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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 […]
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Advent prompts questions of the heart
November 27, 2017Within hours of Black Friday, if not sooner, streets become adorned with Christmas lights, coffee cups change color and stores ready for another holiday season; the Advent season begins. The liturgy of Advent, which begins Dec. 3 this year, with its songs and prayers, emphasizes that we are in a time of waiting, as do […]
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Comedic genius, faithful Catholic, John Candy left legacy of brilliant, classic movies
November 27, 2017Like all families, we have a set of traditions and rituals that we assign to the Thanksgiving holiday. We have a collection, curated by me, of an alarming number of ceramic turkeys. We have a clan of wax pilgrim figure candles; all from the late 1940s and 1950s, that my wife is fond of reminding […]
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Unity of the U.S. bishops affirmed by 100-year-old conference
November 27, 2017In 1917, the year that the United States episcopal conference of bishops cites as its beginning, the main concern was to respond effectively to the pastoral needs of our nation, then at war. In fact, the conference’s first name was the National Catholic War Council (NCWC). At that moment in time, American Catholics were (and […]
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An Advent meditation: Memory and hope
November 27, 2017“So … what are you giving up for Advent?” Lent gets all the attention. There is Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, the daily “giving up” of chocolate and meatless Fridays. Lent has a lot of reminders. But Advent sneaks up on us. For a string of Sundays, the priest is in green vestments signifying Ordinary Time […]
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St. Monica to offer Fatima-themed Advent mission
November 27, 2017DULUTH—St. Monica Church will have its Advent parish mission, marking the Fatima centennial, Nov. 27-29 at 7 p.m. each evening. An abridged version of the program will be offered each day at 10 a.m. The church is located at 1700 Buford Highway, Duluth. The presenter of the mission will be Father Wade Menezes, CPM, who […]
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Toolbox program a useful, timely business crash course for priests
November 22, 2017CONYERS—Between morning prayers and quiet time before the Eucharist, priests attended a business leaders boot camp, getting a crash course on budgeting, hiring and fundraising at the Toolbox for Pastoral Management program, held Nov. 13-17 at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit. Nearly 30 priests from the Archdiocese of Atlanta and other dioceses spent a […]
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Covenant House vigil a memorial to young lives lost
November 22, 2017ATLANTA—Young people “lost to the streets” were remembered in a quiet ceremony of candlelight and bell ringing Thursday, Nov. 16, at Covenant House Georgia. Scores of supporters of Covenant House gathered in the courtyard of the Atlanta crisis shelter for homeless youth to mark the deaths of teens and young adults lured away in 2017. […]