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The Senior Side: The legacy of the senior generation
October 5, 2017“Your life story is the greatest legacy that you can possibly leave to your family and friends.” Steve Saint, missionary and author If you’ve ever sat around a campfire with family or friends, it’s inevitable that someone will start telling a story, then another and another. Pretty soon everyone is caught up in the rapture […]
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Three times the best: St. John the Evangelist gets Blue Ribbon
October 5, 2017HAPEVILLE—On Sept. 28, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos named St. John the Evangelist School in Hapeville a 2017 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence, the school’s third time to earn the designation. The Hapeville school received the honor previously in 1994 and 2010. The Council for American Private Education nominates exemplary, high performing non-public […] Full Story | En Español
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Archbishop Gregory invites all to Share the Journey gathering
October 5, 2017ATLANTA—Local Catholics are being encouraged to join in the Share the Journey initiative espoused by Pope Francis, which kicked off Sept. 27. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has invited the local Catholic community to join him and leaders of other faiths in welcoming migrants and refugees who have settled in the Atlanta area as part of […] Full Story
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Mirror, mirror on the wall—get lost!
October 5, 2017“Her hair is too straight and she’s so skinny—she’ll never be pretty.” This was my mother’s earliest memory, which she shared with me. The speaker was one of my mom’s five aunts, who perhaps thought the little girl in question couldn’t hear her. The comment made a deep impression, however, and shaped my mother’s self-image […]
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Sainthood in our times
October 5, 2017Elizabeth Ann Seton became our first native-born American saint in 1975. Katharine Drexel, the Philadelphia heiress, then followed her to the altar and was canonized 25 years later. These extraordinary women of faith brought luster and pride to our nation. Now it’s the “boys’” turn. Blessed Stanley Francis Rother, a priest of the Archdiocese of […]
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Share hope with those seeking better lives, pope says
October 5, 2017VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The same hope that moves people to seek a better life for themselves and their loved ones also moves the hearts of men and women to welcome migrants and refugees with open arms, Pope Francis said. “Those who come to our land and we who go toward their heart to understand them, to […]
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Share the Journey campaign urges Catholics to connect with migrants
October 5, 2017WASHINGTON (CNS)—A prayer here, a share on social media there, a voice of support in a letter to the editor, even a get-to-know-others potluck. Supporting refugees and migrants can take many forms, and Pope Francis is hoping Catholics around the world will act over the next two years to encounter people on the move. In […]
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Nichole Golden named as new editor
October 5, 2017ATLANTA—Nichole Golden is the new editor of The Georgia Bulletin. The appointment, effective Oct. 1, was announced by Mary Anne Castranio, executive editor of the newspaper. Golden succeeds Gretchen Keiser, who retired at the end of September. Castranio said, “Nichole’s work as an accomplished reporter and storyteller has been invaluable, as well as her willingness […]
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Blessed are the merciful
October 5, 2017This is the sixth column in a 10-part series “Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.” Mt 5:7 Twice in the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus chides the leaders among the Pharisees to “go and learn the meaning of the words, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’” In both instances, Jesus uses a quote from […]
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Father Daniel Ketter appointed Atlanta’s judicial vicar
October 5, 2017SMYRNA—Father Daniel Ketter was recently appointed the judicial vicar of the Metropolitan Tribunal by Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory. Ordained in 2008, Father Ketter has served in the archdiocesan Tribunal since 2015. He earned a licentiate in canon law that same year from Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Father Ketter is a 1988 graduate […]