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What I Have Seen and Heard (March 30, 2006)
March 30, 2006I visited one of our Marist priests this past weekend who was in the hospital. When I entered his room, he told me, “It’s a good thing you arrived now rather than an hour ago; there would not have been space for you in the room.” It was filled with members of a family that […]
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Sacred Images A Shared Blessing Between Churches
March 23, 2006Some weeks before beginning the holy season of Lent, we put away the tender Nativity scenes, centered on the lovely images of the Holy Family, the newborn Infant, Joseph, Mary, the shepherds, and the Magi. As the beautiful preface of the Christmas Mass marvelously proclaims, “In the wonder of the Incarnation … a new and […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (March 23, 2006)
March 23, 2006As many of you may know, I spent four wonderful years of my early priesthood in Rome studying liturgy at the Benedictine University of Saint Anselm. There I personally discovered the great gift that the Benedictine community has been for the Church for more than 15 centuries. This past week—on two separate occasions—I had the […]
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Catholic Preschools Blend Joy, Faith, Learning
March 23, 2006The 2-year-olds are in the movement room at St. Thomas Aquinas Church Preschool. Their laughter echoes throughout the spacious room as their teachers toss small plastic balls onto the multicolored parachute that the children are holding. As a teacher counts down to “go time,” the children twitch with anticipation. As soon as they hear the […]
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Catholics Urged To Contact Legislators This Week
March 23, 2006The leaders of the Justice for Immigrants Campaign, sponsored by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, are sending a message urging Catholics to contact their U.S. senators this week in support of legislation most closely matching the provisions of the McCain-Kennedy Bill, as the Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to meet the morning of […]
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Missionaries Join Hands With Nicaragua’s Poor
March 23, 2006Published: March 23, 2006 ATLANTA—The trash truck rumbled into the city dump in Managua, Nicaragua, and men and boys living in surrounding metal shacks ran up to it to scavenge frantically for food to sell, eat or use, as dirt softly rose and enveloped them in a cloud of dust. Daphne Nordone observed the putrid […]
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Several Groups Plan Trips To Mustard Seed Sites
March 23, 2006Various churches and schools in the Archdiocese of Atlanta are participating in Mustard Seed Communities mission trips in the Caribbean and Nicaragua to serve at their orphanages for children with disabilities who were abandoned and others in great need. On their spring breaks, Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell, students will return to Kingston, Jamaica, and […]
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Experienced HR Executive Lands In ‘New Place’
March 23, 2006Charles J. Thibaudeau, former senior vice president for human resources and corporate support at Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc., has been named the new director of human resources for the Archdiocese of Atlanta effective March 20. His career in human resources includes 20 years at Trans World Airlines, Inc., and the last eight years at ASA, […]
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Transfiguration Ministry Helps Those In Job Transition
March 23, 2006The CareerCare Ministry at Transfiguration Church, 1815 Blackwell Road, meets Monday evenings and Tuesday mornings to provide spiritual support and practical help and networking contacts for those who are seeking a new job or are in a time of job transition. The schedule over the coming weeks includes the following: Monday, March 27: Focus/Self-Assessment—a job […]
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Cathedral Choir To Present Stations In Sight, Sound
March 23, 2006For centuries the Stations of the Cross has been one of the most popular Lenten Catholic devotions, and for centuries artists, both visual and musical, have responded to the power of the Stations through magnificent paintings and song. On Friday, March 31, at 7:30 p.m. the Cathedral Choir of Christ the King will offer a […]