2022
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Motherly companions
By SUSAN HINES-BRIGGER
Published May 2, 2022In this season of honoring our moms, Catholic News Service columnist Susan Hines-Brigger shares how she relates to the saints—through the mothers who raised them.
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Harriet Monroe, Joyce Kilmer and Poetry Magazine
By DAVID A. KING, Ph.D.
Published April 29, 2022This April—National Poetry Month, as I remind you almost every year—I am lobbying hard for the return of my Poetry Magazine 75th anniversary poster to its rightful place in our home.
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Sister Briege McKenna, OSC, to speak at Magnificat
Published April 29, 2022
Sister Briege McKenna, OSC, who has ministered hope and healing over many decades to people worldwide, will be the guest speaker at the next Magnificat gathering for women to be held on Saturday, May 21, in Duluth.
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Three crosses that can change the world
By LORRAINE V. MURRAY, Commentary
Published April 29, 2022During Mass we make small crosses upon our foreheads, our lips and over our hearts, while praying silently, “The Lord be in my mind, on my lips and in my heart.”
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Honoring the 2022 jubilarian priests
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
Published April 29, 2022The Archdiocese of Atlanta honors clergy celebrating 25 and 50 years in the priesthood. Meet the jubilarian priests and read about their ministries.
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Sister Mary Jane Herlik, OP, remembered
Published April 28, 2022
Sister Mary Jane Herlik, OP, died April 4. Sister Mary Jane served in the Archdiocese of Atlanta as pastoral associate at St. Joseph Church, Marietta from 1987 to 1993 and was a founding member of the Archdiocesan AIDS Task Force.
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Blessed Trinity High School celebrates athletic accomplishments
By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
Published April 28, 2022The Georgia Athletic Directors’ Association honors a Blessed Trinity High School staff member and student
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Teen’s Eagle Scout Project helped food pantry
By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
Published April 28, 2022a young man from Atlanta’s Holy Spirit Church earns top honors with Boy Scouts of America/Scouts BSA.
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‘Lord, make me an instrument of your peace’
By BISHOP BERNARD E SHLESINGER III, Commentary
Published April 28, 2022“Peace be with you!” This was the first message of the risen Jesus to his disciples, who were locked behind closed doors fearful and anxious about their future
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Catholic college professor promotes iconography project to help Ukraine
By BY LAURA IERACI, Catholic News Service
Published April 27, 2022Paul Gavrilyuk, a native Ukrainian, has turned to an iconography project with a mission to expose the ongoing tragedy of war in Ukraine and to raise funds for a voluntary mobile hospital.
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Georgia legislature passes mental health, school choice measures
By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
Published April 27, 2022The Georgia General Assembly concluded its legislative session on April 4. Learn what bills passed or did not receive a vote, and what is expected for the next session.
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‘Father Stu’ chronicles a hard-won spiritual triumph
By JOHN MULDERIG, Catholic News Service
Published April 20, 2022Positive priest characters are certainly a rarity in contemporary films. So Catholics will welcome the uplifting fact-based biography “Father Stu.” While deeply moving, however, this dramatization of the life of Stuart Long is also hard-edged.
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Joy at Easter
By BISHOP JOEL M. KONZEN, S.M.
Published April 19, 2022The joy of Easter is found in our reliving the experience of the women at the tomb on Easter morning, where an angel greets them—“He is not here. He has been raised as he said!”
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Synod listening sessions attracted hundreds to share joys and concerns
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published April 19, 2022The Archdiocese of Atlanta is concluding its local phase of the Synod on Synodality. Hundreds participated in 11 regional listening sessions. That is in addition to the sessions hosted by parishes and missions. Nearly 6,000 online synod surveys have been completed.
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Fransalian Associates inspired by gentle approach to faith
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published April 14, 2022The Fransalian Associates offer a new way for believers to embrace the vision of St. Francis de Sales in their everyday lives. Three dozen men and women from Florida, Tennesse and Georgia recently completed a program of learning about the saint and his spirituality.
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A thank you beyond the Lenten season
By BILL CLARKE, Commentary
Published April 14, 2022I was the youngest child in my family, the only boy with three older sisters. I seemed to always be doing something that got me in trouble with my sisters.
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Secret meeting with Jesus on the shore
By LORRAINE V. MURRAY, Commentary
Published April 14, 2022I’m often tempted to tell folks who only come to church on Easter: “Stick around–there are amazing events that happen after the Resurrection.”
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Pregnancy Aid Clinic expands medical staff with archdiocesan support
By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
Published April 14, 2022Pregnancy Aid Clinic (PAC) and the Archdiocese of Atlanta have partnered to help expand services for women and families facing unexpected pregnancies.
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St. Bernadette relics to visit Atlanta
By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
Published April 13, 2022Relics of St. Bernadette Soubirous are scheduled to visit the Archdiocese of Atlanta as part of a nationwide tour. Holy Spirit Church will host the relics in early May.
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Retreat for Eucharistic Congress prayer teams April 30
By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
Published April 13, 2022A retreat for the Eucharistic Congress Healing Service prayer teams will be Saturday, April 30 at Corpus Christi Church in Stone Mountain. Prayer team volunteers pray for others during the service at the Eucharistic Congress in June.