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Archdiocesan Catholic school teams excel in robotics, futuristic city designs
February 23, 2017ROSWELL—A team of first-timers took Queen of Angels School’s robotics skills to new heights. Team “Domo Arigato” earned a spot in the state competition of the FIRST LEGO League, where they faced the challenge of programing a robot to navigate a tabletop obstacle course and complete assignments. The team name, a Japanese term meaning “Thanks […]
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Five honored for decades of nurturing faith lives of local teens
February 23, 2017SMYRNA—Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory honored leaders in youth ministry and graduates of a University of Dayton faith formation certificate program during a Jan. 30 awards luncheon at the Chancery of the archdiocese. The archbishop celebrated Mass in the chapel prior to the ceremony. He presented five Companions on the Journey Awards of the National Federation […]
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Lenten regulations – Archdiocese of Atlanta
February 23, 2017Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent and is a day of universal fasting and abstinence. The following fasting and abstinence regulations are observed throughout Lent: Abstinence from meat is observed on Ash Wednesday (March 1), Good Friday (April 14) and all the Fridays of Lent by all Catholics 14 years of age and older. […]
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Preserving children’s open hearts
February 23, 2017I’ve never made any secret of my sheer delight whenever my ministry brings me into personal contact with our kids. Those wonderful encounters are life-giving for me. They make all of the challenges that I might have to face worthwhile. African American History Month usually brings me several such happy opportunities as I become “Exhibit […]
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The mysterious ways of the brother Knights
February 23, 2017Like many little girls, I sometimes fantasized about my future husband—and since I loved fairy tales, pictured him as a knight on horseback, who’d rescue me from whatever dragon was pursuing me. My imagination didn’t provide specifics about this fellow, but my aunts had their own take on the matter. You see, whenever my older […]
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Migrants staying put in Mexico, abandoning efforts to reach U.S.
February 13, 2017SALTILLO, Mexico (CNS)—Edelmiro Cardona hardly had any time to flee his native Honduras with his brother when gang members came calling. Cardona, who left behind a wife and 4-year-old daughter, explained how his brother had built a house and rented it, only to have gangsters, who were related to the tenant, move in and refuse […]
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Groups make pilgrimage to Washington to ‘plant a seed’ for life
February 9, 2017ATLANTA—More than 300 people from the Archdiocese of Atlanta joined tens of thousands from across the nation for the 44th annual March for Life at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Jan. 27. Local groups traveling to the nation’s capital included high school contingents from Blessed Trinity in Roswell, Holy Spirit Prep in Atlanta, Our […]
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An annual tribute to Catholic schools in the Atlanta Archdiocese
February 9, 2017ATLANTA—National Catholic Schools Week 2017 was observed in dioceses around the country Jan. 29 to Feb. 4. This year’s theme, “Catholic Schools: Communities of Faith, Knowledge and Service,” was focused on the faith building, academic and societal contributions provided by a Catholic education. The Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Atlanta commemorated this year’s Catholic […]
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Twelve ordained as permanent deacons
February 9, 2017ATLANTA—A dozen men were ordained on Saturday, Feb. 4, to serve the Catholic community of north and central Georgia and also to be devoted “to caring for the poor, the lonely, the immigrant, the disenfranchised and the forgotten” as deacons. The ordination rite at Christ the King Cathedral followed the ancient ritual, as the men […]
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‘Life is winning again in America,’ vice president tells March for Life
February 9, 2017WASHINGTON (CNS)—The leaders of the pro-life movement are used to having the ear of the president, as they had with Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. During their respective administrations, they addressed the March for Life via telephone, but this year the event marking the Roe v. Wade anniversary had the highest-ranking […]