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Letters, Christmas Cards Bring Blessings That Linger
January 18, 2007We are well into the New Year now. Our Christmas decorations have been taken down and put away for another year. We are back to ordinary time, and the monastery is adorned now with the trappings of ordinary life. In some ways, Christmas seems long ago. Some Yule things linger, though. During the Christmas season […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (January 18, 2007)
January 18, 2007For the most part our country lives with a common calendar, celebrating the same annual events across our many and varied regions and states. But how we observe certain calendar dates belongs preeminently to specific places. Mardi Gras is an institution in New Orleans, and even though Hurricanes Katrina and Rita changed that city significantly, […]
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Diaconal Formation—Atlanta Style
January 18, 2007I was once asked, “What was the greatest gift you have received?” My first inclination was to say my wife and family, but after some thought my answer came out, “Being ordained a deacon.” You may ask why? The answer is simple. Ordination has strengthened my love for my wife; it has strengthened my relationship […]
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OLA Play Keeps Real Meaning Of Christmas Alive
January 18, 2007A cast of 52 students played to a full house at Our Lady of the Assumption School’s Dec. 19 production of “Believe,” a Christmas play interspersed with Christmas carols. Christopher Bowman, a fifth-grader, played Alex, the lead character, who is fed up with the commercial hype he sees surrounding the Christmas season. Feeling that the […]
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Young Adults Asked To ‘Step Up’ Like King
January 18, 2007Father Roy Lee, Ed.D., challenged those at the first Martin Luther King Jr. gathering for young adults to find the courage to take risks and to use their gifts to edify the multicultural church and society of North Georgia. It was the first MLK archdiocesan event specifically for young adults and was held at Shout […]
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Catholic Charities Staffer To Serve On National Team
January 18, 2007Catholic Charities USA has selected Atlanta director of parish and social justice ministry, Susan Sullivan, to join its national parish social ministry leadership team. According to its literature, the team is “a network of people in parishes, dioceses and Catholic Charities agencies working to act for justice and serve those in need in our Church, […]
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Parishes Work Hand-In-Hand With Atlanta CRS
January 18, 2007Simone Blanchard, who speaks Spanish and studied Japanese in Japan, hopes to work overseas one day for Catholic Relief Services, but for now she is joyful to work in Atlanta for CRS, as she has been interested in people from other countries since middle school. “I’ve always had a desire to work with people from […]
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St. Anna’s Parish Jubilee Brings Fond Memories
January 18, 2007When St. Anna’s Church was formally dedicated in 1957, it was the first rural mission in the new Atlanta Diocese. Parishioners had taken a unique hands-on approach to construct the white frame chapel by raising funds through a magazine subscription drive, and through their hard work, the first Mass was celebrated in the new chapel […]
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‘Miss Potter’ Charms As Engaging Film Biography
January 18, 2007“Miss Potter,” a film biography of the famous children’s author, is a charming story that mixes triumph and heartbreak to create a picture of a creative woman who learns to live on her own terms and find her own happiness. Directed by Chris Noonan, “Miss Potter” stars Renee Zellweger as Beatrix Potter, the writer and […]
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Atlanta Parish To Present ‘Damn Yankees’
January 18, 2007Holy Cross Church will present the musical comedy “Damn Yankees” in mid-February. Proceeds will benefit the parish’s Friends of St. Martin de Porres ministry to the homeless. “Damn Yankees” depicts Joe Boyd (Dennis Nelson), a middle-aged husband of the 1950s who’s crazy about baseball but frustrated with his Washington Senators. He mumbles that he would […]