Georgia
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McGonegals, Ruth Reams Receive Top Hat Awards As Outstanding St. Vincent De Paul Volunteers
Published April 22, 2004
The St. Vincent de Paul Society has awarded its 2004 Top Hat Award recognizing extraordinary community volunteers to Phil and Carol McGonegal and Ruth Reams. The Top Hat Award is the highest honor given to St. Vincent de Paul Society members each year. Two awards are given to an individual or couple who have shown […] Full Story
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Parish Nurses Provide Wholistic Approach To Healing
By KATHRYN MORAN, Special Contributor
Published April 22, 2004Dolores Riccardi had been practicing nursing at St. Joseph’s Hospital Coronary Care Unit for 14 years. After seeing many patients’ problems swept under the rug in favor of short-term stays and cures, Riccardi realized two frustrating trends: insurance companies directed the care of patients instead of medical professionals and many of the root causes of […]
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Mercy Dedicates Baseball Field To Archbishop
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
Published April 22, 2004While he couldn’t promise them graces to turn around their less than stellar season, Archbishop John F. Donoghue pitched blessings and encouragement to members of the nascent Our Lady of Mercy High School Bobcat baseball team, as they named their playing field in his honor. “I am very happy that here at Mercy High School, […] Full Story
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Monastery Concert To Feature MLK Sr. Choir
Published April 22, 2004
The sounds of a choir, distilled from over 70 years of musical history at Atlanta’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, will be heard in the abbey church of the Monastery of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit on Sunday, April 25. The Martin Luther King, Sr. Choir from Ebenezer, the church which is considered the birthplace […]
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Youth News: Swimming with Manatees
By ELIZABETH STUKER, Special Contributor
Published April 22, 2004Our Lady of LaSalette Youth Group, led by Ed Reilly, went to Crystal River, Fla., on Jan. 17-19 and got “up close and personal” with exotic marine creatures. At the Marine Science Station, we joined up with Judge Frank Mills and his Boy Scout troop. The next day the group went to Mass at St. […] Full Story
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Visiting ‘Wizard’ Challenges, Delights Students
By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
Published April 22, 2004A puff of smoke rings wafted over students seated on the floor of St. Joseph School’s cafeteria as hands shot up in the air, swatting at the cloudy gray circles. On April 2, the cafeteria was more than just a place for food and fellowship. The room had been transformed into a science lab, and […]
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Serrans to Hold Special Vigil for Vocations April 29
Published April 15, 2004
The Serra Clubs of Atlanta will hold a vigil for vocations on Thursday, April 29, at Sacred Heart Church, Atlanta. The service will begin with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament at 5:30 p.m. Father Ricardo Bailey will then lead the Passio Domini with Benediction beginning at 6:30. Mass will then be celebrated at 7 p.m. […]
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Priests Called to Obey God’s Will at Chrism Mass
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
Published April 15, 2004Some 150 priests from around the archdiocese and their faithful parishioners gathered at the Cathedral of Christ the King on April 6 of Holy Week for the annual Chrism Mass, where they renewed their vows to the priesthood and holy oils were blessed for their sacramental use over the next year. The principal celebrant, Archbishop […]
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Good Friday Event Highlights Pain of Poverty
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
Published April 15, 2004At a neighborhood housing site of a vacant lot littered with rubbish on Edgewood and Daniel streets, during a Good Friday observance of the Urban Stations of the Cross through downtown Atlanta, Miles McCabe of Habitat for Humanity spoke on the “nails of oppression” driving out the poor by gentrification. At this new stop on […]
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Former Student Brings A Cappella Group to School
Published April 15, 2004
Our Lady of the Assumption School 1997 alumnus Mark Dunn came back for a special visit to his elementary school and parish on March 15 and brought 14 of his Yale classmates with him. Dunn, a freshman at Yale University, is studying accounting. He started singing in high school at Marist School, Atlanta, and when […] Full Story
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Monastery Celebrates 60 Years of God’s Grace
By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
Published April 15, 2004Published: April 15, 2004 CONYERS—The monks began their monastery in 1944 “with a simple hay-barn, and have made it into a manger of salvation for countless souls,” Archbishop John F. Donoghue said. “They have helped grace to build miracles, upon the simplicity of what God has given them.” Speaking on the 60th anniversary of the […] Full Story
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St. Jude Students Prepare for Easter Throughout Lent
Published April 15, 2004
Students at St. Jude the Apostle School participated in many Lenten activities as they prepared for the celebration of Christ’s resurrection. Fifth-graders were responsible for the school’s Ash Wednesday Mass, leading the procession and serving as gift bearers, lectors and altar servers. Food collected for their service project for the Community Action Center was presented […] Full Story
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St. Benedict Church Gives Through Lenten Projects
Published April 15, 2004
St. Benedict Church focused on two particular projects during the Lenten season to support the disciplines of penance, reflection and fasting, as the parish prepared for Easter Sunday. The Women’s Guild of St. Benedict encouraged penance through charitable works with an Easter Basket Giving Project. Donations from the parishioners were solicited to assemble Easter baskets for […] Full Story
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U.S. Priest Leaders Gather To Refocus Mission
Published April 15, 2004
Priest leaders from over 100 U.S. dioceses will gather here from April 19-22 to take stock and refocus their mission, in the wake of two years of intense national controversy fueled by a sex abuse crisis, dwindling numbers and renewed national interest in religion. The priest leaders, most of them chairs of local diocesan priests’ […]
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Humble Barn Serves as Setting for Joyful Easter Vigil
Published April 15, 2004
As darkness fell, hundreds gathered in the fields outside the old tin barn on St. Mary Magdalene Church property. The sound of the crackling fire was the only sound in the night air as parishioners stood in silence for the start of the Easter Vigil. The paschal candle was lit from the roaring fire, and […] Full Story
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Battle Of The Books Fosters Reading, Encourages Study
Published April 13, 2004
Our Lady of the Assumption School’s third- and fourth-grade teams won their grade-level competitions in the annual archdiocesan Battle of the Books contest, which was held in April. The Battle of the Books, a book-reading competition for third-, fourth- and fifth-graders in Atlanta Catholic schools, was first held in April 2003 with six schools participating. […] Full Story
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Tony Shalhoub Makes Cameo Appearance At CTK School
Published April 8, 2004
Tony Shalhoub, star of the hit television series “Monk,” made a cameo appearance in early March at Christ the King School while in town for the opening of his new movie “Made Up.” He visited the middle school classes and spoke with students about his TV series, his movies, his theatre work, his family and […]
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Conference Challenges Catholics To Share God’s Gifts
By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
Published April 8, 2004Over 340 parish representatives from throughout the Southeast attended the Regional Stewardship Conference March 27, gaining insight on ways to make stewardship a way of life. Held at the Atlanta Marriott Gwinnett Place, the conference drew 198 attendees from the Archdiocese of Atlanta, who represented 50 parishes and missions. The conference was sponsored by the […] Full Story
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Charity Ball Supports Mercy Care Services
Published April 8, 2004
St. Joseph’s Mercy Magic Ball, one of Atlanta’s premiere charitable social events, will be held on Saturday, April 26, at the Ritz-Carlton, Buckhead. The public is invited. This year, Gov. Sonny Perdue and Georgia’s first lady Mary Perdue are serving as the honorary chairpersons of the ball, which supports primary health care for those in […]
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St. Catherine Of Siena To Build New Center
Published April 8, 2004
The expansion of St. Catherine of Siena Church will begin the ground-breaking of the new Parish Education Center on Tuesday, April 13, at 11 a.m. Archbishop John F. Donoghue will preside over the ceremony. Also scheduled to attend are Father James L. Harrison, pastor, as well as other church and local government officials. This expansion […] Full Story