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Annual Fiesta Highlights Amigos’ Work In Nicaragua
November 2, 2006The Amigos for Christ nonprofit is helping hundreds of children in Nicaragua every year to get a primary school education, feeding over 700 youngsters nutritious daily meals, and enabling 63 students to attend secondary or vocational school in the Central American nation where about 33 percent are illiterate. This year some of the 17 mission […]
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Catholic Charities Program Helps Families In Need
November 2, 2006A pregnant mother recently turned to the Pregnancy, Parenting and Adoption program in the Archdiocese of Atlanta after she was evicted from her home. Nine months pregnant with twins as the result of a rape, the mother also had two young children and nowhere to turn. Her belongings had been thrown out onto the street […]
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Monastery Concert Features Atlanta Schola Cantorum
November 2, 2006A fall season of classical choral music will continue at the Monastery of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit on Sunday, Nov. 12, with a program by the Atlanta Schola Cantorum at 3:30 p.m. entitled “Hymns to the Virgin.” Founded in 1974, the group is the area’s oldest independent chorus. The core of the group’s […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (October 26, 2006)
October 26, 2006A couple of months ago I received a summons to appear for jury duty at the Fulton County Court House. Perhaps, like many of you, my first reaction to this directive was to consider how I could get out of the obligation. Once I was assured that there was no graceful escape, I decided to […]
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Inaugural Homecoming Comes With A Victory
October 26, 2006Holy Spirit Preparatory School celebrated its first homecoming with a 20-8 win over The Heritage School, Newnan. Senior quarterback Zach Raus ran for the first of his two touchdowns in the first quarter. Starting in the place of injured junior running back Joe Maranville for the second week in a row, sophomore running back Adam […]
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’40s Revue Reprises Music Of WWII Era
October 26, 2006The Henry Singers will present an encore performance of their nostalgic “1940s Sentimental Journey Revue” on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, at St. James the Apostle Church. The all-volunteer chorus, directed by Diane Scarbrough, has been flooded with requests to repeat last spring’s program that included the songs that bolstered up so many of today’s grandparents […]
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Chef, Church Smorgasbord To Benefit Community
October 26, 2006Celebrated chef Kathy Starr will cook up an array of tempting foods for an upcoming festive fundraising event, the “Community Smorgasbord,” at Christ Our Hope Church. The event is set for Sunday, Nov. 12, from 1 to 3:30 p.m. The church is located at 1786 Wellborn Road. Starr, a Christ Our Hope parishioner, is the […]
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Campus Ministers At Historically Black Colleges Meet
October 26, 2006After four years of planning and preparation, a bit of history was made Oct. 13 and 14. Catholic campus ministers, directors of campus ministry and student representatives from historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) came together for the first time at Lyke House, the Catholic Center at Atlanta University Center, for a summit on the […]
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Care Of Stricken Mother Deepens Family’s Faith
October 26, 2006October is Respect Life Month in which Catholics are called to reflect on the innate dignity and inestimable worth of every human life as God’s creation, from the unborn to the most severely disabled or infirm person. It’s been over a decade since Arturo Vigil’s wife Emilia was left in a coma after her car […]
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Joan Lucas Receives National Honor
October 26, 2006Joan Lucas of the Atlanta Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women was selected as the national 2006 Our Lady of Good Counsel honoree by the National Council of Catholic Women at its general assembly Sept. 21-23. Lucas, a member of Holy Family Church, Marietta, had been chosen as Region 3 finalist for the honor. The national […]