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St. Vincent de Paul Georgia supports Clark’s Christmas Kids
January 11, 2018ATLANTA—Despite an unusual blast of snow during prime shopping days, Clark’s Christmas Kids gift drive fulfilled the Christmas wishes of thousands of children living in foster care. Snowfall on Friday, Dec. 8, set back the gift-buying tradition. But with a boost in online giving and volunteer shoppers stepping in, the more than 27,000 gift requests […]
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Falcons bring fun to the Family Promise Christmas gathering
January 11, 2018DULUTH—A celebration the week before Christmas brought together members of the Atlanta Falcons football team and families and volunteers of Family Promise of Gwinnett County. Falcons linebackers Sean Weatherspoon and De’Vondre Campbell and defensive end Brooks Reed were on hand for a party held Dec. 19 in St. Augustine Hall at St. Monica Church in […] Full Story
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Christ: Light of the world and Prince of Peace
December 21, 2017The highlight of Christmas, for me, is hearing the reading from Isaiah (9:1-6) proclaimed at the Mass during the night: “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom a light has shone.” The absence of daylight streaming in through the windows reinforces the […]
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Parishes, schools earn grant money to be more energy efficient
December 21, 2017ATLANTA—Georgia Interfaith Power and Light (GIPL), a faith-based nonprofit, recently awarded nine parishes and schools a total of $34,253 to upgrade facilities to improve energy usage. The grants come out of a study to reduce the carbon footprint of Catholic institutions and a collaboration between GIPL and the Atlanta Archdiocese. The effort found that schools […]
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Knights of Columbus trains others to respond to natural disasters
December 21, 2017KENNESAW—Nearly 20 women and men graduated from the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training offered this fall by the Georgia Knights of Columbus at St. Catherine of Siena Church, Kennesaw. Sal Gullo is the state disaster coordinator for the Georgia Knights. Among the topics covered in the training are light search and rescue, team organization, […]
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‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ offers lessons on hope, heroism
December 21, 2017NEW YORK (CNS)—Despite the high price of a movie ticket these days, patrons are unlikely to come away from a showing of the engrossing sci-fi epic “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” (Disney) feeling shortchanged. Vast in scale and operatic in intensity, this 152-minute visit to that galaxy far, far away is both satisfying and, for […]
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Preparation and training for potential violence at church draws parish leaders
December 21, 2017SMYRNA—Some 100 people attended a training to prepare church leaders for a potential active shooter attacking at a parish event. At Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory’s request, on Monday, Dec. 4, Bernard King, public programs coordinator for Cobb County Emergency Management Agency, and Alex Hagan, of Catholic Mutual Insurance, led the training The program leaders emphasized […]
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Guadalupe feast shows Mary’s closeness to those on margins
December 21, 2017VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The appearance of Our Lady of Guadalupe, which mirrored the indigenous people of the time, is a sign of Mary’s closeness to the marginalized, Pope Francis said. Like St. Juan Diego, who felt of no importance at being chosen by Mary because of his indigenous heritage, marginalized people in today’s world are often […]
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Atlanta youth join with thousands at national Catholic celebration
December 21, 2017INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana—A delegation of 187 members from the parishes of Transfiguration, Marietta; Holy Trinity, Peachtree City; St. Oliver Plunkett, Snellville; Corpus Christi, Stone Mountain; St. Michael, Gainesville; St. Philip Benizi, Jonesboro; and Notre Dame Academy attended the National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis in November. About 25,000 young people from across the country attended the […]
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God-given sexual identity has inherent beauty, dignity, say faith leaders
December 21, 2017WASHINGTON (CNS)—In an open letter Dec. 15, a group of 20 Catholic bishops and other religious leaders described as “deeply troubling” the movement today “to enforce the false idea—that a man can be or become a woman or vice versa.” “We acknowledge and affirm that all human beings are created by God and thereby have […]