covington, will succeed Father Brian Higgins, who will become the chaplain at Southern Catholic […]
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Fathers Hargaden, Orellana, Shaute Made Pastors
June 7, 2007Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has named three priests as first-time pastors, effective June 21. Father Kevin Hargaden, currently a parochial vicar at St. Lawrence Church in Lawrenceville, will become pastor of St. Peter Church in LaGrange and administrator of its mission, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Warm Springs. Father Roberto Orellana, a parochial vicar at St. […]
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Cooking For Others Mirrors Christ’s Love For Us
June 7, 2007I walk nervously into the kitchen and stare at the package of chicken. I am not much of a cook, but in a moment of sympathy, I signed up to prepare a meal for my neighbor, who has just been diagnosed with a heart ailment. My husband usually does the cooking in our household, while […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (June 7, 2007)
June 7, 2007Although I did not have a chance to meet any of them personally, last Saturday as I was arriving at the Chancery for some afternoon work, I was greeted by Father Carl Zdancewicz, OFM Conv., from St. John Vianney, who was leaving a pre-Cana meeting attended by about 40 young couples preparing for their forthcoming […]