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Pastors, Leadership Teams To Receive Report On Year 1 Of Archdiocesan Planning Process
September 6, 2007Parish leaders and priests starting this week are to hear the latest findings from the Archdiocesan Planning Committee during a series of meetings focused on the future of the Catholic Church in North Georgia. During the next weeks, the committee is to feature findings from its yearlong study and its future goals. “The really good […]
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Catholic Population Officially Leaps To 650,000
September 6, 2007The Catholic Church in North Georgia is now the 26th largest diocese in the country, falling between El Paso, Texas, and Providence, R.I. The Atlanta Archdiocese recently updated its official Catholic population figure, nearly doubling in size to 650,000 from 350,000. Leaders said the new headcount better reflects reality as the church comes to grips with […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (September 6, 2007)
September 6, 2007The book “Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light” was finally published this past Tuesday, Sept. 4, and I suppose that I will obtain a copy or two. The book has already received a lot of hype, and I doubt that either its author or editor would have sought or desired this pervasive interest before the […]
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Celebrating Mary’s Birthday With Humility And Joy
September 6, 2007Imagine this: It is Christmas Day, and instead of dwelling on the stuff awaiting them beneath the tree, kids are lighting candles on a birthday cake and singing “Happy Birthday” to Jesus. What a concept, huh? Although the celebration of Jesus’ birthday has given rise to excessive commercialism, especially in wealthier nations like our own, […]
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Book Chronicles Love Of Atlanta Icon For Church, Art
August 23, 2007Civic, business and religious leader James J. Haverty focused his gifts and passions to help establish two Peachtree Road sanctuaries where Atlantans could experience divine inspiration and higher spiritual realities: the Cathedral of Christ the King and the High Museum of Art. This self-taught businessman, who lived from 1858 to 1939, provided financial support and […]
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St. Peter Chanel To Present Cavins Bible Seminar
August 23, 2007Jeff Cavins, the dynamic Bible teacher and speaker, will present “The Gospel of Matthew” on Saturday, Sept. 15, in the Blessed Trinity High School auditorium. The seminar will run from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with registration beginning at 7:30 a.m. The Adventures in Matthew Bible Seminar is sponsored by the St. Peter Chanel Church […]
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St. Thomas More Society Seeks To Raise Profile
August 23, 2007Ed Konieczny has a big tent vision as the new president for the Atlanta’s St. Thomas More Society, an organization for Catholics lawyers. “My STMS colleagues are good and honorable people. Spending time with them strengthens my faith by strengthening my connection to community. I learn from them and am inspired by them, and together, […]
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Atlanta To Host Catholic Medical Conference
August 23, 2007The 76th annual educational conference of the Catholic Medical Association will be held Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 4-6, at the J.W. Marriott Hotel near Lenox Square Mall in Buckhead. Founded in 1932, the CMA is open to physicians and dentists, both active and retired; nurses; medical students; allied health care professionals; clergy, Religious and seminarians; and all […]
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Local Seniors Awarded $9 Million In Scholarships
August 23, 2007As the recent graduates of archdiocesan Catholic schools begin to head off to college, they do so armed with an impressive amount of scholarship money—over $9 million. The 495 students who graduated in the class of 2007 at the three archdiocesan high schools—St. Pius X High School, Atlanta, Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell, and Our […]
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Families Asked To Create ‘Culture Of Vocations’
August 23, 2007Catholic families should adopt a “culture of vocations” to increase the numbers of women and men becoming sisters and priests, according to speakers at the Serra International Convention. Nearly 600 members of Serra International clubs from around the globe, meeting in Atlanta, heard bishops, Scripture scholars, and other speakers urge them to continue to support […]