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COVID-19: Inside the senior experience
March 18, 2021St. Pius X High School student Lauren Ashe writes about her senior year experience against the backdrop of COVID-19.
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Memorial Masses for coronavirus victims held across the archdiocese
March 18, 2021As the one-year mark of the pandemic approached, Atlanta Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., asked parishes to hold memorial Masses for those who died in the last year.
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Archbishop Hartmayer offers statement on Atlanta shootings
March 17, 2021Archbishop Hartmayer offered a statement on the March 16 shootings in Atlanta that claimed the lives of eight people. He asks that the Christian family of faith work for the protection of the whole community.
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St. Joseph, a tender and loving father
March 17, 2021With the apostolic letter “Patris corde,” Pope Francis recalls the 150th anniversary of the declaration of St. Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church. To mark the occasion, the Holy Father has proclaimed a Year of St. Joseph.
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Gainesville parish partners with health officials to immunize at-risk members
March 15, 2021A February collaboration between St. Michael Church in Gainesville and the Hall County Department of Public Health converted the church’s roomy parish hall into a vaccination site to help turn the corner on the pandemic.
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Day of abstinence lifted for Solemnity of St. Joseph
March 11, 2021In a March 10 decree, Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., lifted the day of abstinence for Friday, March 19 as it is the Solemnity of St. Joseph.
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New board chairman at Pregnancy Aid Clinic
March 9, 2021The Pregnancy Aid Clinic announced the appointment of Deacon Gary Schantz as chairman of the board of directors. He serves as a deacon at St. Jude the Apostle Church.
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Returning from Iraq, pope talks about ‘risks’ taken on trip
March 8, 2021Promoting harmony involves risk, Pope Francis told reporters on the papal flight from Iraq back to Rome. The pope’s March 5-8 trip to Iraq was taken amid continuing violence and concerns over a possible surge of coronavirus cases.
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Life triumphs over death as Christians rebuild in Iraq, pope says
March 7, 2021Amid the rubble and bombed out remains of four churches destroyed by Islamic State militants, Pope Francis paid tribute to Iraqi Christians who endured persecution and even death in visits to Mosul and Qaraqosh.
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‘Stop one minute seven times a day’
March 4, 2021“What are you giving up for Lent?” is a common question right now, but prayer is another aspect of Lent that sometimes gets short shrift.