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Discovering God’s grand design through the journey of a pilgrimage
September 22, 2017Just last week, I received a photo from three fellows from the Archdiocese of Atlanta who are currently in the Holy Land on a pilgrimage. Kieran Quinn, Michael Mohr and Chuck Thibaudeau were standing at the Sea of Galilee in the photo, perhaps near the very place where Jesus summoned the first of his disciples. […]
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Bruised, not broken: Pope encourages Colombians to pursue peace
September 21, 2017CARTAGENA, Colombia (CNS)—Pope Francis said he had no magic words or special recipes for Colombians seeking peace, but rather he wanted to listen to them, learn from them and travel a bit of the road with them. He had a small accident on the road Sept. 10 in Cartagena, the last city and last day […]
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Catholic Foundation of North Georgia announces 2017 spring grant awards
September 21, 2017ATLANTA—The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia issued 38 grants totaling $146,000 for the 2017 competitive spring grant cycle. These grants will support the Catholic community through a variety of causes within the Archdiocese of Atlanta. The Catholic Foundation attracts, professionally manages, and invests gifts to support the current and long-term financial needs of parishes, schools, […]
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Fallen Houston police sergeant ‘lived’ beatitudes, Texas cardinal says
September 21, 2017HOUSTON (CNS)—The Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart was filled with thousands gathered Sept. 13 to honor the life and pray for the soul of Sgt. Steve A. Perez, a veteran Houston police officer. Perez, an active parishioner of St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church in northwest Houston, died after driving into high water during Hurricane Harvey. […]
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Rockport, Texas priest in constant recovery mode for parishioners who ‘lost everything’
September 21, 2017WASHINGTON (CNS)—Three weeks after Hurricane Harvey ripped through the Texas Gulf, where it first made landfall and flattened or tore apart homes and businesses in its path, residents were still picking up the pieces, literally, while dealing with no running water or electricity and limited cellphone service. Franciscan Father John Tran Nguyen, pastor of St. […]
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Venice, Florida diocesan official says normal life at standstill after Irma
September 21, 2017IMMOKALEE, Fla. (CNS)—Peter Routsis-Arroyo, the CEO of the Diocese of Venice’s Catholic Charities, said Hurricane Irma has brought normal life to a standstill in the entire Southwest Florida region. While a large percentage of the population of towns from Marco Island to Naples to Sarasota and Venice had evacuated the state altogether, Routsis-Arroyo is putting […]
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Church facilities in Miami Archdiocese spared major damage during Irma
September 21, 2017MIAMI (CNS)—It could have been a lot worse. That was the initial assessment for Archdiocese of Miami parishes and schools after Hurricane Irma scoured South Florida. Even the initial reports from the hardest hit portion of the archdiocese—the lower Keys, where the Category 4 storm made landfall Sept. 10—were cautiously optimistic. Drone images showed the […]
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Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness
September 21, 2017This is the fifth column in a 10-part series “Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.” Mt 5:6 Jesus knows what it means to hunger. After his baptism by John, he undertook a 40-day fast in the wilderness, where, it can be safely said, water would also have […]
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So I shall tell you a story: Catholic narrative and evangelism
September 21, 2017One day in early September of 1893, the celebrated artist and author Beatrix Potter wrote to the young and ill son of a family friend, “My dear Noel, I don’t know what to write to you, so I shall tell you a story about four little rabbits whose names were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter […]
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Be brave in finding new ways to live, share faith, pope says
September 21, 2017MEDELLIN, Colombia (CNS)—In a city many think of as being synonymous with new directions for the Catholic Church, Pope Francis told Colombian Catholics faith is not measured by how well they follow rules, but by the depth of their prayer life and the degree to which it pushes them to share the Gospel. The pope’s […]