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Author Helps Educators Help Others With Grief
By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
Published April 27, 2006Sometimes it’s hard to remember to breathe, especially when one is grieving. It is during those times that Lorene Hanley Duquin finds the “breathing prayer” especially helpful. Duquin, the author of several books about grieving, taught the breathing prayer to those who attended her workshop, “What To Do When Bad Things Happen,” at the National […] Full Story
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Session Promotes Service Opportunities ‘At Home’
By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
Published April 27, 2006Though the poverty outside of the United States can be staggering, organizers of Joseph’s Apprentices, a service opportunity at Bishop Stang High School in North Dartmouth, Mass., believe there’s no place like home. At a workshop during the National Catholic Educational Association convention held at the Georgia World Congress Center, Bishop Stang director of guidance […]
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Pope Teaches How Church’s Truths Educate The Heart
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
Published April 27, 2006At the National Catholic Educational Association convention, Father Bevil Bramwell, OMI, Ph.D., affirmed Pope Benedict XVI’s teaching that the most profound, authentic education leads the student to both knowledge and reverence for God through which one becomes more fully human and integrated in the truth. One must have an openness to God who enlightens one […]
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Catholic Educators Encouraged To Face Challenges Ahead
By MARK PATTISON, CNS
Published April 27, 2006Catholic schools have a precedent from which they can learn how to break through when things look rough, according to Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Atlanta. “The church of Jesus Christ was born in challenging times!” he said, echoing the theme of the National Catholic Educational Association’s 103rd annual convention, “Charting the Future in Challenging […]
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Candlelight Procession Will Mark Feast Of Immaculate Conception
Published April 27, 2006
The second annual candlelight Marian procession in honor of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception will be held Thursday, Dec. 8, beginning with Mass at Sacred Heart Church at 7 p.m. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory will celebrate the Mass, which will be immediately followed by a candlelight procession to the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, […]
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Atlanta Church Honors Senior ‘Trailblazers’
Published April 20, 2006
St. Paul of the Cross Church will bestow their seventh annual “Trailblazer” awards on Sunday, April 30, during 11:30 a.m. Mass. At this year’s ceremony, the parish will honor all senior members, recognizing with special awards five members who have demonstrated outstanding service in the parish stewardship program and community. The theme of the award […]
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Archdiocese To Close St. Teresa, St. Thomas Manors
Published April 20, 2006
With the growing demand for many of their frail elderly residents to receive a more technical level of care, coupled with the fact that resources are not available for those types of services, the Archdiocese of Atlanta has decided to close its two personal care homes: St. Teresa Manor in Riverdale and St. Thomas Manor […]
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Polish Catholic’s Holocaust Memories Preserved In Book
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
Published April 20, 2006Throughout his 40-year career as a physicist in the United States, Mathew “Maciej” Sikorski, Ph.D., rarely mentioned his tormented past as a youth in Warsaw, Poland, under Nazi besiegement and his deportation from the blazing city to a labor camp. After emigrating to the United States in 1951, the Polish Catholic married his wife Barbara, […]
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St. George Village Offers Some Assisted Living Spaces
By SUZANNE HAUGH, Special Contributor
Published April 20, 2006While a waiting list exists for apartments in the independent living area of the newly opened St. George Village, a unique opportunity exists for a limited number of individuals to move directly into its assisted living and memory support areas. Residents are being sought to move directly into Wellington Court, the two-story assisted living area […]
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Fashion Show To Focus On Modesty, Style
Published April 20, 2006
A fashion revolution has taken over the country. Teenagers seeking modest, stylish clothing have spoken out, and their voices have been heard by the corporate world. The seventh annual Pure Fashion Show will be held Sunday, April 30, in the Thomas Murphy Ballroom of the Georgia World Congress Center. Popular Christian recording artist Rebecca St. […]
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Chrism Mass Brings Blessings To Priests, Parishioners
By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
Published April 20, 2006Each year, on the Tuesday of Holy Week, the Cathedral of Christ the King becomes a sea of white vestments as the priests of the archdiocese fill the pews for the Chrism Mass. On April 11, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory celebrated the annual Mass, during which he blessed the oils to be used for the […]
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Atlanta Boy Choir In Concert At Christ The King
Published April 13, 2006
The Atlanta Boy Choir’s spring concert will be held at the Cathedral of Christ the King, on Saturday, May 13, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the concert are $20. This accomplished and acclaimed choir is comprised of young boys between the ages of 4 and 18. Founded 48 years ago by Fletcher Wolfe, this organization […]
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Archbishop Honored At Morehouse Ceremony
Published April 13, 2006
The Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. College of Ministers and Laity recently honored Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory by inducting him into the Martin Luther King Jr. Board of Preachers. Archbishop Gregory was one of 41 inductees into the Board of Preachers, Sponsors and Collegium Scholars at the Crown Forum and Interfaith Assembly, held April […]
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Local Media Specialists To Present At Convention
Published April 13, 2006
When the national convention of the Catholic Library Association meets in conjunction with the 103rd annual National Catholic Educational Association Convention, on April 18-21 at the Holiday Inn Downtown, a number of media specialists from local schools and parishes will be among those making presentations. Betty Anne Pinelli of Marist School and Brian Collier will […]
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Georgia Bishops Disappointed By Passage Of SB 529
Published April 6, 2006
In a statement April 3, Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and Bishop J. Kevin Boland of Savannah expressed their disappointment that the Georgia General Assembly adopted the immigration-related provisions of Senate Bill 529. The legislation was sent to Gov. Sonny Perdue at the conclusion of the 2006 Georgia legislative session. The two Georgia bishops previously […]
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Sister Leaves Legacy Of Education In Social Justice
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
Published April 6, 2006Sister Joyce Ann Hertzig, OP, believes that in her former job as principal for a low-income, racially mixed elementary school that was 3 percent Catholic in rural Alabama, God was preparing her for her work in social justice. In 2003 she became the coordinator of parish social ministry in Atlanta. Since taking her position with […]
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Vocations Fair Aids Those Considering Religious Life
Published April 6, 2006
At the annual vocations fair participants had an opportunity to explore the various ways to live out the calling that God has for them. Held March 11 at the Cathedral of Christ the King, the fair began with a Mass celebrated by Father Tim Hepburn, assistant archdiocesan vocations director and chaplain at the Catholic Center […] Full Story
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Local Efforts Increase To Help Those Discerning
Published April 6, 2006
The Vocations Office in the Archdiocese of Atlanta and its director, Father Brian Higgins, are working harder than ever to help those considering a vocation to the priesthood and religious life. Father Higgins is excited about several new and revived programs that will help to further vocations in the archdiocese. Nazareth House, located on the […]
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Holy Week Brings Door-To-Door Witness Of Faith
Published April 6, 2006
Pedal forth Mormons, keep watch Jehovah’s Witnesses, and prepare the way Protestants. Wearing T-shirts reading “be not afraid” and wooden cross necklaces, and armed with canvas bags holding parish bulletins, rosaries and Catholic literature, Catholics are again setting forth during this year’s Holy Week, along with Catholics across the United States and Mexico and in […] Full Story
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Catholic Educators Will Be Urged To Seize the Future
Published April 6, 2006
Joel Barker, futurist and lecturer on the concept of paradigm shifts, will address a general session of the 103rd annual convention of the National Catholic Educational Association when the organization meets in Atlanta on April 18-21. He is one of the noted speakers scheduled to present at the event, which also includes the 30th annual […]