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Alliance of the Two Hearts to offer Lenten retreat
March 8, 2018ROSWELL—The Alliance of the Two Hearts will hold a Lenten weekend retreat on Saturday to Sunday, March 17-18, given by spiritual director Father Edgardo Arellano. All are welcome to attend. The retreat will be at the Holiday Inn Atlanta/Roswell, 909 Holcomb Bridge Road, Roswell. Father Arellano will celebrate the extraordinary form of the Mass (Tridentine) […]
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St. Patrick’s Day events planned for March 15, 16
March 8, 2018ATLANTA— The Hibernian Benevolent Society of Atlanta is sponsoring events on Friday, March 16, honoring Father Thomas O’Reilly’s heroic actions during the Civil War. All are invited to attend. It is the 154th anniversary of the historic turmoil in 1864 when a large swath of Atlanta was destroyed by fire, but five downtown churches and […]
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Catholic students, educators respond in prayer and unity to school shooting
March 8, 2018ATLANTA—Catholic education leaders in Atlanta are exploring how to participate in observances that honor the victims of the February school shooting in Parkland, Florida, by supporting students and balancing safety concerns. Students across the country are preparing a walkout of school as a protest against gun violence on Wednesday, March 14, which marks one month […]
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Where is the support of human rights?
February 28, 2018Did you know? The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution states in part, “nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” The fact that the law does not protect children in the womb […]
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St. Jude Thaddeus relic at Lilburn Lenten mission
February 26, 2018LILBURN—For centuries, Catholics and others have sought the hope, refuge and strength associated with the prayers and veneration of the “Apostle of Hope,” St. Jude Thaddeus. Join Father Mike Ford, OP, Dominican friar and spiritual director of the Ministries of the Dominican Shrine of St. Jude in Chicago, as he accompanies the arm relic of […]
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Congregation Etz Chaim and St. Ann partner on Holocaust memorial project
February 26, 2018MARIETTA—A unique program called “Books and Bricks” serves to educate the youth of Congregation Etz Chaim and St. Ann Church in Marietta about the Holocaust. The program uses two memorial dates to educate the communities—“Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day” (Yom HaShoah) and the 1938 pogrom of “Kristallnacht” (Night of Broken Glass). Over the past several […]
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‘Black Panther’ tackles themes of race
February 22, 2018NEW YORK (CNS)—Step aside, Huey Newton, there’s a new “Black Panther” (Disney) in town. Director and co-writer Ryan Coogler’s adaptation of a series of Marvel Comics—Stan Lee and Jack Kirby first launched the character of the title in 1966—is sprawling, energetic, lightened by some clever humor but, ultimately, overlong. Though the mayhem on screen, which […]
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A Lenten challenge to fast from hurtful speech
February 22, 2018One size does not fit all when it comes to Lenten penitential practices. Many folks actually like—if not much prefer—seafood (including me). So, abstaining from meat on Fridays during Lent is not as much of a sacrifice for some as it may be for others. Fasting is not dieting, yet so many folks are dieting […]
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Goodbye, Aunt Rita … I’ll keep you forever in my heart
February 22, 2018She was my backup mom. I was only 29 when my mother died, and Aunt Rita stepped in as nurturer, confidante and friend. We both loved reading books, walking on the beach, swimming in her condo pool. After my husband died, we had even more in common, since she’d been widowed twice—and helped me navigate […]
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People have right to receive God’s word, so preach it well, pope says
February 22, 2018VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Everyone who goes to Mass has the right to hear the word of God in all its fullness, which means it must be read well and explained well with “fervor,” Pope Francis said. People have the right to hear God’s word in a way that “knocks at the heart and changes hearts,” he […]