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Ninth-century Irish poem embodies deep connection between people and their animals
March 23, 2017It is happening again. Indeed, it happens nearly every year: my wife wants a dog. We have had experiences with dogs. We have had bad experiences with dogs. Yet my wife still believes that we need another one. The year before last, she wanted a Scottie dog. Last year, it was a Westie. This year, […]
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Lent as a love story
March 23, 2017“You can handle this—don’t have a meltdown,” I told myself as I surveyed the miniature lake on the basement floor. I quickly discovered the source of the problem—the water heater—then threw towels down and called the plumber, who promised to send someone in early afternoon. After watching a do-it-yourself Youtube video, I turned off the […]
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The two great virtues in Patrick of Ireland
March 21, 2017As a child growing up in Ireland, the only things I knew about St. Patrick were: He brought Christianity to Ireland. He banished all snakes out of Ireland. He explained the Trinity by means of a shamrock. I imagine little has changed in the minds of schoolchildren today. Still, all three of those statements are […]
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How the McPhees learned to play the bagpipes and drums.
March 14, 2017I drove some 50 miles to St. Mary, Mother of God, Catholic Church, in Jackson. It well may be the most southern parish in the Atlanta Archdiocese. Driving past green fields and cows in pastures it felt that way. Awaiting me was a bagpiper and a tenor drummer, a husband and wife duo. It was […]
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National conference for those who work for child protection held in Georgia
March 10, 2017SAVANNAH—More than 100 representatives of diocesan offices for the Protection of Children and Young People from across the country attended the Child and Youth Protection Catholic Leadership Conference in Savannah Feb. 26 to 28. Dioceses established the offices following the landmark 2002 Dallas Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People established by U.S. […]
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Reaction to refugee ban ranges from concern to opposition
March 10, 2017WASHINGTON (CNS)—Within hours of President Donald Trump’s new executive order March 6 banning arrivals from six majority-Muslim nations, Catholic and other religious groups joined secular leaders in questioning the wisdom of such a move, with others vowing to oppose it outright. Bill O’Keefe, vice president for advocacy and government relations at Catholic Relief Services, said […]
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Catholic Charities Atlanta’s response to revised executive order on foreign entry
March 10, 2017ATLANTA—Vanessa Russell, chief executive officer of Catholic Charities Atlanta, released the following statement March 7 regarding the revised “Executive Order Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States “The grave danger is to disown our neighbors. When we do so, we deny their humanity and our own humanity without realizing it; we […]
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Knights sponsors High Celtic cross for Our Lady of the Mountains
March 10, 2017JASPER—The narthex of Our Lady of the Mountains Church, Jasper, has a new High Celtic cross sponsored by Knights of Columbus Council 14348. Carved by former parishioner and Knights of Columbus member John Roger, the nearly 12-foot cross is above the doors entering the church. The cross shows detail of Celtic art, with woven patterns […]
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Kiersten Schutz first in Roswell to earn AHG’s highest scouting award
March 10, 2017ROSWELL—Kiersten Schutz, a member of American Heritage Girls Troop GA1412, earned American Heritage Girls’ highest honor, the Stars and Stripes Award. The final step of her five-year process was her Stars and Stripes project at the preschool at St. Andrew Church, Roswell, where she organized educational and inspirational hand-painted murals. Schutz is the first in […]
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Fifth Conyers abbot, Dom Bernard Johnson, OCSO, dies
March 10, 2017CONYERS—Dom Bernard Johnson, fifth abbot of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Monastery in Conyers, died Feb. 21 at the Abbey of New Clairvaux in Vina, California. He was 91. Named Henry Albin Johnson, he was born on July 15, 1925 at Fort Lyon, a military facility in Las Animas, Colorado. His parents were in […]