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Honored Sister, 85, Still Lobbying For Social Justice
October 12, 2006At the recent 50th anniversary gathering of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, the 2006 Outstanding Leadership Award was given to Sister Catherine Pinkerton, CSJ, a lobbyist at NETWORK who has advocated for social and economic justice issues on Capitol Hill for more than 22 years—starting at age 63. Sister Catherine was honored as an […]
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Magnificat Speaker To Share Family’s Faith Story
October 12, 2006Rebecca Fidero, a parishioner at St. Stephen the Martyr Church, will share how the depth of her Catholic faith has strengthened her family in tough times at the upcoming Magnificat breakfast on Saturday, Nov. 11. All women in the archdiocese are invited to the breakfast, which will be held at Killian Hall, 908 Killian Hill […]
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Beloved St. Pius Teacher Remembered
October 12, 2006The St. Pius X High School community is mourning the death of one of their own. On Thursday, Sept. 28, Stan Bird, the high school’s former Latin teacher of 20 years, lost his battle with melanoma. The funeral Mass was held on Oct. 2 at St. Michael Church in Gainesville. St. Pius X faculty and […]
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Lecture Series To Feature Talk On Catholic Education
October 12, 2006Mark John Clark, a professor at Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paola, Calif., will discuss “Why Catholic Education Excels at Every Level” on Thursday, Oct. 19 at Holy Spirit Preparatory School as part of the school’s ongoing lecture series. The lecture will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the college lecture classroom located on the second […]
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Day Of Reflection For Liturgists Set For Oct. 28
October 12, 2006Father J-Glenn Murray, SJ, will be the keynote speaker at a day of reflection for ministers of the liturgy, Saturday, Oct. 28, at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Alpharetta. Since 1995, Father Murray has served as the director of the Office of Pastoral Liturgy in the Diocese of Cleveland. He was the principal drafter of […]
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Another Fall Friday Night Of Football
October 12, 2006Pinecrest Academy in Cumming extended their consecutive winning streak to four games with a 37-14 win over Monroe Academy and gave the school’s first graduating class a senior night to remember. With a well-balanced offensive attack, Pinecrest sophomore quarterback Michael Metz threw two touchdown passes to Michael Boulanger, and running backs Luis Domenge and Tom […]
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Roswell Parish ‘Digs’ For New Worship Space
October 12, 2006Guided by a construction worker, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory manned a backhoe loader and extended its mighty claw to scoop out a big chunk of dirt during a groundbreaking ceremony for permanent worship space at St. Peter Chanel Church, and then little boys ran up to rake their fingers through the raw earth. The archbishop […]
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Sitting In Cars, Talking—A Memory Made New
October 5, 2006Augustine flew in from Utah, where he spent a week on retreat at our monastery in Huntsville. His flight was right on time, and on the way to the car he said that he was hungry, so we stopped at a “Wendy’s” here in Conyers for a late-night snack. Only the drive-in service was available, […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (October 5, 2006)
October 5, 2006I spent a bit of quality time last week with some of our young people. For openers, last Sunday, I visited the Cathedral Parish school of religion. There are more than 600 youngsters enrolled in religious education classes at the Cathedral Parish, and they are a source of great joy and a lot of energy […]
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The Beauty Of Following The Lord
October 5, 2006For the last few months, I have had the privilege of serving as the chaplain at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cancer Home, just south of Turner Field, in the Summerhill neighborhood of Atlanta. I’ve found a great grace in serving here—it is beautiful to see the hope and joy brought to the terminal cancer […]