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Dawsonville deacon helping other men to revive their faith lives
November 21, 2018DAWSONVILLE—Joe Anzalone’s shadow for nearly 20 years rarely crossed the threshold of a church. “If that is what it means to be Catholic, I’m out of here,” he said, remembering the hypocrisy of a prominent member of his family’s church in upstate New York. As a teen, he walked away from the church. But since […]
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Hapeville parish grateful for decades of service by Sisters of Saint Joseph of Concordia
November 21, 2018HAPEVILLE—Parishioners of St. John the Evangelist Church, Hapeville, held an appreciation dinner on Sept. 14 for two Sisters of Saint Joseph of Concordia, Kansas—Sister Helen Mick and Sister Jodi Creten. The celebration recognized the sisters’ 30 years of dedicated service to the elderly and the parish community. The two came to Georgia in 1988 to […]
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Holy Spirit Church to host St. John Vianney relic tour
November 21, 2018ATLANTA—Holy Spirit Church will host the Knights of Columbus relic tour of the incorrupt heart of St. John Vianney on Dec. 7 and 8. The relic is normally kept with the saint’s incorrupt body at the Shrine of St. John Vianney in the Basilique d’Ars in Ars-Sur-Formans, France. St. John Vianney, the “parish priest of […] Full Story
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‘Humility to serve’ the foundation of Lilburn deacon’s work
November 21, 2018LILBURN—After Sunday Mass, Deacon Evelio Garcia-Carreras carries the Eucharist to two Lilburn assisted living homes. Accompanied by a laywoman and layman, the three bear the sacrament to women and men too weak to travel. “There is something in the Eucharist that calls my attention. What calls me is Jesus,” he said. He finds joy bringing […]
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Longtime deacon aspires for ministry to be with the faithful
November 21, 2018DECATUR—Deacon Alfred Mitchell gets up daily at 5:30 a.m., whether he has somewhere to go or not. As deacon for 31 years, he starts before sunrise reciting morning prayer from the church’s Liturgy of the Hours. “I can get up and say, ‘Good morning, God,’ instead of ‘Good God, it’s morning,’” said the deacon. “That’s […]
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Grateful for friends shining like the sun
November 21, 2018My cat, Fuzzy, was hiding under the couch, and as I tried to coax him out, he vamoosed across the room and secured himself beneath a chair. After my friend Cathy and I chased him around for a while, we finally captured him and attempted to pour him into the carrier, but he struggled mightily, […]
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Keep others close in prayer this Thanksgiving
November 21, 2018Our annual celebration of Thanksgiving Day in the United States is a mixture of history and folklore. We date it to 1621 at Plymouth, Massachusetts when the first settlers were joined by Native Americans to celebrate with a bountiful meal a successful harvest after a harsh earlier year. That first celebration has been identified annually […]
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Bishops overwhelmingly approve pastoral letter against racism
November 20, 2018BALTIMORE (CNS)—The U.S. bishops overwhelmingly approved a pastoral letter against racism Nov. 14 during their fall general meeting at Baltimore. The document, “Open Wide Our Hearts: The Enduring Call to Love—A Pastoral Letter Against Racism,” passed 241-3 with one abstention. It required a two-thirds vote by all bishops, or 183 votes, for passage. “Despite many […] Full Story
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St. Michael the Archangel Church builds new food pantry in service to the poor in Cherokee County
November 20, 2018WOODSTOCK—Sam Nappi was part of the team at St. Michael the Archangel Church that drove boxes of food to half a dozen families a week. Volunteers with the parish food pantry now help about 320 families monthly in this Cherokee County community. As more demands were put on the ministry, the deliveries stopped and pantry […] Full Story | En Español
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Helping the poor is not a papal fad, but a duty, pope says
November 19, 2018VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As the rich get richer, the increasing misery and cries of the poor are ignored every day, Pope Francis said. “We Christians cannot stand with arms folded in indifference” or thrown up in the air in helpless resignation, the pope said in his homily Nov. 18, the World Day of the […]