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Volunteers Make Things Happen At Annual Congress
April 19, 2007The Archdiocese of Atlanta is looking for a few good men … and women. Volunteers are needed to help at the annual Eucharistic Congress, which will be held June 9 at the Georgia International Convention Center in College Park. Consistently, over the past several years, more than 20,000 people have attended the Congress, and volunteers […]
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Marist Father Andrew McCormack Dies
April 19, 2007Father Andrew George McCormack, SM, died Sunday, April 15, at the age of 76 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home in Atlanta. He was admitted to the home for those terminally ill with cancer more than a week ago, suffering with lung cancer and a resulting pneumonia. He had been living in retirement with […]
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Our Defeats Become Victories When We ‘Offer It Up’
April 19, 2007“Just offer it up,” said Sister Laurence Therese. She stood before the third-grade class, a larger-than-life figure in her black habit with the crisp white wimple that I associated with the soul. I can’t remember what prompted her remark that day, but “offer it up” was often the advice given to someone who had stubbed […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (April 19, 2007)
April 19, 2007Any number of parents are exploring college options at this time of year with their soon-to-be-graduating sons and daughters. I have had several conversations with some of those parents over the past couple of months, and it is fascinating to hear about the issues that parents are considering when helping their youngsters select a college. […]
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Shooting Tragedy ‘Tremendously Sad,’ Bishop Says
April 19, 2007The April 16 shooting spree at Virginia Tech that left at least 33 people dead is “tremendously sad,” said Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo of Richmond. In a phone interview just hours after the shootings, Teresa Volante, Catholic campus minister at Virginia Tech, said she had sent out an electronic notice that the Newman Center chapel […]
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Notre Dame Academy Runs For Reading
April 19, 2007They gathered over $54,000 in pledges. They trained for weeks in their daily physical education classes. And on March 28, 394 Notre Dame Academy students ran to raise money for a new school-wide literary program. The event, titled “Run for Reading,” got started about 9 a.m. with an Atlanta Falcons cheerleader leading the school in […]
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Spring Hill College To Honor Msgr. Edward Dillon
April 19, 2007Spring Hill College will hold its annual commencement on Sunday, May 13, at 10 a.m. on the “Avenue of the Oaks” on the campus. Approximately 300 students will receive their diplomas. Archbishop Oscar H. Lipscomb of the Diocese of Mobile, Ala., is the speaker and will be awarded the Fons Sapientiae Award, the college’s highest […]
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Archdiocesan Festival Choir’s Spring Program Is ‘Gloria!’
April 19, 2007The Archdiocesan Festival Choir will present a concert of sacred music entitled “Gloria!” on Saturday, May 19, at 8 p.m. at Our Lady of the Assumption Church. The featured work will be Antonio Vivaldi’s “Gloria,” to be performed with soloists and chamber orchestra. Also included will be Johannes Brahms’ delightful “Songs Of Mary” (Marienlieder) and […]
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2007 Eucharistic Congress Presenters To Include Archbishop Sambi, Tony Melendez, Matt Maher
April 19, 2007Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory invites young and old, both near and far, to the 12th annual Eucharistic Congress that will commemorate and celebrate “The Food That Endures for Eternal Life”—the theme for this year’s gathering. The two-day event, which is free and open to the public, will take place on Friday and Saturday, June 8 […]
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SVdP Society, Catholic Charities To Collaborate More
April 12, 2007The Atlanta Council of the St. Vincent de Paul Society and Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Inc. have announced their intention to explore new ways in which to increase collaboration to provide better services to people in need in metro Atlanta and north Georgia. As part of this new collaboration, Atlanta Council executive […]