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Companions in faith: Catholic converts assist new believers
This year, the Archdiocese of Atlanta welcomed some 2,500 people at the Rite of Election. Atlanta bishops greeted the assembled at four churches. Catholics who joined the church last year are serving as companions in faith, assisting others in the journey toward the church.
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Atlanta Catholics find ‘the Holy Spirit is in our midst’ at Synod sessions
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published March 22, 2024A Decatur listening session, on March 7, was one of the latest conversations taking place among Catholics and others as part of the Synod on Synodality, the initiative started by Pope Francis to get church members talking and listening to one another.
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Father Thomas Flynn, Emory professor, remembered
Published March 20, 2024
Father Thomas Robert Flynn died on Feb. 29. Father Flynn was 87 years old. A priest of the Diocese of Helena, Montana, he was a longtime faculty member of Emory University in Atlanta.
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Sister Miriam Mendoza brings guidance, light to Hispanic community
By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
Published March 12, 2024Sister Miriam Mendoza has joined the Archdiocese of Atlanta to work in the Hispanic and Latino Ministry and with the Office of Vocations. She is a native of Guadalajara, Mexico, and is a Franciscan Sister of Our Lady of Refuge.
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