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Atlanta Archdiocese teams with scientists to develop energy saving plan
June 25, 2015ATLANTA—Scientists and engineers at the University of Georgia are working with the Archdiocese of Atlanta to help parishes, schools and parishioners reduce their carbon footprint. Pope Francis’ encyclical presents a “moral imperative” to address climate change and can inspire the scientific community and faith organizations to work together, said Susan Varlamoff, the director of the […]
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Archbishop Gregory: Pope gives ‘pastoral admonition’ to care for fragile Earth
June 25, 2015Pope Francis released today his highly anticipated encyclical on the environment, an authoritative pastoral admonition for all of us to pay much closer attention to the fragile and threatened health of the Earth, which serves as our common home. Using one of the Canticles of St. Francis of Assisi as both the opening line and […]
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What to do? The pope’s practical tips for helping the environment
June 25, 2015VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home” is a call for global action as well as an appeal for deep inner conversion. He points to numerous ways world organizations, nations and communities must move forward and the way individuals—believers and people of good will—should see, think, feel and act. […]
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All creation sings God’s praise, but people are silencing it, pope says
June 25, 2015VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The earth, which was created to support life and give praise to God, is crying out with pain because human activity is destroying it, Pope Francis says in his long-awaited encyclical, “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home.” All who believe in God and all people of good will have an obligation […]
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Coaches with spring in their state championship step
June 25, 2015ATLANTA–Here are profiles of four coaches who have demonstrated a championship pedigree in Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. SARA GEIGER St. Pius X Girls Soccer Coach Age: 29 Hometown: Lilburn Began coaching: 2008 Overall record: 152-16-6 State championships: 2009-2011 and 2013-2015 Coaching philosophy: “I am a very intense coach during our training sessions […]
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Catholic school teams reap success at the state level
June 25, 2015ATLANTA—Archdiocesan and independent Catholic high schools captured state championships this spring in sports including baseball, golf, soccer, tennis and track and field. Here is a school-by-school breakdown of the state title winners. Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell The girls tennis team defeated Westminster 3-2 to win its seventh consecutive state championship and the eighth in […]
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Pastor celebrated at jubilee for ‘gracious, loving heart’
June 25, 2015ATLANTA—As the Mass was beginning for Msgr. Henry Gracz’s priestly jubilee, the words of the hymn “All Are Welcome” resounded off the rafters of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, celebrating the mission of the parish and how the pastor embodies it. “In this setting of word and sacrament, so many of us met Henry […]
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Father Morrow’s prescription for happiness: ‘I’m 85 … and I’m still needed’
June 25, 2015ATLANTA—Sixty years of priesthood: six decades of ministry, a lifetime of service. Yet, despite this milestone, Father Richard Morrow remains as humble and as dedicated to his vocation as the day of his ordination. To mark his 60th anniversary, Father Morrow celebrated a Mass May 31 at the Cathedral of Christ the King, where he […]
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Daily rosary at Suwanee City Hall among Fortnight for Freedom events
June 25, 2015ATLANTA—The “Fortnight for Freedom: Freedom to Bear Witness” is taking place June 21-July 4, a time when the liturgical calendar celebrates a series of martyrs who remained faithful despite persecution by political power including St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher, St. John the Baptist, Sts. Peter and Paul, and the First Martyrs of the […]
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Pope: Christian hope, love are answer to ‘darkness of death’
June 25, 2015VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Christian hope and faith in the afterlife mean the sting of losing a loved one does not have to leave behind a poisonous venom in our lives, Pope Francis said. “Our loved ones have not disappeared into dark nothingness: Hope assures us that that they are in God’s good and strong hands. Love […]