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Misfits embark on epic quest in ‘The Kid Who Would Be King’
January 25, 2019NEW YORK (CNS)—The Arthurian legend gets an inventive updating in “The Kid Who Would Be King” (Fox), a thrilling adventure that casts schoolchildren as latter-day Knights of the Round Table, destined to save the world. Borrowing heavily from the Harry Potter canon, with a dash of J.R.R. Tolkien and Disney’s “The Sword in the Stone” […]
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The bear we have to cross
January 25, 2019If there is such a thing as the opposite of a hoarder, then count me in. As far back as I can remember, I have enjoyed eagerly prowling through the house to find items to give away. One day recently, I spotted something in the basement, covered with dust and hidden in a corner. My […]
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Catholic community continues support of holiday basketball tournament
January 25, 2019ATLANTA— The 12th annual Sam Robb Memorial Holiday Classic basketball tournament took place Dec. 27-29 at Roswell’s Blessed Trinity High School and Queen of Angels School, Atlanta’s Marist School and St. Jude the Apostle School, Sandy Springs. With the support of the Catholic Metro League of Atlanta (CMLA), parishes and schools, the holiday classic has […]
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Standard is 2019 winner of Msgr. Branch Young Adult Award
January 25, 2019ATLANTA—Natalie Standard is the type of leader who doesn’t talk, doesn’t brag. She just does. Starting from a young age, she has not stopped engaging with her peers and her church at St. Philip Benizi Church, Jonesboro. When she went off to Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina, she joined other Christian athletes to serve […]
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Catholic Charities’ work with veterans supported by Annual Appeal
January 25, 2019ATLANTA—More than an estimated 450 military veterans were homeless in Atlanta and four other counties in 2018 in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, according to advocates for veterans. Catholic Charities Atlanta is one of the resources that helps women and men who served in uniform to stabilize their lives with housing and employment assistance. The goal […]
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Transfiguration parishioner honored with Prejean Unity Award
January 24, 2019ATLANTA—Breon Haskett is committed to helping young people. He has served as an outreach volunteer with the homeless shelter, Covenant House, by driving the streets of Atlanta to find young people in need of a meal and a safe place to stay. He attends Transfiguration Church, Marietta, where he has taught high schoolers the faith, […] Full Story
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Archdiocese completes parish incorporation project
January 24, 2019ATLANTA—The Archdiocese of Atlanta recently completed another step in a decade-long review of its legal structure by incorporating its parishes. The review and its implementation, begun in 2006, are being overseen by a task force of canon lawyers, outside civil attorneys and members of the archdiocesan finance council. It is led by Bishop Joel M. […]
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The role of sports in the struggle
January 24, 2019It hardly seems possible, but he would have turned 90 this year and long since have entered the rarified status of a senior wisdom figure. He died a young man at 39, but by then had already accorded a leadership status that few of any age will ever realize. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has […]
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Birthright celebrates five decades of quiet pro-life service
January 24, 2019ATLANTA—Birthright of Atlanta pregnancy center director Lisa Olwine recently took a call from a pregnant woman who was about to get evicted from her home and sought an abortion. “She was thinking if I’m going to be homeless I don’t want to be homeless and pregnant and she was wanting an abortion,” Olwine recalled. “I […]
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Pinecrest Academy fencers lunge toward the competition with precision
January 23, 2019CUMMING—It’s a week after Thanksgiving, two days before the fifth fencing tournament of the season, and members of the Pinecrest Academy fencing team are practicing in the fitness classroom at the Old Atlanta Recreation Center in Suwanee. The recreation center, which is four miles east of the school, is the practice site for the fencing […]