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The Georgia Bulletin features guest columns and spiritual reflections from laypeople and clergy from the archdiocesan community.
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“Shooting Arrows At Cupid”
BY STEPHEN LENAHAN, GB Youth BoardEnglish
Valentine’s Day is a day that just doesn’t seem to go away. It keeps returning year after year, only to put holes in the wallets of great men everywhere. Contrary to popular belief, February 14 is not a day of love. It is a day of sorrow. Consider the following. Every year on Valentine’s Day, […] English
Previous Columns by Our Guest Columnists
Surprise: The Young Are Watching
Our parish’s new stewardship director was bursting to tell us about the International Catholic Stewardship Council’s October conference in Chicago. He said one of its most impressive presentations was given by teens from the Chicago Archdiocese. A panel of young people spoke about how they live out stewardship in their lives as teenage Catholics. “After […] English
By EFFIE CALDAROLA, CNSPublished: January 29, 2004
Power Of God Catapults Change For The Better
Each New Year brings with it countless possibilities of resolutions that we would like to make: lose weight; gain weight; be more diligent in studies; be a better friend; be more respectful towards our parents and teachers; or spend less time on the Internet or watching TV. Usually we look at the year that has […] English
By FATHER PAUL A. BURKEPublished: January 22, 2004
Praying With Friends Is Among New Year’s Resolutions
New Year’s is about making resolutions and actually trying to keep them. My resolution is to pray more with the people I love. People may ask me, “Why should you pray more? Don’t you do enough of it in church?” The answer is “does anyone really pray enough?” Yes, I may be only a teenager […] English
By CHRISTINE GRYCZAN, GB Youth BoardPublished: January 22, 2004
Find Joy In Something You Love
Though we have already hit the New Year, Christmas still leaves its magic dancing around in our heads. The dreams it leaves are individual to each person: some dreaming about what they may have received, some dreaming about what they did not, some just lingering in the leftover haze. The dream that lingers for me […] English
By AIMEE PLAUCHE, GB Youth BoardPublished: January 22, 2004
Eucharistic Procession Remembers Holy Innocents
After Christmas each year, the church recalls the death of the Holy Innocents—those children who were killed by King Herod’s decree as he sought to bring about the death of Jesus, our Lord. Because they died for Christ, the church honors them as martyrs, giving testimony to our Lord even though they were too young […] English
By FATHER THEODORE BOOK, Special ContributorPublished: January 15, 2004