Bishop J. Kevin Boland called on the 79 Catholic parishes in South Georgia to take up a special collection to aid the Haiti earthquake victims.

This is a story about a dedicated, humble, and caring man who has been a priest in the Savannah diocese all of his adult life. Fr.

By Monsignor Fred Nijem, Special to The Telegraph, posted on December 5, 2009

You often see the following verses by an unknown author on Christmas cards: "If, as Herod, we fill our lives with things, and again with things, if we consider ourselves so unimportant that we must fill every moment of our lives with action, when will we have time to make the long, slow journey across the desert as did the Magi? Or sit and watch the stars as did the shepherds? Or brood over the coming of the child as did Mary? For each one of us there is a desert to travel, a star to discover and a being within ourselves to bring to life."

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