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Small steps toward spiritual sanity in 2019
January 10, 2019New Year’s resolutions tend to feature physical improvements, which is why the gyms are so crowded in January and more joggers are thundering through the neighborhood. Dieting programs surge, as people who binged during the holidays realize their new outfits are unusually tight, and they can’t blame the dryer. There’s nothing wrong with striving for […]
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Fortunate and Faithful Families to have February gathering
January 10, 2019SMYRNA—Fortunate and Faithful Families will host a “Gathering of Hearts” for family and friends of LGBT persons on Sunday, Feb. 24, from 12–7 p.m. at the Chancery of the Archdiocese, 2401 Lake Park Drive, SE, Smyrna. The day will include an opening talk by Father Dennis Dorner followed by activities designed to provide participants support […]
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The Senior Side: Being Catholic—Habit or passion?
January 10, 2019“In life, we can easily become complacent. Life is full of routines, and routines eventually become habit. At times, our spiritual lives can become more of a habit than a passion.” -Waking Up Catholic, Chad Torgerson What is a “good Catholic”? A response that we might have is that a good Catholic is someone who […]
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Lesson on living a full life a memorable story
January 10, 2019ATLANTA—The year 2018 began by interviewing a woman whose 100-year life coincided with a remarkable period of Atlanta history and a connection to a saint. Winter weather prevented me from getting together at least once with Emily Milner, known as “Miss Emily” to fellow parishioners at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. We were finally […]
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MLK observances to include Mass, youth celebration
January 9, 2019ATLANTA—The celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. in the Atlanta Archdiocese is to take place starting Jan. 13. The theme for this year is “If One Member Suffers, All Suffer Together; If One Member is Honored, All Rejoice Together.” (1 Corinthians 12:26) The scheduled events include the chance for young adults to perform community service; a […]
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‘Sister of Selma’ and Atlanta Catholic education leader dies Jan. 2
January 9, 2019ST. LOUIS—An appeal went out from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference calling for marchers to rejoin the voting rights effort after the “Bloody Sunday” march in Selma, Alabama, was stopped by baton-wielding police. Responding to the call in 1965 was Sister Roberta J. Schmidt, a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. She […]
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As U.S. bishops meet, Vatican may be deciding fate of former cardinal
January 8, 2019WASHINGTON (CNS) — As U.S. bishops gathered in early January at a seminary in Illinois to pray and reflect about the American church’s sex abuse crisis, reports trickled out about the possible fate of one their own being decided overseas. The Wall Street Journal newspaper reported Jan. 5 that a decision on whether to laicize […] Full Story
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Dog’s job at Oregon Catholic hospital: Comforting kids in emergency room
January 7, 2019PORTLAND, Ore.—Wrangler doesn’t have an MD and he can’t write prescriptions, but he works hard to help children who are injured or ill and often scared. The Labrador is the first full-time facility dog at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Southwest Portland, and his task is to offer comfort to patients in the children’s […]
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Archdiocese of Atlanta Annual Report
January 4, 2019SMYRNA—The 2018 annual report of the Archdiocese of Atlanta is featured in the Dec. 20 print issue of The Georgia Bulletin. The report may also be viewed online here. The report includes a parishioner’s guide to understanding finances, remarks from Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, a letter from Chief Financial Officer Brad Wilson, a compilation of […]
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Robots and AI: Papal academy decodes newest pro-life challenges
January 4, 2019VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Even though today’s modern tools and technologies are hardly human, the Pontifical Academy for Life is zeroing in on the world of robots and machines powered by artificial intelligence. While the academy’s focus is on the protection of human life and dignity, the rapidly shifting and radical capabilities of robotics are […]