Monroe
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Southpaw priest burns one over the plate
Published August 21, 2014
Father Daniel Toof is a southpaw. The pastor at St. Anna Church, in Monroe, wearing a jersey with “Fr. Dan” across the back, pitched a strike at Lawrenceville’s Coolray Field on Friday, Aug. 8, at the Triple A matchup between the Norfolk Tides and the hometown Gwinnett Braves. St. Anna’s Knights of Columbus, sponsored the […]
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St. Anna, Monroe, to build church at new site
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published September 12, 2013MONROE—When the families of St. Anna’s Church move from their tiny church on East Spring Street in Monroe, they will take much love, many memories and a couple of crape myrtle trees with them. Parishioners, friends and St. Anna’s pastor, Father Dan Toof, held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new church building Sept. 7. The […]
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St. Anna’s Parish Jubilee Brings Fond Memories
Published January 18, 2007
When St. Anna’s Church was formally dedicated in 1957, it was the first rural mission in the new Atlanta Diocese. Parishioners had taken a unique hands-on approach to construct the white frame chapel by raising funds through a magazine subscription drive, and through their hard work, the first Mass was celebrated in the new chapel […]
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St. Anna Quilters Sew Help For Cancer Home
Published December 8, 2005
A group from St. Anna Church has formed the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Quilters, raising nearly $1,000 with a quilt raffle benefiting Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cancer Home in Atlanta. The members of the group worked together on the quilt each week for five months and are challenging quilters at other churches to […]