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Growing up in a eucharistic environment
March 7, 2023As I was closing the church after the monthly eucharistic adoration, I noticed a father with his children kneeling and praying in the front row when most people had already left. This image brought a flashback of a similar moving experience
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To see God’s beauty, just look around you, pope says
March 6, 2023The light and beauty of Christ is an invitation to recognize God’s love in life’s ordinary moments, Pope Francis said at the Angelus March 5.
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Church of the Purification celebrates 200 years
March 6, 2023On Feb. 2, six bishops, several priests and laymen and women celebrated the 200th anniversary of the historic Church of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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Daybreak in the desert with stained glass windows
March 3, 2023This morning, I woke up at 5 a.m. and had a quick breakfast, while my cat watched me in stunned silence. I could imagine his feline brain turning over the information: “Why is she up so early?
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Trappist Monastery remembers Brother Elias Marechal
March 3, 2023Brother Elias Marechal, OCSO, a monk of the Cistercian (Trappist) Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers, died Saturday, Feb. 25. Brother Elias, a monk of 30 years, was 86 years old.
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From Bethlehem to Calvary
March 3, 2023It seems no sooner have we put away the Christmas decorations for another year than we embark upon our Lenten journeys. It is good for us to reflect on the Lord’s Passion from the perspective of Bethlehem.
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Prayer services honor student slain outside Lyke House Newman Center
March 2, 2023With 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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Buckhead’s Catholic, Baptist communities join together to offer preschool program
March 2, 2023A 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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Father Richard K. Young, former Atlanta priest, dies February 9
March 2, 2023Father Richard Knox Young, a priest of the Diocese of Savannah, died Feb. 9 in Sri Lanka. He served for several years in the Archdiocese of Atlanta.
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Sister Betty Smith, OP, dies February 11
March 2, 2023Sister Betty Smith, OP, died Feb. 11, at the Dominican motherhouse, Sinsinawa, Wisconsin. Her religious name was Sister Erneste.