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Film dramatizes woman’s work with Vietnamese orphans
April 30, 2015WASHINGTON (CNS)—“Noble,” which will debut on 150 screens nationwide May 8, tells the story of an Irish woman with an indomitable spirit. It took another Irish woman with the same kind of spirit to make the movie. Deirdre O’Kane said it took six years from idea to finished form to tell the story of Christina […]
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Snellville parish to wear orange as sign of solidarity with persecuted Christians
April 30, 2015SNELLVILLE—Parishioners at a local parish will be wearing orange in a show of solidarity and to draw attention to the plight of persecuted Christians. Most recently, some 30 Ethiopian Christians were killed by ISIS in Libya as they wore orange jumpsuits. The community at St. Oliver Plunkett Church, in Snellville, will be taking part on […]
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Church renovation at Sts. Peter and Paul capped as parishioners complete pledges
April 30, 2015DECATUR—Needing more space and upgrades to its electrical, heating and air systems, Sts. Peter and Paul Church underwent a renovation that started in 2009 and ended in 2015. The mortgage burning ceremony was on Saturday, March 7, after the 5 p.m. Mass. The building/renovation completion ceremony had been held on Saturday, July 14, 2012. The […]
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Woodstock pastor blesses new steeple
April 30, 2015WOODSTOCK—St. Michael the Archangel in Woodstock is building a new church. And the construction of the exterior is steadily being completed for the Saturday, Aug. 29 dedication. Debbie Quinn, the parish office manager, reported that on Wednesday of Holy Week, the new church steeple and cross were lowered onto the base. Parishioners were concluding the […]
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Athens student chosen for national science, technology congress
April 30, 2015ATHENS—Alex Wieczorek, a freshman at Monsignor Donovan High School, in Athens, has been nominated to attend June’s Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders. Alex, son of Michael and Daniela Wieczorek, is a 2014 local Knights of Columbus Scholarship recipient. The family attends St. Anna Church, in Monroe. The Boston congress held June 28-30 is […]
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IHM boys win eighth-grade basketball tournament
April 30, 2015ATLANTA—Several Catholic Metro League of Atlanta teams participated in the recent Shamrock Basketball Tournament in Charlotte, North Carolina. Competing in the 32-team bracket, the Immaculate Heart of Mary eighth-grade boys basketball team won five games to win the championship. Another CMLA team, St. Jude, was runner-up. The Shamrock Tournament has a 50-year history of hosting […]
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St. Anna holds traditional Good Friday pilgrimage perhaps for last time
April 30, 2015MONROE—Holy Week was a special time for St. Anna Church in Monroe. The parish community had what is likely to be its last reenactment in the center of Monroe on Good Friday retracing Jesus’ final hours. A local tradition that is a dozen years old, the prayerful event attracts a crowd of people. “It’s a […]
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There’s an empty place at the table waiting to be claimed
April 21, 2015Last Saturday my wife and I joined David and Mary Waters for their weekly rosary ministry with the seniors at St. George Village in Roswell. They usually begin at 10:30 a.m., but David was running a little late this particular morning. “Where is David?” asked Pat Swenson, the resident who always occupies the seat to […]
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Pope: Children are never a mistake, adults must sacrifice for them
April 16, 2015VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Children are never a “mistake” and no sacrifice is too great for an adult to make so that children can feel their worth, Pope Francis said. During his weekly general audience in a chilly, but sunny St. Peter’s Square April 8, the pope continued his series of talks about the family, dedicating a […]
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As churches dig into Pastoral Plan, they are asked to prioritize, try new models
April 16, 2015ATLANTA—Leaders in the Archdiocese of Atlanta see the new Pastoral Plan as an opportunity to rethink how people are served in parishes, from how to pass on the Catholic faith to how to engage those who find themselves on the outside of the church looking in. With its 14 recommendations, leaders view the 5,000-word document […]