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Atlanta
Update: Independent review of child abuse files for Archdiocese of Atlanta released
The Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia (PAC) released a report on its independent review of child sexual abuse cases in the Archdiocese of Atlanta and Diocese of Savannah March 24.
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Kennesaw
Chesterton Academy hires headmaster, prepares for inaugural year
A new high school featuring a classical education on the campus of St. Catherine of Siena Church achieved a milestone with the recent hiring of a headmaster, along with naming its faculty.
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Atlanta
Prayer services honor student slain outside Lyke House Newman Center
With heavy hearts, the Lyke House Newman Center community remembered a slain college student during two prayer services. A 20-year-old Chicago native was shot Feb. 28 outside the Atlanta center that serves four college campuses.
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Atlanta
Buckhead’s Catholic, Baptist communities join together to offer preschool program
A friendship between two pastors—one Catholic and one Baptist—led to the launch of a preschool to serve the children of both their church communities. Christ the King Preschool at Second-Ponce is celebrating its inaugural school year.
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Cumming
St. Brendan’s shroud exhibit offers story of hope
An exhibit examining the Shroud of Turin is expanding its collection, giving visitors another perspective on the mystery surrounding the burial cloth. A bronze sculpture of Jesus as he was laid in the tomb helps visitors imagine the man wrapped in the shroud.
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Atlanta
Make room in the pews as 1,800 new believers join the church
On April 8, at Easter Vigil liturgies across the Archdiocese of Atlanta, 1,831 catechumens and candidates will receive the sacraments for the first time.
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Atlanta
Archbishop Hartmayer blesses tabernacle at world’s busiest airport
Travelers going through Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport now have the Blessed Sacrament to pray with. Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., blessed a tabernacle for the airport in February.
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Atlanta
Meet the deacons of 2023
Get to know Atlanta’s newly ordained deacons, serving in parishes across the archdiocese.