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Catholics advocate for legislation on scholarships, sex trafficking, death penalty
March 9, 2017ATLANTA—More than 75 Catholics took to the marble hallways of the state Capitol for a day of advocacy Feb. 21. Catholic Day at the Capitol is an annual event of the Georgia Catholic Conference, the public policy arm of the dioceses of Atlanta and Savannah. The day promotes faith in action during the state’s legislative […]
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Women, youth of the year honored at AACCW Recognition Day Mass
March 9, 2017ATLANTA—The Recognition Day Mass sponsored by the Atlanta Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women recently brought together some 55 women and 52 young people to honor them for their work and accomplishments for the Catholic community. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory celebrated Mass at Holy Spirit Church, Atlanta, on Saturday, Feb. 25. Priests and deacons of the […]
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Archdiocese joyful as 1,886 people prepare to enter Church at Easter
March 9, 2017ATLANTA—The Georgia World Congress Center was the scene of great celebration March 5 as 1,886 people declared their intent to join the Catholic Church this Easter. The Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion, held on the first Sunday of Lent, welcomed candidates and catechumens, joined by their sponsors and supporters, from parishes across […]
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St. Pius X students join together to fight hunger
March 9, 2017ATLANTA—St. Pius X High School has a service requirement asked of each student, a program the school calls the Works of Mercy. Each year, every student must complete at least five service projects, three of which need to be corporal works of mercy as given by Christ in Matthew 25. Typically, service opportunities are offered […]
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Pipes and drums are more than March music for McPhees
March 9, 2017JACKSON—As a kid, Richard McPhee played the clarinet. But when his firefighter father asked for “Amazing Grace” at his funeral with the skirl of the pipes, McPhee pledged to his father, he’d take care of it. Now the family does not take a trip without the bagpipes. From national parks and Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii […]
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Lent breathes life into world asphyxiated by sin, pope says
March 9, 2017ROME (CNS)—Lent is a time to receive God’s breath of life, a breath that saves humanity from suffocating under the weight of selfishness, indifference and piety devoid of sincerity, Pope Francis said. “Lent is the time to say no to the asphyxia born of relationships that exclude, that try to find God while avoiding the […]
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Father O’Reilly remembrance will be March 10
March 9, 2017ATLANTA—A Mass and reception at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on Friday, March 10, and a wreath-laying on City Hall grounds afterward will honor the memory of the Civil War Irish pastor of the Shrine, Father Thomas O’Reilly. The priest is credited with protecting five churches and several civic buildings from destruction as Atlanta […]
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UGA center hosts Irish writer Colm Toíbín
March 9, 2017ATHENS—The Willson Center at the University of Georgia will host a program featuring internationally known Irish novelist, dramatist, scholar and critic Colm Toíbín; Irish Times writer, literary editor and drama critic Fintan O’Toole; and Irish singer/composer/musicologist Iarla Ó Lionáird. Toíbín is presenting as the second annual Delta Visiting Chair for Global Understanding. He is the […]
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Atlanta St. Patrick’s Parade steps off March 11
March 9, 2017ATLANTA—This Saturday, March 11, is the 135th Atlanta St. Patrick’s Day Parade, the longest running event in Atlanta’s history and one of the oldest parades of its kind in the United States. Held rain or shine, the parade will step off at noon at Peachtree Street and 15th Street and continue down Peachtree to Fifth […]
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Second group graduates with pastoral theology certificates in Spanish
March 9, 2017ATLANTA—Sixty-three students, including some from the Diocese of Savannah, celebrated the completion of their coursework in pastoral theology with Mass with Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, which took place at Holy Spirit Church, Atlanta, on Jan. 14. The students who completed the course wore special yellow sashes during the Mass. Students completed a three-year formation program […]