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The Christmas the dog ate the ornaments
December 26, 2019Many people strive to create the perfect Christmas experience for the family. The tree must be a symmetrical shape and the ornaments placed upon the limbs in a pleasing pattern. Each present is wrapped with precision and tied with large satin bows.
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‘A Hidden Life’ paints portrait of Blessed Franz Jagerstatter
December 26, 2019In 2007, Franz Jagerstatter, a devoutly Catholic Austrian farmer martyred by the Nazis for his stance as a conscientious objector, was declared blessed.
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International relief groups encourage Georgia Catholics to give
December 26, 2019Reaching families facing poverty, disease and disaster in the West’s most forgotten crevices, international charities Malteser International Americas (MIA) and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) invite Georgians to give life and support humanitarian missions to their hemispheric neighbors in crisis.
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Prayer and painting go hand in hand for icon artists
December 26, 2019Every painting session at Emmanuel Studio begins in prayer. Austere faces of holy women and men hanging on the walls surround the artists.
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Father Timothy Ryan, a priest with varied career, dies December 13
December 26, 2019Father Timothy Ryan, a retired priest of the Diocese of Savannah, died peacefully in Roswell, on Dec. 13. He was 81.
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#iGiveCatholic supported nearly 100 archdiocesan ministries
December 26, 2019Some 3,100 donors contributed more than $680,000 to 94 Archdiocese of Atlanta ministries during the #iGiveCatholic campaign on Tuesday, Dec. 3.
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Kind words and a listening ear give KSU students a ‘Reason to Smile’
December 26, 2019The need to feel connected and St. Teresa’s words were the beginning of Reason to Smile, a student organization at Kennesaw State University that engages, empathizes and motivates peers to help create a more welcoming campus community.
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With church dedication, Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church begins new chapter
December 26, 2019On Nov. 28, an estimated 4,000 people witnessed the dedication of Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church, a towering building with roofs of sweeping overhanging eaves.
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Bishop Konzen dedicates columbarium, prayer garden at Cumming’s Good Shepherd Church
December 26, 2019In November, the month in which Catholics traditionally pray for the dead, parishioners of Good Shepherd Church attended the dedication of the parish’s columbarium.
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Melkite Church blesses icons, those who serve
December 23, 2019In the tradition of Orthodox Christianity, icons are said to be written because making them is not a form of art but more a form of prayer, with God guiding the hand of the iconographer.