March 16, 2023
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A priest walks into a Waffle House
By LAURETTA HANNON, Commentary
Published April 3, 2023It sounds like a joke, but a priest really did walk into my Waffle House that morning. He was an arresting figure–clad in a black cassock, exuding a commanding military air and, well, he radiated.
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Journey into the deepest heart of Lent
By LORRAINE V. MURRAY, Commentary
Published March 22, 2023What is Lent all about at heart? Yes, we fast and pray and give alms, but unless we have a deeper change, these sacrifices can become meaningless.
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‘Jesus Revolution ‘doctrinally dodgy’ but uplifting
By JOHN MULDERIG, OSV News
Published March 22, 2023The Woodstock generation gets religion in the fact-based drama “Jesus Revolution” (Lionsgate). Refreshingly free of the usual objectionable ingredients, this generally appealing Evangelically-flavored look back at a somewhat surprising chapter in Baby Boomer history is doctrinally dodgy but ethically uplifting.
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Deacon James M. Easterwood remembered
Published March 21, 2023
Deacon Jim Easterwood died Feb. 23. He was 76 years old. He served at Transfiguration Church and St. Michael the Archangel Church.
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Perpetual adoration: the start of something big
By BRIAN DOOLING, Commentary
Published March 20, 2023On Nov. 1, 1998, our family attended the first Mass for a new mission parish called St. Brigid. The Mass was celebrated in the Centennial High School Auditorium. The assigned administrator, Father Joe Corbett, thought that we might have 20 people show up. Instead, there were over 500 people there.
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Fish fry season a time for fellowship
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published March 16, 2023Community comes together at St. Thomas More Church on Fridays like it does at parishes around the Atlanta Archdiocese as hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of meals are served at traditional Lenten fish frys.
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Athens’ Monsignor Donovan High School walks with students facing cancer
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published March 16, 2023Prayers for the intercession of St. Peregrine were added to the morning announcements at Monsignor Donovan High School as two of its students had their lives altered by cancer. Eduardo Blanco and John Paul Abrigo learned of their diagnoses within weeks of each other.
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Profound gratitude to God
By BISHOP JOHN N. TRAN
Published March 16, 2023Since ordination, I have been asked numerous times by those I encounter: How is the transition? The answer: From my perspective, it is going well. However, others may have a different opinion. If it is indeed going well, then I only have God and others to thank.
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Chesterton Academy hires headmaster, prepares for inaugural year
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published March 16, 2023A 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.