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Thanksgiving service offers time for collective prayer
November 27, 2017ALPHARETTA—St. Thomas Aquinas Church hosted the ninth annual Alpharetta Community Thanksgiving Service the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 14. Five other houses of worship participated in the night of prayer, music and messages of unity. Members of Alpharetta Presbyterian Church, St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, The Bahá’í Community of Alpharetta, the Islamic Center of North Fulton, and […]
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AACCW members ‘gather in the Grace of Mary’
November 27, 2017PEACHTREE CITY—In his homily at the 61st annual convention of the Atlanta Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women (AACCW), Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory acknowledged the “lots and lots of little things of charity” practiced by council members. “Your outreach to women expecting children and their newborns; even the little things that you do, you fashion them […] Full Story
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Cedartown parish honors life of Blessed Stanley Rother
November 27, 2017CEDARTOWN—St. Bernadette Church, in Cedartown, along with its Guatemalan community celebrated a special Mass Sept. 16 in advance of the beatification of Father Stanley Rother. Blessed Rother, the first American-born martyr and priest to be beatified, spent 13 years ministering to the people of Guatemala. He was murdered there in July 1981. Father Timothy Gallagher, […]
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Cathedral prayer service focuses on ecumenical conversation
November 27, 2017ATLANTA—The Oct. 31 ecumenical prayer service at the Cathedral of Christ the King, “Common Prayer—From Conflict to Communion,” commemorated the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. The Cathedral and Lutheran communities provided the music. The ecumenical service, approved by The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and the Lutheran World Federation, is based on the document […]
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Roswell parishioners gather for prayer, seek unity with Lutheran neighbor
November 27, 2017ROSWELL—Catholics and Lutherans prayed side by side in a series of recent gatherings five centuries after a German monk sparked the Protestant Reformation. On Wednesday, Oct. 25, at St. Andrew Church, Roswell, close to 150 members of the parish and members of Cross of Life Lutheran Church, Roswell, came together for prayer and song. Those […]
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#iGiveCatholic campaign rallies faith community to support nonprofits
November 27, 2017ATLANTA—Donors in the Archdiocese of Atlanta are opening their wallets for the #iGiveCatholic fundraising campaign, which offers a new way to support local Catholic parishes, schools and organizations. Some $21,000 was raised for ministries during the first week of the early bird giving preceding the campaign’s official start. Atlanta contributions made up about 29 percent […]
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Small things that spark everyday gratitude
November 27, 2017Thanksgiving is the official day to thank God for our blessings, but why stop there? The best prayers express gratitude for little joys that visit us throughout the year. Here are 11 of mine: My cat, Fuzzy, chasing his shadow on the wall each morning when the sun pours in. This same fellow meows pathetically […]
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Season of preparation
November 27, 2017Advent is a season of preparation, anticipation and waiting. It’s a time to stretch and strengthen a particularly stubborn, and sometimes weak, “muscle”—patience. In his Letter to the Galatians, St. Paul lists patience among other fruits of the Holy Spirit such as love, joy, peace, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control (5:22-23). St. Thomas Aquinas, […]
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Focus on hope, love while fighting racism, urge speakers at Georgetown
November 27, 2017WASHINGTON (CNS)—Government, religious and university leaders encouraged a standing-room-only crowd at Georgetown University not to lose hope in the battle against racism. What drew the large audience was a panel on “Confronting Racism in Our Hearts and in Our Nation,” held Nov. 13 the university’s Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart. The four panelists were […]
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Blessed are those persecuted for the sake of righteousness
November 27, 2017This is the ninth column in a 10-part series. “Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” — Mt 5:10 Persecution is rampant in our world today. To limit our concern for the persecuted only to those who share our baptismal identity, or some cultural similarity […]