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Renowned Priest Speaks On Adoption
Published November 24, 2005
In honor of National Adoption Awareness Month, Father George Clements, founder and president of One Church One Child, Inc., recently spoke at an adoption celebration at St. Anthony of Padua Church. Sponsored by One Church, One Child of Georgia, Inc., and the Georgia Department of Human Resources (DHR) Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS), […]
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Jewish-Catholic Choir To Perform Sacred Music Concert
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
Published November 24, 2005A combined Jewish and Catholic choir will present a Sacred Music Concert of Jewish and Christian Texts on Thursday, Dec. 15, at The Temple, in honor of the 40th anniversary on Oct. 28 of the landmark “Nostra Aetate,” a Second Vatican Council declaration that affirmed a more positive relationship of the Church to non-Christian religions […]
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Aerial Angels Of Mercy Respond To Hurricane Crisis
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
Published November 17, 2005When Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast nearly three months ago and the larger relief agencies responded to victims on the ground, Angel Flight of Georgia (AFGA), a small nonprofit group located in the administration building of Atlanta’s DeKalb Peachtree Airport, took to the air to offer assistance to those in need. For over 20 […]
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Vocations Derive Direct Benefit From Annual Appeal
By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
Published November 17, 2005When her son Michael is ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Atlanta in 2010, Sharon Shouse expects to be at the church in the front row, handkerchief in hand. But in order for her to fulfill her dream, it will take support and prayers for Michael and the 54 other seminarians studying for […] Full Story
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Spiritual Cinema Planned At CTK
Published November 17, 2005
On Friday, Nov. 25, the Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta, will host its third annual holiday Spiritual Cinema, a movie night featuring the beloved animated film “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” followed by the main presentation, “One Magic Christmas,” starring Mary Steenburgen. The evening will begin at 6 p.m. with a rosary for vocations in […]
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HIV/AIDS Ministry Plans ‘Week Of Prayer’ For Archdiocese
Published November 17, 2005
The Archdiocese of Atlanta and the Office of HIV/AIDS Ministry will sponsor a “Week of Prayer for a World Living with AIDS,” Nov. 26-Dec.3. Various parishes in the archdiocese will participate in the week, which includes World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, by holding prayer services and other events, and the entire archdiocesan community is […]
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St. Pius X Announces Christmas Classic Tournament
Published November 10, 2005
The sixth annual “Christmas Classic Basketball Tournament” sponsored by St. Pius X High School will be held Dec. 27-29 at the school. The tournament draws boys and girls varsity basketball teams from across the country to play in this holiday season event. In a short amount of time, the St. Pius X “Christmas Classic” has […]
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North Georgians Help Christians In Holy Land
By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
Published November 10, 2005The vocation of Father Peter Vasko, OFM, crystallized when he saw the fivefold cross of Jerusalem. “It was like an ax slicing me in two.” While on retreat some 25 years ago at the Monastery of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit in Conyers the successful businessman was seeking the next step in his life. […] Full Story
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CCHD Awards Grants To Local Parishes, Programs
By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
Published November 10, 2005The Catholic Campaign for Human Development in the Archdiocese of Atlanta recently awarded grants totaling $120,000 to seven parishes and several community programs. The grants were presented at an awards ceremony held Oct. 18. CCHD receives its funds from individual Catholics who donate to a nationwide church collection each year. This year, during the weekend […]
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Volunteer Raises Money To Help Feed The Hungry
Published November 10, 2005
Participating in a 5K walk for charity may be tough for some people, but not for Emiliana (Emmy) Barnes of Doraville. Barnes, who is retired and a member of Holy Cross Church, Atlanta, has walked four years in a row now at the annual Hunger Walk/Run in Atlanta. This year, she raised $1,983 for her […]
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CTK Students Giving Hair For A Cause
Published November 10, 2005
Three students at Christ the King School—Elizabeth Quirk, Brady Gwynn and Samantha Allen —are growing their hair long in order to donate their tresses to the Locks of Love organization. Locks of Love is a nonprofit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children 18 years and younger suffering from long-term medical hair loss. Most […]
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Gulf Coast Groups Get To NCYC On Wave Of Love
By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
Published November 3, 2005“Winds of Change” was the spiritual theme of the 2005 National Catholic Youth Conference, but the phrase could as easily describe the extraordinary upheaval some conference participants, youths and adults, have experienced since hurricanes demolished their Gulf Coast communities this fall. Archbishop Alfred C. Hughes of New Orleans, who sat with about 75 teens from […]
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Speakers Exhort Teens To Trust God With Their Lives
By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
Published November 3, 2005Amid the cheers, despite the silly hats and T-shirts, in the midst of the fun and excitement of the National Catholic Youth Conference held Oct. 27-29, there were lessons to be learned. The message of the conference was heard loud and clear by the teens. “God loves you, is always with you—and that love can […]
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Teens Learn To See The Face Of Poverty Firsthand
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
Published November 3, 2005Teens from the confirmation class at St. Michael’s Church in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, have discovered that even as youth they can be Christ’s voice for social justice in their state legislature as they address the problems of homelessness and decrepit low-income public housing on their island. They were looking for a project to address a societal […] Full Story
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Youth Get ‘Extreme Makeover,’ Atlanta-Style
Published November 3, 2005
As teen musicians hold a jam session on the nearby Catacombs Café stage, Hiroki Saotome, a high school senior from Michigan, huddles over a white binder with piles of Christmas cards and foam board before him. He has placed a yellow cross, an orange ichthus symbol and a picture of the Nativity on the cover […]
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Young People Asked To Discern Media’s Messages
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
Published November 3, 2005First came vinyl records, then tapes and CDs, and now digital audio players for files called MP3s. From “M*A*S*H” and “Charlie’s Angels” and the days of the three TV kings of ABC, CBS and NBC, to “Desperate Housewives,” and no less than 150 reality shows in the age of satellite and cable TV. From the […] Full Story
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Teens ‘Animate’ Words In Dance, Song At Event
Published November 3, 2005
She had sung the song perfectly during practice just a few minutes before the Mass, but as Mary Williams took the stage to lead the nearly 17,000 people, including over 120 priests and 15 bishops in the Georgia Dome in the responsorial psalm, her voice, so strong just a few minutes earlier, came out as […]
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Jubilant Teens Gather In Atlanta For NCYC
By SUZANNE HAUGH, Special Contributor
Published November 3, 2005Picture this: thousands of Catholic teenagers, many wearing T-shirts with slogans like “Discover Jesus” and “i pray,” sprinting through stadium aisles to claim front row seats—not for a football game, hockey game or concert—but for Mass. Over 16,500 teens from across the United States gathered for Mass to conclude the 2005 National Catholic Youth Conference […]
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Welcoming Volunteers Make The Difference At NCYC
By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
Published November 3, 2005They stood tirelessly by the escalators wearing bright blue vests, greeting NCYC attendees and checking credentials. For hours they worked with teens in the arts and crafts area of the thematic park, helping them assemble prayer journals or teaching them to make twine rosaries. In the Georgia Dome, they directed teens to their seats, ushered […] Full Story
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Cathedral Nov. 2 Mass To Feature Rutter’s ‘Requiem’
Published October 27, 2005
The feast of All Souls is Nov. 2, and November is a month traditionally dedicated to remembering ancestors and loved ones who have died. The Cathedral of Christ the King will once again offer a moving remembrance of the feast of All Souls in a very special liturgy. On Wednesday, Nov. 2, at 7:30 p.m., […]