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Kids Juggle Fun, Faith And Imagination In KidTrack
June 22, 2006Approximately 360 children attended this year’s KidTrack at the 2006 Eucharistic Congress, led by the dynamic duo of APeX Ministries, Brad Farmer and Gene Monterastelli. Attendees ranged from rising kindergarteners to fifth-graders and comprised an enthusiastic and active set of participants, matched only by the enthusiasm and energy of the volunteers who were there to […]
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Catholic Family Gathers To Be Nourished In Faith
June 22, 2006The lone, chilling sound of the shofar—an instrument fashioned from a ram’s horn with power enough, according to the Bible, to have destroyed the walls of Jericho—signaled the entrance of Jesus, humbly present in the Eucharist, into the main gathering area of the Georgia International Convention Center June 17 for the 11th annual Eucharistic Congress. […]
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Newly Ordained Men Settle Into Priestly Ministry
June 20, 2006In the weeks since their ordinations in May, the three newly ordained priests for the Archdiocese of Atlanta—Father Rafael Ángel Carballo-Arroyo, Father Yuen Servanez-Caballejo and Father José Luis Hernández-Ayala—have settled with joy into ministry at their respective parishes. Ordained to the priesthood on Saturday, May 27, at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta, by […]
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New Track Enriches All Who ‘Listen In’
June 16, 2006The people in the room watched, enraptured, as the tall, expressive speaker made the words of faith in Christ come alive using the mesmerizing gestures of American Sign Language. A soft-voiced female interpreter spoke the words aloud for those in the room not fortunate enough to understand the language. This year’s Eucharistic Congress on June […]
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Search For Jesus Is In High Gear In ‘KidTrack’
June 16, 2006Magnifying glasses, time travel, secret handshakes and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament—all were part of the fun and faith adventure as children and adult volunteers from around the Atlanta Archdiocese came together Saturday, June 4, for the “Good News Clues” KidTrack of the 2005 Eucharistic Congress. Secret agents and daring detectives—alias kindergartners up to middle-schoolers—with […]
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‘We Are Here To Reveal Her Sins’
June 15, 2006The room was filling quickly. I scurried in and took a seat toward the back. But I had no idea why I was there. This seemed like a nightmare, the kind where you have a final exam for a course you can’t remember registering for. Or find yourself at work in your pajamas. Then suddenly […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (June 15, 2006)
June 15, 2006The biblical description of the first Pentecost should hold special meaning for the Archdiocese of Atlanta because our own identity is very much that of a multicultural, multi-racial community of Faith. While I have not personally met any Parthians, Medes, Elamites, or residents from most of those other named places, we do have residents from […]
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St. Brigid Gives For Katrina Evacuees
June 15, 2006The men’s and women’s organizations at St. Brigid Church recently presented Catholic Charities of Atlanta with a check for $2,018.83 after recent fundraising efforts for Katrina relief here in Atlanta. Joe Krygiel, Secretary for Catholic Charities, was on hand at the Catholic Center on June 2 to receive the check from Jim Aden of St. […]
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Healing Team Member Touches Hearts With Strings
June 15, 2006Gail Pappacostas stroked her Celtic harp and soothed the quietly grinding tension in a unit where patients await invasive cardiovascular procedures at Saint Joseph’s Hospital, while health care professionals busily attended to the patients in the room. “I was hoping you would come today,” manager Gloria Morandante, R.N., told the harpist as she passed by. […]
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Blessed Trinity Bats Win AAA State Championship
June 15, 2006On Friday, June 2, the Blessed Trinity High School Titans, accompanied by hundreds of fans, headed for Columbus to participate in the young baseball team’s first-ever Class AAA state championship series against Columbus High School. In a best-of-three series, the Titans shut out the Blue Devils by a score of 1-0 in the first game […]