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Praying for blessings at Mary Our Queen
March 26, 2018PEACHTREE CORNERS—The construction at Mary Our Queen Church continues and recently reached a milestone. The Peachtree Corners faith community is constructing a new sanctuary. On Feb. 16, parishioners along with Father Darragh Griffith, the pastor, and Deacon Bill Boyd blessed the construction site as they placed a statue of Our Lady of Fatima in the […]
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Richly blessed by the contributions of people from other lands
March 23, 2018Last week, I received an absolutely charming St. Patrick’s Day video greeting from the Christ the King School kids (accompanied by their always impish pastor, Msgr. Frank McNamee). Most of you probably also received greeting cards, text messages, telephone calls and emails from your Irish and Irish-loving friends last week. St. Patrick’s Day is a […]
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St. Clare and feminism
March 23, 2018We might not think that a 13th-century woman could speak to the modern world, but St. Clare of Assisi challenges us. She was a feminist before feminism existed. Clare spent much of her life fighting patriarchy and power to live the Franciscan way. Clare was born in 1194, Clare Offreduccio di Favarone, into a noble […]
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Complaining bitterly about the cross
March 23, 2018Lately, in my mind’s eye, I see Jesus hanging from the cross. His face is streaked with blood and sweat, and his eyes are sorrowful. And there’s no denying that he’s looking at me. What does he see when he gazes at me? Someone who called herself a Christian for decades but did everything she […]
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Time, Stephen Hawking and ‘The Canterbury Tales’
March 23, 2018This morning, a particularly lovely early spring morning contrary to the prognostication of the groundhog, I became suddenly and profoundly aware of the passage of time. As I made my daily patrol around my front and back yards, collecting the remains of yesterday’s outdoor play, I stopped assessing the damage to my shrubbery, my rapidly […]
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At the center of a movement against gun violence in schools is a desire for peace
March 22, 2018On March 14, the day of the National School Walkout, students and faculty across the country left their classrooms to protest gun violence at schools and remember the 17 victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, one month earlier. I went to Marist School, Atlanta, that day. Fourteen students and […]
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Archdiocese opposes Georgia HB 605 as unfair, catastrophic to the church’s mission
March 22, 2018ATLANTA—In a March 9 statement, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory announced opposition to Georgia House Bill 605—a proposal to waive statutes of limitations on civil lawsuits claiming sexual abuse of young people against nonprofits and businesses, but not government agencies or public schools. He said, “I write to inform you of an extraordinarily unfair bill currently […]
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Catholic students mark Parkland tragedy with prayers, activism
March 22, 2018FAYETTEVILLE—Like their peers across the country, students at Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Atlanta honored the 17 victims of the Parkland, Florida high school shootings. “(Students) have decided this is a problem. This is to bring adults’ attention to this issue, especially politicians and legislators,” said Celia Browning, a junior and organizer of a […] Full Story | En Español
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Holy Spirit Preparatory boys successfully defend state basketball title
March 22, 2018ATLANTA—For the second consecutive year Holy Spirit Preparatory School boys’ basketball team can stake a claim as the 2018 Georgia Independent School Association (GISA) state basketball champions. On March 3 at Mercer University, Macon, Holy Spirit Prep defeated The Heritage School, Newnan, in the Class AAA state finals by a score of 57-51. It was […]
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St. Pius X faces a familiar foe, for the second year in a row
March 22, 2018ATLANTA—The year’s Class AAAA state basketball championship game was practically a duplication of the 2017 contest. The game took place on the same day, March 10, at the same location, Georgia Tech’s McCamish Pavilion. The championship was between the same two teams, St. Pius X High School, Atlanta, and Upson-Lee High School, Thomaston. The ultimate […]