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Clergy differ on bill to repeal the Johnson Amendment
February 9, 2017WASHINGTON (CNS)—People of goodwill can disagree on matters of public policy—even if they’re ordained clergy, and the public policy under debate has the potential to affect the way they conduct their ministry. The issue is the Johnson Amendment, a 1954 rider inserted by then-Sen. Lyndon Johnson into that year’s version of the tax code banning […]
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Annual Catholic Day at the Capitol set for Feb. 21
February 9, 2017ATLANTA—Catholics are invited to join fellow believers from the Archdiocese of Atlanta and the Diocese of Savannah for the annual Catholic Day at the Capitol. The event, which is to include the participation of Bishop Luis R. Zarama, puts Catholics at the crossroads of faith and advocacy, promoting issues that uphold the dignity of all […]
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Judge Neil Gorsuch nominated to fill Supreme Court vacancy
February 9, 2017WASHINGTON (CNS)—President Donald Trump nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the seat on the U.S. Supreme Court that has been empty since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia last February. Gorsuch is a man the country needs, Trump said in announcing his nominee the evening of Jan. 31. He added that his pick for the […]
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Amazing Parish program offers time for renewal, training
February 9, 2017ATLANTA—Amazing Parish, a Denver-based program supporting pastors and parish leadership teams, will host a March 13-15 conference in Atlanta. The conference, to be held at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis on Peachtree Center Avenue, will offer training for parish leaders through spiritual renewal and sessions on how leaders can work side by side to best serve […]
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Revival of Percy’s ‘Lost in the Cosmos’ may reach new young audience
February 9, 2017ATLANTA—In 1996 Tom Key starred in “Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Seminar” in his first season at Theatrical Outfit, adapting for the stage a best-selling novel by Walker Percy who had influenced Key’s own conversion to Catholicism. Two decades later in the Outfit’s 40th anniversary season of “hope” and record growth, Key resurrects […]
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Bishops support murdered priest’s Declaration of Life
February 9, 2017AUGUSTA—Three Catholic bishops from Florida and Georgia held a joint news conference on Jan. 31 at the Richmond County Courthouse to deliver petitions containing the names of 7,400 individuals who wished to see Diocese of St. Augustine priest Father Rene Robert’s “Declaration of Life” honored. In his letter dated May 26 to Ashley Wright, then-District […]
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St. Thomas More 1959 alumna still keeps watchful eyes on its children
February 9, 2017DECATUR—Judy Chadwick stood in Mulhern Hall at St. Thomas More School and pointed across the courtyard to the windows on the top floor of the church building. “All eight grades were on one floor. It was small. It was great. It really was,” she reminisced. More than a half century ago, she was a student […]
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School community welcomes Holy Redeemer alumna back as teacher
February 9, 2017JOHNS CREEK—The sense of community is Amber Hamilton’s favorite thing about teaching at Holy Redeemer School. Hamilton, who teaches second grade, once walked the Holy Redeemer hallways as a student. She graduated from the school, which serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade, in 2004, five years after it opened. “I love second grade. It’s […]
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Catholic student scholarship fund keeps attracting record support
February 9, 2017ATLANTA—Grace Scholars topped its record for preregistrations for tax credits in January. Donors committed to giving $6 million to the nonprofit Catholic student scholarship organization. The previous donation record was about $5.5 million in 2016, according to Grace Scholars. David Brown, the executive director of Grace Scholars, credited the boost in contributions to the work […]
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Pope: As Christians, live joyfully expecting to see the face of God
February 9, 2017VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Christian hope isn’t about believing in something that may or may not come true, like hoping tomorrow’s weather will be pleasant, Pope Francis said. “Christian hope is the expectation of something that already has been fulfilled and that certainly will be attained for each one of us,” that is, knowing Christ died and […]