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Those In Military Remembered At Congress
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
Published June 17, 2004Almost every parish has received prayer requests for parishioners, their family members and their friends who are currently serving in the military. As a way of honoring the men and women in the armed forces and letting them and their families know that the archdiocese remembers their dedication and sacrifices, Archbishop John F. Donoghue and […]
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Thousands Gather For 2004 Eucharistic Congress
By MARY ANNE CASTRANIO, Staff Writer
Published June 17, 2004A record number of people—over 23,000—thronged to the Georgia International Convention Center on Saturday, June 12, to participate in the ninth annual Eucharistic Congress, a daylong event sponsored by the Archdiocese of Atlanta. The day, which was dedicated to the Eucharist, the central sacrament of the Catholic faith, brought together the faithful from all over […]
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Catechumens, Candidates Presented To Archbishop
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
Published March 11, 2004Touched by the loving Christian witness of Catholics at the Dominican high school he attended in Taiwan, Chi-Bin Yang, whose family is Buddhist, always retained an attraction to Catholicism and a desire for God. After his mother, a devout Buddhist, passed away, Yang began exploring Christianity. While running a restaurant in Alabama with his wife, […] Full Story
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Rite Of Election To Gather Candidates, Catechumens
Published February 19, 2004
Children, men and women preparing to be initiated into the Catholic Church at Easter will take one of their final steps on Saturday, Feb. 28, at the Georgia International Convention Center at 10:30 a.m. during the annual Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion. The celebration, sponsored by the Atlanta Forum on the Catechumenate, […]