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USCCB president urges prayers for pope’s 50 years as a priest
December 12, 2019The faithful across the United States are invited to pray for Pope Francis as he celebrates 50 years as a priest on Friday, Dec. 13. Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, sent a letter to bishops asking them to encourage parishioners to honor the jubilee during Advent.
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The joys of spiritual motherhood
November 28, 2019We met in the hospital when she was a newborn, and I brought homemade cookies for her mother. The baby was tiny and sweet, and named Sarah Evangeline.
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A Catholic canceling of a culture of racism
November 28, 2019Father Bryan Massingale, a priest of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Christian ethicist at Fordham University and author of “Racial Justice and the Catholic Church,” spoke at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology for its Howard Thurman Lecture on Nov. 7.
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Our Lady of Guadalupe celebrations announced
November 28, 2019The feast in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Thursday, Dec. 12, will be celebrated with Masses, Aztec dances, processions and prayers.
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Archdiocese taking part in census awareness campaign
November 28, 2019The 2020 census count doesn’t commence until next spring, but preliminary planning is underway as U.S. Census Bureau officials toil to establish working relationships with local and community groups to help ensure a comprehensive count. And the Archdiocese of Atlanta is figuring into that process in a prominent way.
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Mercy junior honored with national Youth Virtues, Valor and Vision Award
November 28, 2019For her work to support Camp Sunshine and families of children with cancer, Danielle Garger earned the Youth Virtues, Valor and Vision Award from the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA). Garger is a junior at Our Lady of Mercy High School, Fayetteville.
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The Senior Side: The Salt Shaker Christmas
November 28, 2019The first time I saw the movie, “A Christmas Story,” I was deeply moved because I could have been Ralphie, the main character. Same age … same locale … same everything.
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St. Gabriel’s Knights of Columbus host Faith & Sharing Mass
November 28, 2019The Faith and Sharing Mass celebrated by Bishop Bernard E. Shlesinger III at St. Gabriel Church was held Nov. 3. The Mass was hosted by the St. Gabriel Knights of Columbus and the archdiocesan Disabilities Ministry.
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Thanksgiving blessings shared
November 28, 2019President Abraham Lincoln set the holiday of Thanksgiving on our civic calendar. He wrote how it was “fit and proper” the gifts of God “should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and one voice by the whole American People.” The Georgia Bulletin asked a few people to share their gratitude.
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Bishops hear that third-party reporting system may start in February
November 16, 2019A third-party reporting system to field sexual misconduct allegations against bishops could be in place by the end of February, an official of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops told the bishops during their fall general assembly in Baltimore.