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Ecumenical Good Friday Pilgrimage shines light on the marginalized
April 6, 2017ATLANTA—The 37th annual Ecumenical Good Friday Pilgrimage, or Urban Way of the Cross, will be held Good Friday, April 14, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. beginning at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 48 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, SW, Atlanta. Sponsored by the Archdiocese of Atlanta Justice and Peace Ministries, the pilgrimage includes […]
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Order of Malta hosts ‘Life is Beautiful’ gala
April 6, 2017ATLANTA—The Sovereign Order of Malta Federal Association Atlanta Region sponsored the “Life is Beautiful” Gala Feb. 23 at Holy Spirit Church, Atlanta, to benefit the Pregnancy Aid Clinic. The Pregnancy Aid Clinic serves metro Atlanta with offices in Forest Park, Roswell and a mobile unit providing lifesaving and life-changing services at multiple locations. The 29-foot […]
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Lourdes choir to sing Stations at Baptist church April 14
April 6, 2017ATLANTA—Believers will have the opportunity on Good Friday to be immersed in the Stations of the Cross in a prayer service that will hold up a mirror before their lives. “The Good Friday Musical Presentation: The Choral Stations of the Cross” is an original piece, written by Kenneth Louis, the director of liturgy and music […]
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Almsgiving: Lenten practice gives chance to ‘be generous with the poor’
April 6, 2017WASHINGTON (CNS)—Although the word almsgiving does not come up much in regular conversation, Catholics hear it plenty during Lent since it is one of the three pillars of the church’s Lenten practices along with prayer and fasting. Although the three practices work together, almsgiving can sometimes get the short shrift because people might be more […]
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Pope: Hope against all hope; God promises the ‘impossible’
April 6, 2017VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Hope is not built on people’s predictions, assurances or line of reasoning, Pope Francis said. Real Christian hope “is not based on our word, but on God’s Word” and promises of salvation and eternal life, the pope said during his general audience in St. Peter’s Square March 29. Continuing a series of reflections […] Full Story
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Four-year ‘encuentro’ process begins in the U.S.
April 6, 2017WASHINGTON (CNS)—In Spanish, the word “encuentro” means encounter and in the modern church in the U.S., it refers to a series of meetings that will take place over the next four years aimed at getting to know Latinos and producing more involvement in the church of its second largest and fastest growing community. “The intent […]
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Breach in road to God can be repaired
April 6, 2017We are now all facing a shared aggravation because of the fiery disaster on I-85. Portions of our city and suburbs are shut off from one another—at least we seem to be separated by the troublesome traffic snarls with which we must contend for the foreseeable future. The distances that separate neighborhoods and communities have […]
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The living word
April 6, 2017“So shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; it shall not return to me void, but shall do my will, achieving the end for which I sent it.” Isaiah: 55:11 Isaiah was writing about God’s gifts of water and snow, which water the earth and make it fertile, and seeds that grow […]
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The Senior Side: Remember your purpose
April 6, 2017“The two most important days in your life are the day you were born and the day you discover the reason why.” Mark Twain Most business plans have a concluding section called the “exit strategy” that describes how the owners of the business plan to recoup their investment when they achieve a desired goal or […]
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Running through the valley on my way to Jesus
April 6, 2017I was walking in a wooded area of the neighborhood, when I heard a man’s voice calling something, over and over, down in the grassy valley. I couldn’t tell what he was saying, but there was an urgency in his tone. Then I spotted a brown dog running down the block at full speed toward […]