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Christians, Jews Look Together At Holocaust History
February 14, 2008Two upcoming Jewish-Catholic educational events will examine the history of the Holocaust in an interfaith setting. The American Jewish Committee and Atlanta Archdiocese, along with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, will host a lunchtime seminar and an evening lecture with leading experts focused on Holocaust history and other contemporary interfaith issues. The lunch event, […]
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Composer Hopes Pro-Life Song Will Touch Hearts
February 14, 2008When David Burke was asked to write a pro-life song, he had no idea what would take place during the next two years. Those simple requests led to a powerful musical experience, heightened recently when video images were contributed to illustrate the piece. Filled with children’s voices, the song has been used by churches around […]
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‘Angels For A Day’ Deliver Heavenly Fun On Skates
February 14, 2008Some 250 enthusiastic Hispanic children from the Missionaries of Charity Jonesboro mission, Holy Spirit Catholic Center at the Solidarity School, Atlanta, San Felipe De Jesus Mission, Forest Park, and the St. Andrew Church Hispanic Ministry, Roswell, were transported by bus to the Sparkles Roller Skating Rink, Kennesaw, as part of the annual Angel For A […]
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Catholic High School Athletes Sign On The Dotted Line
February 14, 2008This year National Signing Day and Ash Wednesday shared the same date on the calendar. Like many athletes around the country, local Catholic high school seniors made it official when they signed binding national letters of intent to play collegiate sports at the college or university of their choice. Here’s a list of where some […]
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Catholic Georgians Take Politics 101 At Capitol
February 14, 2008Willa McGarity and Margaret Ann Harris were among scores of Catholics who took to the shiny marble halls of the Georgia Statehouse on Tuesday, Feb. 5, to encourage lawmakers to vote against death penalty legislation and an English-only language proposal. McGarity, a retired nursing instructor, and Harris, who worked in advertising, are friends and novices […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (February 7, 2008)
February 7, 2008We began what I pray will be a longstanding tradition in the Archdiocese of Atlanta last Saturday evening by concluding Catholic Schools Week with a banquet to honor some members of our Catholic schools for their extraordinary service to the students and parents of these fine institutions. The evening, however, was somewhat peculiar because there […]
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African Saint A Perfect Lenten Companion
February 7, 2008I will always remember the sound of the cell door slamming. I looked around in the dim light and saw a cluster of women, all downtrodden and shabby, looking at me with sympathy in their eyes. Many of the women were “ladies of the night,” while I was an amazingly naïve college student who had […]
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Students ‘Light The Way’ At Annual School Mass
February 7, 2008While winter temperatures remained low in Kennesaw, spirits were high at St. Catherine of Siena Church on Wednesday, Jan. 30, as hundreds of students packed the church for the annual Catholic Schools Week eighth-grade Mass. Students, teachers and parents from archdiocesan and independent Catholic schools came together to celebrate the theme, “Catholic Schools Light the […]
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Priest Assignments
February 7, 2008Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following changes in priest assignments. Father Randall T. Mattox has been assigned as pastor of Good Samaritan Church, Ellijay, effective Feb. 1. Msgr. Terry W. Young has been assigned as pastor of St. Mary, Mother of God Church, Jackson, effective Feb. 1. Archbishop Gregory has confirmed the recommendation […]
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Deciding What To Keep Will Refine Church Archives
February 7, 2008Parishes and church offices are going to keep a better watch of their records as the Atlanta Archdiocese strengthens its archives to tell the story of the Catholic Church. Preserving the past in an age of e-mails and digital files that can be erased with a click of a computer mouse is fueling part of […]