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Marriage and the Worldwide Marriage Encounter experience
By FRANK and VALENTINA PEREZ
Published July 11, 2024Even good marriages need to be rejuvenated. No marriage is perfect. The Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend gives practical solutions to bring couples closer. Upcoming weekends are in August and November.
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Woodstock Knights support Empower Cherokee
Published May 12, 2023
The Knights of Columbus Council 11768 at St. Michael the Archangel Church marked a successful year, raising money for local nonprofits.
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Deacon James M. Easterwood remembered
Published March 21, 2023
Deacon Jim Easterwood died Feb. 23. He was 76 years old. He served at Transfiguration Church and St. Michael the Archangel Church.
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Celebrating Father Niese’s silver anniversary
Published January 23, 2020
Hundreds of St. Michael the Archangel Church parishioners came to the Mass on Jan. 11 to celebrate Father Larry Niese, pastor, and the 25 years since his ordination.
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Senior Christmas luncheon a 20-year tradition for Woodstock parish
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published December 12, 2019Some 216 senior citizens were the VIP guests at the annual Christmas luncheon at St. Michael the Archangel Church on Friday, Dec. 6.
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St. Michael the Archangel Church builds new food pantry in service to the poor in Cherokee County
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published November 20, 2018WOODSTOCK—Sam Nappi was part of the team at St. Michael the Archangel Church that drove boxes of food to half a dozen families a week. Volunteers with the parish food pantry now help about 320 families monthly in this Cherokee County community. As more demands were put on the ministry, the deliveries stopped and pantry […] Full Story | En Español
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It’s ‘love at first laugh’ for Catholic improv actor Lemmo
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published September 20, 2018WOODSTOCK—It’s a preeminent rule for performers under the bright lights—make the other actors look better. That’s solid advice for life, says improvisational actor Joe Lemmo. This Catholic funnyman mixes his stage skills and faith with young people on retreats for life lessons, laughs with engaged couples as future brides and grooms stretch their communication muscles […] Full Story
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Baby Matthew Isaac will have legacy at Queen of Angels School
By JEAN DRISKELL, Special to the Bulletin
Published October 6, 2016WOODSTOCK—When the Herrin family learned their unborn son had a life-threatening chromosome condition, their faith was everything. Matthew Isaac Herrin was born on Feb. 15 this year with Trisomy 13, which means he had an extra copy of the 13th chromosome. Erika Herrin, Matthew’s mother, said children with Trisomy 13 “have about a 50 percent […] Full Story
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Woodstock parish to hold service for aborted children
Published September 23, 2016
WOODSTOCK—A memorial service for aborted children will be held on Friday, Oct. 7, at 7 p.m., at St. Michael the Archangel Church, Woodstock. With nearly 60 million abortions, most people know someone who has had an abortion and this service will be a time to commemorate that lost life. The evening will be filled with […] Full Story
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St. Michael the Archangel dedicates new, larger church ‘for the glory of God’
By ERIKA ANDERSON, Special to the Bulletin
Published September 4, 2015WOODSTOCK—It was a day years in the making—the result of the hard work and dedication of a growing community and its pastor. The pride and joy was obvious as Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory celebrated the dedication of the new St. Michael the Archangel Church Saturday, Aug. 29. The Knights of Columbus in their plumed caps […] Full Story
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Woodstock pastor blesses new steeple
Published April 30, 2015
WOODSTOCK—St. Michael the Archangel in Woodstock is building a new church. And the construction of the exterior is steadily being completed for the Saturday, Aug. 29 dedication. Debbie Quinn, the parish office manager, reported that on Wednesday of Holy Week, the new church steeple and cross were lowered onto the base. Parishioners were concluding the […] Full Story
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Woodstock parishioners put their hearts into 450 Thanksgiving baskets
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published November 27, 2014WOODSTOCK—There are 450 requests for Thanksgiving baskets at St. Michael the Archangel Church, in Woodstock. With less than a week to delivery, only 290 baskets were filled with Thanksgiving items. “We’ll do what we have to do. God will provide,” said a volunteer, who asked not to be named. “This is a little thing I […] Full Story
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Jewish traditions inform Holy Week in Woodstock
Published May 1, 2014
Parishioners at St. Michael the Archangel Church, Woodstock, learned about the connection between the Jewish festival of Passover and the Eucharist during a Holy Week Seder celebration that featured Israeli folk dancers, a children’s choir and a traditional Seder meal. Zechariah Ministries, which conducted the event and shares these celebrations throughout the Atlanta Archdiocese, is […] Full Story
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Woodstock parish breaks ground for larger church to serve growing community
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published March 20, 2014WOODSTOCK—A new classically styled church that will seat more than 1,000 worshippers at St. Michael the Archangel Church was envisioned as parishioners celebrated the first visible step in the building project. Following a Mass, leaders on Saturday, March 8, tossed small piles of dirt with shovels to symbolically break ground for the church. “It represents […] Full Story
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Whitewater Edges Out Marist In Softball Sectionals
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
Published October 23, 2008It was a scoreless game through five and a half innings, but in the end Whitewater High School, Fayetteville, prevailed 3-2 over a tenacious Marist School in the Class AAAA North Sectionals at Hobgood Park, Woodstock, Oct. 18. Marist was one of the top four teams to advance to sectionals after defeating Forsyth Central High […] Full Story
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Woodstock Parish To Host Sacred Music Workshop
Published October 25, 2007
The songs of angels and the music of scripture will bring vocalists and musicians from all over the archdiocese to St. Michael the Archangel Church for two days of study, singing and worship. On Friday and Saturday, Nov. 9-10, participants in a sacred music workshop will experience the music that continues to hold “pride of […] Full Story
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Woodstock Parish To Host Mission
Published April 26, 2007
St. Michael the Archangel Church will host a parish mission led by noted teacher and speaker Father Larry Richards from Sunday, May 6, to Wednesday, May 9. The mission will begin each evening at 7 p.m. All are welcome to attend. Father Richards, who will also speak during Masses at the church on the weekend […] Full Story
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Knights’ Memorials Honor Unborn, Offer Healing
Published January 25, 2007
Just about every time Jessica Chelena goes by her parish of St. Michael the Archangel, she glances over to the memorial garden dedicated to the unborn last year where a striking Carrara marble statue of Our Lady of Grace stands. “I’m amazed. … There’s always someone sitting in front of the statue or kneeling in […] Full Story
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Woodstock Parish Hosts Christmas Lunch For Seniors
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
Published December 21, 2006The parish of St. Michael the Archangel hosted its seventh annual Christmas luncheon for seniors. Nearly 250 seniors, who included family members of parishioners and guests from area assisted living and nursing homes, were the honored guests. Set with china and professionally decorated, each table had a different Christmas theme. Father Larry Niese, pastor, welcomed […] Full Story
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New Spanish TV Channel To Broadcast Sunday Mass
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
Published July 7, 2005Last year Rafael Ortiz-Guzman was busy planning to launch Georgia’s first locally owned and operated Spanish television channel when he felt chest pains, checked into Saint Joseph’s Hospital and learned that he must immediately have heart bypass surgery. While educated in Catholic schools and raised in the church, the Puerto Rico native, 54, had not […] Full Story