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Parishioners Create Church Stained Glass Windows
December 8, 2011For the volunteers at this Forsyth County church, the chance to work with a craftsman gave them the opportunity to add beauty to Good Shepherd Church. The work wasn’t easy, but the novice volunteers had fun creating the stained glass windows. “My husband says all our DNA are in the windows,” said Tina Wright, who […]
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SVdP Provides Care To Growing Numbers
December 8, 2011Nearly one out of every five Georgia residents now lives in poverty. Figures from the U.S. Census Bureau show some 1.83 million people in Georgia living below the poverty line, some 18.7 percent of the state. It is the highest level since 1993. Volunteers at the St. Vincent de Paul Society see their faces, people […]
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‘Through My Most Grievous Fault’: New Mass Prayers
November 24, 2011In the prayer known as the Confiteor (which begins, “I confess to almighty God …”), the new translation of the Mass helps us cultivate a more humble, sorrowful attitude toward God as we confess our sins and accept responsibility for our wrong actions. Instead of simply saying that I have sinned “through my own fault,” […]
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New Book Espouses Weaving Faith Into Workplace
November 24, 2011“Why Do We Leave Our Faith at the Door?” That is the question that opens the new book by Randy Hain, “The Catholic Briefcase: Tools for Integrating Faith and Work.” In the opening paragraphs, Hain makes the point that, as adults, we spend most of our waking hours at our jobs, but that we often […]
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What I Have Seen And Heard (November 24, 2011)
November 24, 2011Most priests of my generation who were trained during the early 1960s or in the generation before might well recall as seminarians of having been referred to a passage from Blessed John Cardinal Newman’s collected essays in “The Idea of a University” that described the essential qualities of a true Christian gentleman. I suspect that […]
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Thousands Of Students Gather To ‘Add To The Chain’
November 24, 2011Thousands of feet of paper chains were hoisted towards the ceiling of the Georgia Dome on November 11, with each link representing an act of kindness performed by a student in the Atlanta area. Eight thousand of those students were on hand for the Add To The Chain event, sponsored by 11Alive News. Add To […]
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Notable
November 24, 2011The junior class football players at Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell, came up with a unique strategy to contribute to a food drive. The head football coach, Tim McFarlin, challenged each grade level of players to bring in canned food throughout the week, which was donated to the food pantry at North Fulton Community Charities. […]
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Celebrations To Honor Our Lady Of Guadalupe
November 24, 2011Following is a list of celebrations scheduled at parishes around the archdiocese to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe, whose feast day is Dec. 12. For churches not listed, contact the parish office for more information. Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta Friday, Dec. 9, Feast of St. Juan Diego – Chattahoochee Central Mobile Village. 6 […]
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Agnes Driskell, AACCW Founder, Dies At 93
November 24, 2011Agnes McKniff Driskell, a longtime parishioner of Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Decatur and one of the founders of the Atlanta Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women, died Oct. 22 at the age of 93 from complications due to late stage Alzheimer’s disease. Mrs. Driskell came to Atlanta from England in November 1946 to marry […]
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Holy Spirit captures football championship
November 24, 2011ATLANTA–Holy Spirit Preparatory School supporters and students witnessed the varsity football team win its first championship in the school’s 15-year history, as they defeated the Christian Heritage Lions of Dalton 28-21 Nov. 11. With 6:08 remaining in the first quarter, Christian Heritage struck first when quarterback Trevor Brown threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to tight […]