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Dinner to help Post Abortion Treatment and Healing ministry
November 3, 2016ATLANTA—Inspirational speaker Leslie Davis Blackwell will be the guest speaker at the Nov. 10 fundraising dinner for PATH, Post Abortion Treatment and Healing ministry. The 7 p.m. dinner will be held at Holy Spirit Church, 4465 Northside Drive, NW, Atlanta, in McDonough Hall. The evening will also honor the late Father Joseph Peek, longtime PATH […]
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Throwing out welcome mat is every Catholic’s job
November 3, 2016NEW ORLEANS—You had to laugh. In an October workshop on parish hospitality at the annual conference of the International Catholic Stewardship Council at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans, Christine Heusinger, the associate director of stewardship for the Archdiocese of Atlanta, put up a cartoon on the big screen. The 1988 cartoon by Steve Phelps is […]
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Sister Mary Ellen, OP, dies, after long ministry helping cancer patients
November 3, 2016ATLANTA—Sister Mary Ellen Rahill, OP, of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home, died after more than 50 years of ministry with the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne. She was 96. She died on Tuesday, Oct. 11, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home, in Atlanta, following an extended illness. In 2013, she celebrated 50 years as […]
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For vocations, one must go out, listen, call, pope says
November 3, 2016VATICAN CITY (CNS)—In its ministry to young people, and especially in vocations promotion work, church workers must step out of the sacristy and take seriously the questions and concerns of the young, Pope Francis said. Young people are searching for meaning, and the best response is to go out to where they are, stop and […]
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Vital adult faith programs energized by deacon’s passion
November 3, 2016For the Jubilee of Deacons in May, Pope Francis addressed deacons as servants of the church, encouraging them not to worry about timetables in being available to others. “A servant knows how to open the doors of his time and inner space for those around him, including those who knock on those doors at odd […]
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Pinecrest names new wrestling program director
November 3, 2016CUMMING—Pinecrest Academy recently named Mark Schmidt the director of wrestling at the private Catholic school. The Pinecrest wrestling program debuted in 2015 under the leadership of Coach Martin Podmolik. In its inaugural season the team finished with three dual victories, an eighth-place area finish and a sixth-place finish at sectionals in 1A competition. Schmidt comes […]
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Visitation Hospital stands after hurricane, seeing patients
November 3, 2016Father Kieran is on the board of Visitation Hospital in Haiti and visited in late October after Hurricane Matthew. He said damage was visible around the hospital but the facility itself is intact. As access to the worst-hit areas of Haiti, Les Cayes and Jeremie, is being strictly controlled, he was not able to visit […]
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Pray to the finish line
November 3, 2016The last stop for this year’s tumultuous presidential election season, which for so long seemed like a remote intangible, suddenly is within our sights. Soon, Americans will cast ballots for their preferred candidate. Unfortunately, for many American Catholics weighing their options—and their consciences—the choice is a difficult one with no ideal options. This dilemma surfaced […]
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Pope, Lutheran leaders begin Reformation commemoration
November 3, 2016LUND, Sweden (CNS)—Urging Catholics and Lutherans to take decisive steps toward unity, Pope Francis nevertheless offered no new openings to the idea of sharing Communion before full unity is achieved. “We Christians will be credible witnesses of mercy to the extent that forgiveness, renewal and reconciliation are daily experienced in our midst,” the pope said […]
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The Senior Side: What exactly is a senior?
November 3, 2016I find seniors to be an interesting lot, even in the very definition of us. It would be wrong to put everyone in the same basket, label us “seniors” and attempt to treat all senior age segments the same. You will find a great deal of difference between a newly retired 55-year-old baby boomer and […]