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Annual Via Crucis Set For March 31
March 8, 2007The second annual Via Crucis, a powerful experience of the Stations of the Cross, will be held March 31 at St. Pius X High School from 1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. The event provides an opportunity for a unique experience of the Lenten Stations of the Cross, with the traditional Stations intertwined with personal testimonies and clips […]
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Flute Choir To Perform At Mary Our Queen
March 8, 2007The Atlanta Music Academy Flute Choir, under the direction of Kelly Via, will be performing in concert at Mary Our Queen Church on Sunday, March 18, at 2:30 p.m. The AMA Flute Choir is composed of students in grades nine through 12, college students and an AMA faculty member. The 2006-07 membership represents 12 high […]
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More Than 1,500 Prepare To Enter Church At Easter
March 8, 2007Clear skies and warm temperatures offered the first glimpses of spring Feb. 24 and 25—appropriate weather for those taking the final steps toward a new springtime in their faith at four separate Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion ceremonies held throughout the archdiocese. Over the span of the two days, Archbishop Wilton D. […]
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The Question Of Priestly Celibacy
March 1, 2007I was recently asked to answer a number of questions on the practice of priestly celibacy in the Catholic Church, and I began to realize that this way of life, which is so dear to me, is often unknown and misunderstood, even by people who have practiced the Catholic faith all of their lives. It […]
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Fields, Outside And Inside, Reflect God
March 1, 2007There are many large fields on our monastery property. I have gotten to know some of them quite well these past few years. I know their rolling highs and lows. I know where there are paths through the tall grasses that grow in spring and summer. The trees are becoming more familiar to me, too—which […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (March 1, 2007)
March 1, 2007I made an impromptu stopover at the Cathedral last Friday afternoon to retrieve the vestments that I would use for the Rites of Election that I celebrated over this first weekend of Lent. Those events always invigorate me and usually bring tears to my eyes as I look into the faces of those wonderful people […]
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2 Mercy Wrestlers Medal In State Tournament
March 1, 2007Our Lady of Mercy High School sophomore Clint Ford and junior Thomas Raville placed in the medal rounds of the state wrestling tournament at the Gwinnett Civic Center in Duluth, Feb. 15. Ford, who competes in the 112-pound weight class, took a fifth-place finish after defeating his Commerce High School opponent with a pin in […]
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CRS Regional Office Brings World’s Needs To Atlanta
March 1, 2007At a dedication ceremony for the new Southeast Regional Office of Catholic Relief Services on Feb. 20, CRS president Ken Hackett invited Georgia Catholics to love their neighbors around the world by participating in CRS’s many educational, advocacy and support projects that benefit 99 countries. He noted how over the past couple of decades “our […]
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Traditional Irish Festivities Set For Two Weekends
March 1, 2007Events to honor St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, will take place on March 9-10 and March 16-17 in Atlanta, sponsored by the Hibernian Benevolent Society, which was founded in 1858 by a group of Atlanta merchants to serve the less fortunate. The annual wreath-laying ceremony will be held on Friday, March 9, to […]
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Cathedral Choir To Present Stations In Sight, Sound
March 1, 2007For centuries the Stations of the Cross have been one of the most popular of 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 16, at 7:30 p.m., the Cathedral Choir, the Schola Nova and the Schola Cantorum of […]