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An interview with ‘Bishop Ned’
August 4, 2017ATLANTA—The spacious office on the third floor of the Chancery is mostly empty, awaiting the belongings and activities of its new owner. In the time since his announcement May 18 as the new auxiliary bishop of Atlanta, Bishop Bernard E. “Ned” Shlesinger III has moved to Atlanta from Philadelphia, where he had served as the […]
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Two thousand witness history at dedication of new Raleigh cathedral
August 4, 2017RALEIGH, N.C. (CNS)—The Diocese of Raleigh began the day with the smallest Catholic cathedral in the continental United States. But when the July 26 dedication of a new cathedral concluded, the diocese was home to one of the largest in the country. Bishop Michael F. Burbidge said of Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral, “(People) are […]
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The Senior Side: The encore career
August 4, 2017“According to research, encore careers, also known as ‘post-careers’ or ‘second acts’ tend to provide more satisfaction than previous careers. People in encore careers express very high job satisfaction, and overwhelming majorities say they feel good about the work they are doing, see the positive results of their work, know that they are making a […]
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Nicaragua mission trips inspire three friends to become doctors
August 4, 2017FLOWERY BRANCH—Serving the poor in Nicaragua inspired three young women, all onetime parishioners of Prince of Peace Church, to choose careers in medicine. Rachel Johnson, Alex Olney and Anna Sulimirski Strasma all began volunteering as children with Amigos for Christ, a nonprofit organization that grew out of a youth group project at Prince of Peace […]
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Memorial garden at St. Helena offers sacred space
August 4, 2017CLAYTON—The completed columbarium/memorial garden at St. Helena Church in Clayton was dedicated earlier this year on April 2. Bishop Luis R. Zarama presided at the Mass of dedication, concelebrated by the church’s pastor, Father Pedro Poloche. Following the Mass, a formal dedication and blessing of the columbarium and garden was conducted at the site. The […]
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Pastor’s life spent in rural, Hispanic N.C. communities
August 4, 2017ATLANTA—After remarks in English at the press conference announcing his appointment as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Bishop Bernard E. “Ned” Shlesinger spoke to Hispanic Catholics by sharing a few words in Spanish. Bishop Shlesinger first studied Spanish as a student at Mount Vernon High School in Virginia. Once entering the seminary for […]
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Priests gained helpful spiritual direction, humble guidance from future bishop
August 4, 2017ATLANTA—Samuel Beardslee would come into his spiritual director’s office at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary every few weeks. He had the weight of seminary pressures and future priestly life on his mind. The visits with then-Father Bernard “Ned” Shlesinger III would often begin with a small gesture, an offer of a hot cup of tea. Father […]
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At jubilee, Pope Francis urges Pentecostals, Catholic charismatics to ‘walk, work together’
August 4, 2017VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The Holy Spirit continues to give Christians different gifts and to call them to share those gifts with each other in a community marked by forgiveness and “unity in diversity,” Pope Francis said on Pentecost. “In a way both creative and unexpected,” the pope said, the Holy Spirit “generates diversity, for in every […]
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Taste of Life to benefit housing program for HIV/AIDS patients
August 4, 2017ATLANTA—Taste of Life 2017 will benefit Living Room of Atlanta, a program working to ensure housing is available for people living with HIV/AIDS. A food and wine tasting event, Taste of Life will be Saturday, Aug. 19 from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Westside Cultural Arts Center, 760 10th St., NW, Atlanta. According to […]
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New path to sainthood: Giving up one’s life in heroic service
August 3, 2017VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope Francis has approved a fourth pathway to possible sainthood—giving one’s life in a heroic act of loving service to others. In a new apostolic letter, the pope approved new norms allowing for candidates to be considered for sainthood because of the heroic way they freely risked their lives and died prematurely because […]