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At St. Catherine’s, students rally in faith, honor patron saint
May 12, 2016KENNESAW—Students, teachers and parents of St. Catherine of Siena School in Kennesaw participated in Faith Rally 2016 on April 29. The rally, commemorating the feast day of St. Catherine of Siena, included a Mass, Eucharistic procession and exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in the gymnasium, where adoration was held. Bishop Luis R. Zarama celebrated Mass […]
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Restoration work to begin at historic Sharon Catholic church
May 12, 2016SHARON—The oldest parish site in the Atlanta Archdiocese is undergoing a preservation effort with the hope of drawing people to what its supporters call “the cradle of Catholic Georgia.” Built in 1883, the wood-frame Church of the Purification, located some 100 miles east of Atlanta, is the focus of a conservation campaign. The Friends of […]
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Pope: Each soul vital to God, his followers must move in mercy
May 12, 2016VATICAN CITY (CNS)—There is no such thing as a soul that is lost forever, only people who are waiting to be found, Pope Francis said. God is not part of humanity’s “throwaway culture” and does not shut out the sinner and those most in need, the pope said May 4 during his weekly general audience. […]
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Father Anthony Delisi, Cistercian monk and priest, dies
May 12, 2016CONYERS—Father Anthony Delisi, Cistercian monk and priest of the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers, died peacefully with the company of his brother monks praying at his side on Monday, May 9. He was 87. His body will be received at the monastery church on Friday, May 13, at 5 p.m. before vespers and […]
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Join in a vision of peace at May 20 program of ‘Fatima, Altar of the World’
May 12, 2016ATLANTA—In the spring of 1916, the wonders began. Three rural shepherds, siblings Francisco and Jacinta Marto, 7 and 8, and their cousin Lucia dos Santos, 9, saw a supernatural light in the form of what seemed to be a young man. Over a year later, on the 13th of October, 1917, an estimated 70,000 pilgrims […]
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2016 Outstanding Youth of the Year
May 12, 2016Duncan Adams, Queen of Angels Church, Thomson; Arianna Ayala, Corpus Christi Church, Stone Mountain; Mary Caddell, Holy Family Church, Marietta; Griffin Callaghan, Holy Spirit Church, Atlanta; Elyjah Collier, St. Katharine Drexel Church, Trenton; Charles Davis, St. Michael the Archangel Church, Woodstock; Cristian DeLeon, St. Peter Church, LaGrange; Adrian Dominguez-Gonzalez, St. John the Evangelist Church, Hapeville; […]
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2016 Outstanding Women of the Year
May 12, 2016Tramell Alexander, St. Anthony of Padua Church, Atlanta; Christine Alfano, Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Hartwell; Eileen Anandappa, Holy Cross Church, Atlanta; Tricia Austin, Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Atlanta; Phillis Baker, St. John the Evangelist Church, Hapeville; Bonnie Barber, St. Peter Church, LaGrange; Carol Barylak, Our Lady of the Mountains Church, Jasper; Lesa Bozeman, […]
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Like early Christians, women, youth of year ‘continue the works of the Holy Spirit’
May 12, 2016JOHNS CREEK— In the works of mercy, charity and vitality that outstanding women and young people are accomplishing in their parishes, “we can still behold the activity of God’s Holy Spirit in our own time,” Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory said April 16. Fifty-eight women and 59 high school seniors, representing a total of 71 parishes, […]
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Marine veteran receives Silver Star for combat valor in Afghanistan
May 12, 2016CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.—When his platoon commander and another squad leader were injured in an ambush, Marine Sgt. Matthew Parker “boldly assumed control” of the forces around him in Afghanistan, leading an eight-hour struggle and bringing all of them, including the injured, back to safety. The veteran of multiple combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, Parker, […]
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Archbishop Gregory: Why should people attend the Eucharistic Congress?
May 12, 2016As soon as May arrives each year, I begin to run into folks from throughout the Archdiocese of Atlanta who declare that they are already looking forward to our Eucharistic Congress. This annual celebration has in many ways come to define our local Church in the minds and hearts of lots of people. One doesn’t […]