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Archbishop to priests: ‘Laudato Si’’ calls for renewed relationship with God, others, creation
December 10, 2015ATLANTA—Pundits and business interests question why the pope is getting involved in the debate over climate change and environmental destruction, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory told priests serving in Georgia, but that reaction occurs whenever church leaders raise moral questions about current events. Pope Francis’ environmental encyclical is “written to the entire world,” Archbishop Gregory said. […]
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Founding principal of Blessed Trinity High School to retire
December 10, 2015ROSWELL—Frank Moore, the founding principal of Blessed Trinity High School, announced in a letter to the school community that he would retire from his position at the end of his contract on June 30, 2016. In his letter, he said, “These 16 years at Blessed Trinity have been the most exciting and rewarding of the […]
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In thanksgiving
December 10, 2015I have been watching a little bird every morning. She makes her appearance perched on the gutter on the roof. She is always in exactly the same spot, her head bobbing around, taking in the view of a new day. It is too high a spot for me to see if she has a nest […]
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Pope wants Year of Mercy to tenderly transform the world
December 10, 2015VATICAN CITY (CNS)—When Pope Francis planned the Year of Mercy and the opening of the Holy Door, he did not mean to give the starting signal for a frenzied wave of pilgrims to Rome. More than call to sign up for an Eternal City package tour, the pope is inviting people to strike out on […]
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Thanking those who serve in the consecrated life
December 10, 2015We are so fortunate to have an increasing number of men and women religious within the Archdiocese of Atlanta—but we are still very much open to receiving even more! Dominican men returned to this local Church several years ago. There is an increase in the numbers of Jesuits already taking place at Cristo Rey Atlanta […]
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Father Linus DeSantis remembered as faith builder, spiritual father for young adults
December 10, 2015ATLANTA—Peace and all good things. That was the way Father Linus DeSantis, OFM Conv., signed his letters and emails. It was also the way he lived his life. The beloved priest died Dec. 1 after a massive heart attack in Syracuse, New York, where he was serving as the campus minister of the Alibrandi Catholic […]
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Knights offer white crosses to show support for Mideast Christians
December 10, 2015ALPHARETTA—Moved by the plight of Christians in the Middle East, the Knights of Columbus at St. Thomas Aquinas Church are raising awareness in this northern suburb of Atlanta of the ongoing persecution of believers in Iraq and Syria. Pope Francis has recently said shedding of blood because of a shared Christian faith is uniting Catholics […]
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Holy Spirit Prep School teacher earns physics’ doctorate
December 10, 2015ATLANTA—Holy Spirit Upper School physics teacher Bianca Hall successfully defended her dissertation and earned her doctorate in theoretical physics from the University of Central Florida. Now Dr. Hall, she studied for the degree over nearly five years, progressing through two years of classwork, picking up her master’s degree, and dedicating two and a half additional […]
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Marietta parish, Knights, provide Thanksgiving for 181 families
December 10, 2015MARIETTA—The St. Joseph Church St. Vincent de Paul Society and Knights of Columbus Council 4599 distributed 181 Thanksgiving food baskets, which included thousands of pounds of food, to local Cobb County families in need Thanksgiving week. This is an annual event for the outreach ministries of St. Joseph Church. Through generous contributions from the church […]
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School choice for all is human right, Atlanta archbishop tells U.N. body
November 30, 2015GENEVA (CNS)—Amendments to the constitutions of some U.S. states are preventing children from low- and middle-income minority families from better educational opportunities than what may be available in public schools, amounting to discrimination, the archbishop of Atlanta told a U.N. committee meeting in Geneva. In remarks to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, […]