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Catholic Charities Atlanta announces graduation of 2015 Leadership Class
January 21, 2016MARIETTA—The 36 Catholic men and women of the Catholic Charities Atlanta 2015 Leadership Class graduated Thursday, Jan. 14, in a ceremony held at the Mansour Center in Marietta. This class marks the fifth year of the Catholic Charities Atlanta program, from which more than 200 servant leaders have graduated. The success of the program continues […]
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Member of Little Rock Nine tells students racial progress ‘is a marathon’
January 21, 2016ATLANTA—Students at Marist School in Atlanta marked the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Jan. 15 with a visit from Ernest Green, one of nine students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957. The Office of Inclusion and Diversity, new to Marist, hosted a morning assembly featuring Green as speaker […]
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Arlene Walrath to speak at the February Magnificat meal
January 21, 2016ATLANTA—All women are invited to the Magnificat gathering in February when the guest speaker will be Arlene Walrath. The Magnificat meal will be held at Holy Cross Church in Atlanta on Saturday, Feb. 20, from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. The warmth of the gathering will touch hearts on this winter morning, and the faith […]
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All Saints parishioner leading group on World Youth Day trip in Poland
January 21, 2016DUNWOODY—A group of 20 people from the Archdiocese of Atlanta plan to make a pilgrimage to World Youth Day in July in Krakow, Poland. Christina Wheeler, parishioner of All Saints Church in Dunwoody, has organized the 10-day trip to Krakow, Czestochowa and Wadowice, Poland, the birthplace of St. Pope John Paul II. St. Pope John […]
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Serrans hear report on Pregnancy Aid Clinics’ work
January 21, 2016ATLANTA—After seeing their unborn infant in ultrasound pictures, almost 80 percent of women considering abortion will make a decision for life, said a representative of Atlanta-area Pregnancy Aid Clinics in Hapeville and Roswell. Alix Shattuck, director of the organization that began more than 30 years ago in Hapeville, was addressing the Jan. 8 luncheon of […]
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Sisters of Mercy who served at Saint Joseph’s Hospital, Atlanta, died in late 2015
January 21, 2016ATLANTA—Two Sisters of Mercy who served in the Atlanta Archdiocese, Sister Melanie Courtenay, RSM, and Sister Rosalie Mallard, RSM, passed away in 2015. Sister Melanie Courtenay, RSM Sister Melanie Courtenay, a native of Gainesville who served as administrator of Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Atlanta from 1963-69, died on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015. She was 94. […]
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Ecumenical group convenes to pray for persecuted Christians in the Middle East
January 21, 2016ATLANTA—Since the inauguration of the Year of St. Paul in 2009, Catholic clergy and faithful have been coming together with Orthodox clergy and faithful twice a year for ecumenical gatherings under the leadership of Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and Metropolitan Alexios. The gatherings rotate between the cathedrals of both churches, and the evenings provide prayer, […]
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Saint’s relics to visit Atlanta Maronite church
January 21, 2016ATLANTA—The relics of St. Charbel, a Maronite monk and priest from Lebanon, will be at St. Joseph Maronite Church in Atlanta on Feb. 17-18. The church is located at 502 Seminole Avenue, NE, in Atlanta. Veneration of relics will be from 6-10 p.m. on Wednesday, and from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Thursday. The […]
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A cake worthy of kings
January 21, 2016WASHINGTON (CNS)—The fragrance of the cake is like no other. For Spaniards and some Latin Americans who grew up with it, the aromatic smell of the roscon de reyes is one of the most treasured of childhood food memories surrounding the Epiphany. The roscon de reyes cake makes its appearance on the tables of Spain […]
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The treasure to be found in the ‘Picture Book of Saints’
January 21, 2016The best present I received at Christmas was a re-gift. On Christmas morning we had finished opening our gifts, and were preparing for a day of toy assemblage such as one might experience in a Victorian workhouse, when my older son Graham handed me a clumsily wrapped parcel. “For you, Daddy,” he said. “From me.” […]