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New program offers 40 grants to try local Catholic schools
May 12, 2016SMYRNA—Welcoming new students to archdiocesan schools is the goal of a pilot tuition reduction grant program announced May 12 by the Office of Catholic Schools. The Welcome Grant program of the Archdiocese of Atlanta will provide reduced tuition to families who want to give Catholic schools a try. The archdiocesan grant program is modeled after […]
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On the Deck is Alpha this summer
May 12, 2016SMYRNA—On the Deck, a program of the Archdiocese of Atlanta’s Young Adult Ministry, will present Alpha on Tuesdays June 14 to Aug. 2 at the Chancery of the archdiocese, 2401 Lake Park Drive, SE, Smyrna. The free programs begin at 7 p.m. and are for college students, ages 18 to 25. Alpha is a chance […]
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Archdiocese donates building to serve homeless pregnant women
May 12, 2016EAST POINT—Sheltering Grace Ministry has a new facility to serve more homeless pregnant women. Local dignitaries, including Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, celebrated as Sheltering Grace settled into an East Point senior care building that had sat vacant for a decade. The building served as a Catholic personal care home for the elderly known as St. […]
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Archbishop to speak at Theology on Tap
May 12, 2016ATLANTA—Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory will be the featured speaker at Theology on Tap on Friday, May 27, at Holy Spirit Church, 4465 Northside Drive, NW, Atlanta, in McDonough Hall. The event runs from 7 to 9 p.m. and is a program of the young adult ministry at Holy Spirit Church. Theology on Tap is open […]
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Women invited to Bible study of Book of Jonah
May 12, 2016ATLANTA—On the five Thursdays in the month of June, Keri Allen, leader of “Proclaim My Word,” life application Bible studies, will be presenting a study of the Book of Jonah. Titled “When God Says Go … Don’t Say No!”, this Bible study for the women of the Atlanta Archdiocese will be held at Holy Spirit […]
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Not your ‘ordinary’ visit
May 11, 2016When I was a kid I would accompany my father to the Archdiocese of Louisville’s annual Corpus Christi procession at Churchill Downs, the site of last week’s 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby. During that summer event, the late Bishop Charles G. Maloney was always far away. The congregation was on the grandstand and bleacher side […]
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Father Daniel Berrigan, advocate for justice, peace, poor, dies at 94
May 9, 2016NEW YORK (CNS)—Jesuit Father Daniel Berrigan, an early critic of U.S. military intervention in Vietnam who for years challenged the country’s reliance on military might, died April 30. He was 94. The author of several books of poetry and one of the first Catholic priests to receive a federal sentence for peace activism, Father Berrigan […]
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Indulgence for sick, homebound, prisoners
April 29, 2016Those who cannot make a pilgrimage because of age, illness or other barriers may receive the indulgence by living their sickness and suffering “as an experience of closeness with the Lord” in his Passion, death and Resurrection, Pope Francis said. They are encouraged to pray and receive Communion, if possible, or participate in Mass, even […]
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Turnout at vigils for murdered priest testament to his love, commitment
April 29, 2016ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (CNS)—In the days Father Rene Robert was listed as missing, the faithful gathered at two churches for prayer vigils. The turnout became a testament of the love and commitment Father Robert fostered for those he served. Kate Quigley Burns is a longtime friend and fellow advocate for the deaf community, which the […]
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Book reveals pope’s secret spy network during WW II
April 29, 2016“Church of Spies: The Pope’s Secret War Against Hitler” by Mark Riebling. Basic Books (New York, 2015). 384 pp., $29.99. Who really was Pope Pius XII during World War II? Was he a weak pope, too afraid to speak out publicly against Hitler? Or was he an expert diplomat, calculatingly using his position to help […]