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Roswell Parish To Host Catholic Author, Television Host
December 14, 2006Best-selling Catholic author and television personality Patrick Madrid will lead “Surprised by the Truth,” an apologetics and Bible conference Jan. 26 and 27, 2007, at St. Peter Chanel Church. Madrid, the author of 12 books, including “Surprised by the Truth,” “Does the Bible Really Say That?” and “Search and Rescue,” is also the editor of […]
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Kindred Spirits To Hold Christmas Dance
December 14, 2006Kindred Spirits, a ministry to single Christians over age 40 based at the Cathedral of Christ the King, will sponsor a Christmas dance at the Church of St. Ann, Marietta, Saturday, Dec. 16, from 8 p.m. to midnight. Attire for the dance is “casual upscale holiday,” and the cost to attend is $15. Correct change […]
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OLA’s New Church Sails With Spiritual Fervor
December 14, 2006With the nave’s iron crucifix shaped like an anchor and wood rafters resembling the hull of a ship, Our Lady of the Assumption Church embarks on a new phase of its voyage of faith as it begins the second year of ministry in its elegant Gothic church. New families as well as longtime and reconnecting […]
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Mary: The Perfect Symbol Of Advent
December 7, 2006A mother bird chooses nesting material so carefully: bits of feathers, tiny twigs, soft grasses that will comfort the baby birds. Every human mother-to-be goes through nesting behavior too, as she gathers a crib, the clothing and the toys. To make the new nest, the bird has to empty the old one of anything that […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (December 7, 2006)
December 7, 2006The other day, I met a couple of our youngsters from St. Pius X High School as I was shopping for my “secret Santa” kid at a local sports store. These two young men were out shopping with one of their mothers, and they spied me and stopped by to say hello! It’s always good […]
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Cathedral Choirs Present Advent Lessons And Carols
December 7, 2006The Cathedral of Christ the King will present the Cathedral Choir and the Cathedral Schola Nova in its 17th annual presentation of “A Candlelight Service of Advent Lessons and Carols” on Saturday, Dec. 16, at 8 p.m. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory will preside at this beautiful service, which explores the mystery and hope surrounding the […]
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Office Crucial To Outreach Efforts Among Hispanics
December 7, 2006From creating programs to help native Hispanic priests better adapt to their new surroundings in Georgia to promoting immigration reform that is just, the archdiocesan Office of Hispanic Ministry is busy on many fronts. Every month the office holds catechetical and formation workshops in six regional locations to help Hispanic ministers in parishes develop their […]
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Rosary Army Ministry Hopes To Secure Needed Funds
December 7, 2006When Greg Willits and his wife, Jennifer, first began making, praying and giving away all-twine rosaries, they had no idea the international impact they would make. Three years later, Rosary Army continues to serve people around the world. On All Saints Day, Nov. 1, Rosary Army kicked off its 2007 fund drive, with a goal […]
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Agency Joins With Parishes, Schools To Collect Gifts
December 7, 2006Parishioners and students around Atlanta are packing up and delivering Christmas gifts for needy families served through the local Catholic Charities “Adopt-a-Family” program. Parishioners from St. Brigid Church, Alpharetta, St. Jude the Apostle Church, Sandy Springs, St. Joseph Church, Marietta, and Holy Spirit Church, Atlanta, along with families of elementary school students from Our Lady […]
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Transfiguration Dedicates New Prayer Garden
December 7, 2006Approximately 150 people, accompanied by pets of all sorts, gathered Nov. 19 on the mall at Transfiguration Church for the dedication of the Marietta parish’s new St. Francis Welcoming Prayer Garden and for a blessing of pets. The children’s choir, under the guidance of Patricia Fointno-Dawson, director of liturgy, opened the dedication by leading the […]