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Mercy Baseball Team Looks To Bounce Back Next Year
May 10, 2007The Our Lady of Mercy Bobcats went winless in varsity play this year, but with only three seniors on a team of 17 players, the potential for improvement exists. Sophomore Daniel Boccella led the team in runs batted in, while senior Brett Thomas led the team with hits and a batting average of over .400. […]
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Emory To Unveil New Flannery O’Connor Letters
May 10, 2007Author Flannery O’Connor and Elizabeth “Betty” Hester first began corresponding in 1955, when Hester wrote a letter to O’Connor commenting on her work. Having read O’Connor’s collection of short stories, “A Good Man Is Hard To Find,” Hester told O’Connor in a letter that she thought the stories were about God. O’Connor quickly responded to […]
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Focolare, Focused On Gospel Living, Has Local Center
May 10, 2007Sid Hayden, a former banker who is now parish administrator at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Smyrna, embraces the international Focolare ecclesial movement building spiritual unity across economic, racial and religious lines as a “ticket to sanctity” in practicing his faith. Hayden became involved in this spiritual lifestyle back in the 1970s when his […]
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Celebrating The Spiritual Face Of Motherhood
May 10, 2007“Be careful,” I said to my aunt, as she stood admiring the grapevines in front of our house. “There’s a car coming.” My aunt is 85 years old and knows enough to watch out for approaching cars. But when the warning came automatically out of my mouth, my cousin Julie knew exactly what was going […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (May 10, 2007)
May 10, 2007Mary Our Queen Parish began the month of May with a ceremony of crowning the Blessed Virgin Mary last Sunday. We began Mass by honoring her as the Mother of the Church, the Mother of Believers and the Mother of God. During the next few weeks, many parishes and schools throughout the Archdiocese of Atlanta […]
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Duluth Parish Inspired By Ministry In Ghana
May 10, 2007For many people of the West African country of Ghana, everything is in a name, and it’s all about their faith. In the small town of Bibiani, storefront signs such as “God Is Able Salon” and “Trust in the Lord Welding and Machine Shop” become just one more opportunity to praise God for these sub-Saharan […]
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‘Baby Shower For Moms’ Proves Rousing Success
May 10, 2007The last scene of the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life” involves all of George Bailey’s neighbors and friends from Bedford Falls donating their dollars and circling around George after a desperate call for help from his wife Mary. No matter how many times I see this movie, I’m always touched by it because it reminds […]
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Blue Ridge Parish To Hold Italian Street Festival
May 10, 2007St. Anthony of Padua Church’s festival committee is sponsoring the church’s first Italian Street Festival on Saturday, June 16, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The church grounds will play host to all activities for the day. All are invited to attend. In a phone interview, Deacon Loris Sinanian, chairman of the committee, noted that […]
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Alliance Of Two Hearts Offers Day Of Recollection
May 10, 2007The Alliance of the Two Hearts is sponsoring a Day of Recollection with Father Edgardo “Bing” Arellano on Sunday, June 3, from 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., at the Marriott-Windward Hotel. The day will include rosaries, adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, talks, confession, and Mass. Father Arellano, a canon lawyer and theologian, is the international […]
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Students Honored For Essays On Peace
May 10, 2007Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory visited St. Jude the Apostle Church on April 29 to present awards to the winners of a high school peace essay contest. Sponsored by Pax Christi St. Jude, this was the second annual contest offered to high school juniors in the Catholic high schools in the metro area. Four schools participated […]