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Support grows for bi-partisan effort to repeal Georgia’s death penalty
March 3, 2021The Archdiocese of Atlanta, including Georgia Catholics Against the Death Penalty (GCADP) and the Georgia Catholic Conference, are joining other advocacy groups to support a house bill to repeal Georgia’s death penalty.
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Historian looks at Atlanta’s Our Lady of Lourdes Church
March 3, 2021Dr. Leah Mickens focused on the city’s oldest historically Black parish, located a block from Ebenezer Baptist, where Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. served. She examined how Black Catholics at Our Lady of Lourdes influenced and were influenced by religious and social change ushered in by the Second Vatican Council and the civil rights movement.
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Archbishop Hartmayer asks parishes to celebrate memorial Masses on March 2
February 26, 2021As the nation reached a heartbreaking milestone of more than 500,000 lives lost to the COVID-19 virus, Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer asked all parishes to celebrate memorial Masses for victims and others who have died in the last year.
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Prayer, fasting and giving guide Catholics during Lenten season
February 24, 2021Ideas for simple meatless meals and ways to help those in need can be found in the annual tradition of the Lenten rice bowl by Catholic Relief Services (CRS). Originally called “Operation Rice Bowl,” the program was created in 1975 to respond to famine in Africa.
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Senior Side: Love letters from a son
February 23, 2021I wasn’t expecting a package from my sisters in Ohio. When I opened it, I was truly surprised at what I found. Wrapped in red ribbons were hundreds of letters I had written to our mother from the time we relocated to Atlanta in 1979 until she died from the effects of dementia …
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A Catholic considers ‘Star Wars’
February 22, 2021Has it really been 44 years since George Lucas’ Star Wars premiered and changed—for better or worse—American cinema forever?
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Deacon Edward Krise, who served at All Saints, dies January 31
February 22, 2021Deacon Edward Lyle Krise, who served at All Saints Church for more than a decade, died Jan. 31. He was 79 years old.
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Pro-life billboard placed near Atlanta airport
February 22, 2021A Mississippi pro-life initiative recently placed a billboard on I-85 north near Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International airport, reading “Choose Life—Pray, Pray, Pray.” Learn how to support the program.
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Escaping from the desert of sorrow
February 22, 2021It’s tempting to try to “fix” the loneliness of widows, and in the past, I attempted this myself. “Why don’t you take a class, volunteer or travel?’ Then when I found myself wandering through the desert of sorrow, I realized easy solutions miss the heart of the matter.
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Moving from spectators to participants
February 18, 2021I have had the privilege of offering Mass recently in some of our churches that are as full as they can be under the current restrictions. It is a joy and a relief—a relief because last Easter’s experience of celebrating an Easter Vigil Mass in an empty church was a nightmare.