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Church’s compassion must be extended to survivors of suicide
June 22, 2018Father Charles T. Rubey is a cherished priest friend of mine with nearly 50 years of distinguished service to Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of Chicago. During a recent telephone conversation Father Rubey mentioned that he was aware of several shameful incidents of people, grieving the loss of loved ones who had tragically taken their […]
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‘Tag’ movie based on three-decade chase game of Catholic school friends
June 22, 2018WASHINGTON (CNS)—A group of Catholic high school friends has kept in touch—literally—since graduating more than 30 years ago from Gonzaga Preparatory School in Spokane, Washington. The way they’ve stayed connected—through essentially continuing a version of tag they started in high school—has received mixed reaction from people over the years, but that all changed five years […] Full Story
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Meditation on lambs, shepherds, wolves and humble pie
June 22, 2018The train puttered along the track, revealing through its huge windows emerald meadows decorated with white dots. My husband and I were traveling from a village in the Cotswolds—where we’d attended a Tolkien-themed art show that included his work—back to London, where we’d spend the night with friends, then fly home the next day. As […]
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Spring was a season of state championships for Catholic schools
June 21, 2018ATLANTA—Archdiocesan and independent Catholic high schools captured individual and team state championships this spring in sports like lacrosse, soccer and track and field. Here is a school-by-school breakdown of the state champions: Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell, Class AAAA Teams: Boys’ lacrosse, defeated Greater Atlanta Christian, Norcross, 6-5; it was the team’s first trip to […]
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Newspaper, communications office receive 16 Catholic Press awards
June 21, 2018GREEN BAY, Wis.—The Georgia Bulletin and the Office of Communications for the Archdiocese of Atlanta earned a total of 16 Catholic Press awards for work done in 2017, some for collaborative projects, at this year’s Catholic Media Conference. The awards were announced at the June 15 banquet that closed the conference. The conference, held June […]
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Cathedral’s Hyland Center project moving forward
June 21, 2018ATLANTA—As rector of the distinctive Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta, Msgr. Frank McNamee wears many hats. His favorite lately is a white hard hat that he dons to go outside and check on the construction progress of the parish’s new Hyland Center. The demolition and construction project in the cathedral’s courtyard began after […]
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Msgr. Churchwell was ‘always there for the people’
June 21, 2018ATLANTA—The brother priests of Msgr. Stephen T. Churchwell, JCD, remembered his love of vocation and people at a June 7 vigil at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Atlanta. The longtime priest and canon lawyer for the Archdiocese of Atlanta died May 31. He was 68. “From the earliest of times, Steve knew something was […]
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Theology on Tap provides unity for young adult community
June 21, 2018ATLANTA—A Facebook post alerted Michael Brown to the Theology on Tap event May 23 at a brewery in Atlanta’s Grant Park neighborhood. Although the event started in two hours, Brown knew he had to be there. “To see such a young Catholic crowd in Atlanta getting together—you don’t really see that in the Catholic Church,” […]
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An opportunity to meet the new priests
June 21, 2018Father Jack Knight Age: 31 Family: Jack and Lelis Knight; three sisters. Secular career: Assistant in the Office of Catholic Schools, Archdiocese of Atlanta; coffee barista; medical office billing assistant. The Call: “My parents and three older sisters are the ones who formed my heart of service and self-sacrificial love rooted in the person of […]
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Five priests ordained to serve archdiocese
June 21, 2018ATLANTA—Five men were ordained at the Cathedral of Christ the King June 16 to serve in the Atlanta Archdiocese as priests. As the men take on the ministry in a skeptical age, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory encouraged them to be “faith witnesses to the living Christ” by serving as “humble credible men of faith.” Archbishop […]