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Small Book Packs Big Spiritual Punch
January 31, 2008MYSTERIES AND STATIONS IN THE MANNER OF IGNATIUS; by Pavel Chichikov; Kaufmann Publishing, 2005; 41 pp; hardback; $10.95. Have you ever been praying the rosary and your mind started wandering? Or have you ever walked the Stations of the Cross at church and, much to your horror, found yourself daydreaming? Welcome to the club. Fortunately […]
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Eagle Scout Project Yields New Youth Center
January 31, 2008The task for Nick Davis was simple. Find something with the greatest need and make it better. And it turned out, he found the greatest need was in the basement of his parish, Good Samaritan Church in Ellijay. Davis, who just turned 18, rounded up members of the church youth group and turned a storage […]
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Winning Streak Continues For Blessed Trinity Boys
January 31, 2008With a 68-59 victory over North Atlanta High School, Friday, Jan. 25, and a 58-38 victory over Therrell High School, Saturday, Jan. 26, the Blessed Trinity High School boys have achieved an overall record of 20-0 on the season. Blessed Trinity senior forward Ryan Aquino averaged 26 points over the two games. With his 15 […]
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Holy Spirit Teams Try To Turn Things Around
January 31, 2008The Holy Spirit Preparatory girls are currently on a five-game slide after a 58-50 loss to Furtah Preparatory School, Friday, Jan. 25. Holy Spirit ran into foul trouble late in the game and victory slipped through their hands. Holy Spirit was led by sophomores Colleen Pelletier with 17 points and Alexander Richards with 10 points. […]
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AACCW Recognition Day Set For Feb. 16
January 31, 2008The Atlanta Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women will hold its annual Recognition Day Mass at the Cathedral of Christ the King on Saturday, Feb. 16, at 10 a.m. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory will be the principal celebrant of the Mass, which will be concelebrated with Father Paul Berny, who is the spiritual moderator for the […]
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Persevering Crowd Jams Shrine For Jan. 22 Mass
January 31, 2008As churchgoers sang a mournful prayer, a line of youngsters, students in school letter jackets, dads holding the hands of shy toddlers, pregnant moms—some 35 people—marched up the center aisle holding white roses representing the 35 years since abortion was legalized in the United States. Among them was Chantel Chandonia, 9, as her father, Ron, […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (January 24, 2008)
January 24, 2008We Catholics, along with many other people of faith, for the past few months have been praying for rain in order to reduce the awful drought conditions here in Georgia. We have petitioned God to send us the precipitation that we so desperately need. As with so many prayers that we may offer, the Father […]
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A Winter Day’s Meditation On A Squirrel
January 24, 2008The squirrel has shown up again. He visits twice a day, resting on a limb outside my study window. There he sits, paws clasped as if in prayer, just looking at me. I always wonder what he is trying to tell me. From my study, I look out upon a thicket of swaying trees. There […]
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Jesus Feeds The Multitude
January 24, 2008Not long ago, I showed Brother Mark a poem that was in a poetry journal. It was a brief poem, just eight lines long. It was about a man and a woman, their love for each other, a cup of coffee and his memories of her. Mark read the poem, thought for a little while, […]
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Youth Community Celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
January 24, 2008More than 400 people gathered together on Sunday, Jan. 20, for a special celebration of the life and message of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The event, which was attended by children, parents, young adults and Catholic school principals, as well as Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, used prayer, song and dance to honor the civil […]