October 30, 2025
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Dragonfly anointing at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit
By LAURETTA HANNON, Commentary
Published November 3, 2025Where do you feel closest to the gates of heaven? For me, it’s when I am in nature. Not in a place of walls, chatter, or fluorescent lights. But amid the work of the Creator of Creation
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Catholic schools see growing impact from Georgia Promise, GOAL Scholarships
By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
Published November 3, 2025Through the Georgia Promise and Georgia GOAL Scholarships, Catholic education is steadily becoming more accessible to families in Georgia.
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SOLT Family Mission Experience offers all ages avenues to serve Christ
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
Published November 2, 2025The SOLT Family Mission Experience, co-founded by an Atlanta area deacon, invites families on missions to the communities served by the order’s priests and religious, providing the opportunity to help others grow in faith and create memories
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In literature and film James Joyce’s ‘The Dead’ resonates for All Saints and All Souls
By DR. DAVID A. KING, Ph.D.
Published October 31, 2025As a Catholic Christian, I can’t accept—and you can’t accept—that we enter this world out of nothing and return to nothing. There must be a purpose and meaning, not only to life, but also in the mystery of death.
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Bearing Witness Institute promotes understanding among faiths
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published October 31, 2025Marking its first year, the Bearing Witness Institute at Marist School promotes understanding between Catholics, Muslims and Jews by facing history with honesty and hope.
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Fishing poles, fig cake and a dog named Callie
By LORRAINE V. MURRAY
Published October 30, 2025There are certain items people leave behind that forever define them in our memories. For me, it is my father’s watch, my mother’s wedding ring and my husband’s black leather hat decorated with sharks’ teeth.
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National Association of Hispanic Priests Convention inspires hope, renewal
By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
Published October 29, 2025Hispanic priests from across the U.S. gathered in Atlanta for the National Association of Hispanic Priests Convention. Father Jiobani Batista, president of the association, said the gathering always provides a sense of renewal and joy.
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November: A time to remember, reflect and hope
By ARCHBISHOP GREGORY J. HARTMAYER, OFM Conv.
Published October 29, 2025Each November, the church turns her gaze toward the mystery of death and the hope of eternal life.
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Catholic coalition holds nationwide prayer vigils at ICE offices
By KATE SCANLON and GINA CHRISTIAN, OSV News
Published October 24, 2025A coalition of Catholic organizations held prayer vigils across the country on Oct. 22 for what organizers called “a national day of public witness for our immigrant brothers and sisters.” An Atlanta rosary and procession will be held Nov. 13.