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Good Heart, Humor Redeem Flawed ‘Evan Almighty’
July 5, 2007Well-meaning and surprisingly sweet, “Evan Almighty” offers the story of a modern Noah who follows God’s instructions to build an ark, and, along the way, finds a confidence and direction in life. Director Tom Shadyac takes a character from his 2003 movie “Bruce Almighty” and places him in the middle of the action. Evan Baxter […]
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Popular Friday Night Apologetics Series Begins
July 5, 2007The popular apologetics series “Reason to Believe” will be held Fridays in July and August at the Cathedral of Christ the King, 2699 Peachtree Road, NE. Each week a priest or deacon will discuss a topic that Catholics may be challenged on by those of other faiths or other Christian denominations. The topics, which are […]
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Eight Ordained As Deacons On Path To Priesthood
July 5, 2007Jubilant well-wishers, friends and family packed into the pews and overflow section in the parish hall of the Cathedral of Christ the King on May 26 to witness with joy the ordination of eight young seminarians to the transitional diaconate for the Atlanta Archdiocese. The men, who hail from places as far away as Colombia, […]
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Baking Bread Teaches Lessons In Faith, Humility
June 21, 2007You needn’t go to college to learn one of life’s big lessons. Just walk into the kitchen, roll up your sleeves and get to work baking bread. Lesson one is this: You can use your own muscles to create some mighty fine things. Bread machines take away much of the pleasure of making bread, and […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (June 21, 2007)
June 21, 2007The mother of a family that I have come to know quite well and to love deeply declared the other evening that she was officially on the summer schedule! While I don’t believe for one moment that this meant that she would be any less busy, it was the authorized beginning of summer in that […]
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Opening Mass Flows Into Healing Service
June 21, 2007Joanne Clark, a parishioner from St. Peter the Rock Church, was not alone in admitting that she had never been to a healing service before attending the June 8 Mass and healing service celebrated by Father Fernando Suarez, CC. “I have to say that when I walked into the hall and heard the group singing, […] Full Story
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‘Revive’ Serves Up ‘Perfect Combination’
June 21, 2007It turns out that there is crying in baseball. Or at least from former baseball players. Darrell Miller, a former player for the California Angels, emotionally recounted his journey to the Catholic Church to approximately 600 young adults gathered for “Revive,” the young adult track of the Eucharistic Congress held June 8. Miller joked about […] Full Story
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Kid Track Offers Play With Purpose
June 21, 2007Children, many sitting beside siblings as well as parents serving as volunteers, experienced their family of faith on a grand scale during the kid track, which honored Jesus, the hero of heroes. Scenes throughout the day chronicled the fun. Alexandra Lohmeyer, 8, liberally applied face paints on any willing victim sitting close. Nine-year-old Sophia from […] Full Story
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At Congress, Teens Assured That ‘Miracles Happen’
June 21, 2007Those teens that didn’t get to Exhibit Hall A of the Georgia International Convention Center early enough to reserve front row seats in the teen track resorted to improvisation. They just sat on the concrete floor in front of the first row of chairs for the entire day. “This was an excited crowd. There was […] Full Story
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Deacon Patrick Graybill Delights Deaf Track
June 21, 2007Using examples that were simple, as well as humorous, practical and deeply profound, Deacon Patrick Graybill delighted both the deaf and the hearing participants of the 2007 Eucharistic Congress deaf track with his encouragement to bring prayer and spirituality into their daily lives. “Spirituality isn’t just for Sundays,” he proclaimed in his native language, American […] Full Story