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• Atlanta

  Atlanta Catechist Conference goes virtual on August 22

  

  Those who work or volunteer in religious education are invited to attend the virtual Atlanta Catechist Conference (ACC) on Saturday, Aug. 22. The theme for the conference is, “Abide in His Love–Hand it On!” 

• Atlanta

  Church views voting as a moral obligation

  

  As elections draw near, Catholics are reminded by the church that voting is considered a moral obligation.

• Marietta

  St. Ann volunteers harvesting hope with community garden

  

  Eyeing an empty plot on the St. Ann Church campus, SVdP food pantry leaders decided to break ground on a community garden. Although it was long a topic of conversation at the Marietta parish, it took the COVID-19 lockdown to make it happen.

• Atlanta

  Mass dispensation extended through August 30

  

  Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., has extended the dispensation from the obligation to attend Mass through Sunday, Aug 30.

• Atlanta

  Georgia Bulletin receives eight Catholic Press awards

  

  The Georgia Bulletin, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, earned eight Catholic Press awards at this year’s Catholic Media Conference. The first-ever virtual conference in the history of the Catholic Press Association (CPA), “Together While Apart,” was held June 30-July 2.

• Atlanta

  Work of two Atlanta civil rights leaders remembered

  

  Two prominent leaders of the civil rights movement, the Rev. Cordy Tindell “C.T.” Vivian and U.S. Rep. John Lewis, died Friday, July 17. Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., remembers them in prayer.

• Hartford

  Father Thomas Reilly, former St. Ann pastor, dies July 12

  

  Father Thomas A. Reilly, MS, 76, a Missionary of Our Lady of La Salette, died July 12 at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut. He was 76 years old.

• Atlanta

  U.S. judge permanently stops Georgia’s ‘heartbeat law’ from taking effect

  

  The head of a national pro-life organization said she was disappointed “the will of the people is being thwarted” in a federal judge’s permanent block to keep Georgia’s “heartbeat bill” from taking effect.

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