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Douglasville parish marks 40 years
September 4, 2025The community at St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Church marked its 40th anniversary on Aug. 10 with a special Mass and picnic.
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Helping others a balm for Atlanta’s Hurricane Katrina survivors
September 4, 2025As Hurricane Katrina roared inland, New Orleanians faced hard choices. Some sat in hours of traffic, others got out of harm’s way with three days’ worth of clothes. Those who evacuated to Atlanta shared the hurricane’s spiritual impact on their lives.
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Archbishop Hartmayer admits five seminarians to candidacy for holy orders
September 3, 2025During a morning Mass on July 29, Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., admitted five seminarians to candidacy for holy orders at Christ the Redeemer Church.
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St. Pius X Church welcomes Knights leaders
September 3, 2025An Atlanta area parish hosts newly elected Georgia Knights of Columbus officers.
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Friendship with Christ is the key to happiness
September 3, 2025Over the past few months, one of the things that I have noticed about our Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, is how well he relates to people of every age and circumstance.
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Salvation comes from being strong enough to ask God for help, pope says
September 3, 2025Human longing for love is not a sign of weakness but demonstrates that no one is completely self-sufficient and that salvation comes from letting oneself be loved and assisted by God, Pope Leo XIV said at his weekly audience.
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20 years ago Katrina hit New Orleans hard; today, the Crescent City is rising with faith and hope
August 29, 2025New Orleans’ battered, 300-year-old history has been marked by fire, pestilence and storm, but Katrina was unprecedented in scope and pain: 1,400 people died; 200,000 homes in Orleans Parish flooded; and hundreds of thousands fled or were transported to safe havens across the country, many never to return.
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Archbishop Hartmayer’s statement on Minnesota Catholic school shooting
August 27, 2025Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., of Atlanta, who serves as chair of the board of the National Catholic Educational Association, offered a statement regarding the deadly Minnesota school shooting. “The murder of children worshipping at Mass is unspeakable,” he said.
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Removal of homeless encampment near Atlanta’s Shrine part of broader initiative
August 27, 2025For more than two years, tents and tarps filled the sidewalks alongside the Shrine of Immaculate Conception, one of the oldest parishes in Atlanta. Now, a city-led effort to end homelessness has come to the church’s front steps.
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Catholic filmmaker experiences ‘Triumph of the Heart’
August 26, 2025“Triumph of the Heart” will be released in September in U.S. theaters. Atlanta videographer Patrick Blonski was part of the film crew for the movie about the final days of St. Maximilian Kolbe.