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Transfiguration 5K raises $15,000 for youth mission trip
November 26, 2015MARIETTA—The fifth annual 5K “All Saints Mission Run” and 3K walk were held on Saturday, Oct. 31, at Transfiguration Church to raise money for a mission trip focused on providing drinking water in a Nicaraguan village. Each year Transfiguration high school juniors and seniors, enrolled in the parish youth ministry program, are invited to go […]
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International award given to Knights’ Assembly at St. Brigid Church
November 26, 2015JOHNS CREEK—The Fourth Degree Father Joseph T. O’Callahan Assembly of the Knights of Columbus St. Brigid Council won the international “To Be A Patriot” award for its contributions to the Johns Creek Veterans Memorial Walk. It was one of only three groups out of 3,000 assemblies worldwide to win for the 2014-2015 fraternal year. The […] Full Story
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Atlanta Homeward Choir to perform at White House
November 26, 2015ATLANTA—The Homeward Choir at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception will be the featured musical guests Dec. 21 at the White House in Washington, D.C. Now in its third season, the choir draws its two dozen members from the guests of the Central Night Shelter, a joint effort to help homeless men between Central Presbyterian […]
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Athens families serve seniors Thanksgiving for 20th year
November 26, 2015ATHENS—The volunteer cooks arrived before dawn—around 5:30 a.m.—to warm the ovens at the Catholic Center at the University of Georgia. There were six turkeys to prepare, 30 pounds of potatoes to peel and mash, along with 10 dozen biscuits to bake. For the 20th year in a row, the kitchen buzzed to prepare a traditional […]
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Pray for peace, weep for world at war, Pope Francis implores
November 26, 2015VATICAN CITY (CNS)—“Jesus wept.” Pope Francis opened his morning homily with those words as he spoke about the wars and violence engulfing numerous parts of the world. The Gospel reading for Nov. 19 began, “As Jesus drew near Jerusalem, he saw the city and wept over it, saying, ‘If this day you only knew what […]
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Pope says Year of Mercy will be time to heal, to help, to forgive
November 26, 2015VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Mercy is what makes God perfect and all-powerful, Pope Francis said in his document officially proclaiming the 2015-2016 extraordinary Holy Year of Mercy. “If God limited himself to only justice, he would cease to be God, and would instead be like human beings who ask merely that the law be respected,” the pope […]
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Dragons, hummingbirds and mushrooms on a fall day
November 26, 2015My heavily wooded yard was resembling a jungle, since it had last been tended to months ago when my niece and her husband visited. I could call a lawn service, of course, but there’s a fine young fellow in the neighborhood who does yard work now and again. Going on the principles of “buy local” […]
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‘Bridge of Spies’ and the path to virtue
November 26, 2015My great mentor, Msgr. Robert Sokolowski, told a class of eager philosophy students many years ago that we should read Aristotle’s “Nichomachean Ethics” every year of our lives. As we grew older, he explained, new dimensions of the book would continually present themselves. I can’t say that I’ve followed Msgr. Sokolowski’s advice perfectly, but I […]
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‘Hunger Games’ series concludes with somber portrayal of war
November 26, 2015NEW YORK (CNS)—With “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2” (Lionsgate), one of the most successful cinema franchises of recent times reaches a surprisingly glum finale. Given that the series is founded on the idea of a dystopian society where young people are sacrificed in the gladiatorial tourneys of the title, perhaps the sober tone of […]
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‘Works of mercy are at the center of this Jubilee Year’
November 26, 2015In the coming weeks, doors will be opened in churches throughout the world as the Jubilee Year of Mercy begins. Pope Francis will ceremoniously open the “holy doors” of the four patriarchal basilicas in Rome (St. Peter’s, St. Paul Outside the Walls, St. Mary Major and St. John Lateran). We will open doors of seven […]