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Caught on camera by a preschool shutterbug
October 26, 2015Earlier this month I made a drive down to the new preschool at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Newnan. It’s been some time since I’ve been in a preschool setting; however, I found it to be like I remembered – a bright, colorful and welcoming environment. Upon arrival I met the preschool director Gina DeGennaro, […]
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Atlanta theater, music to highlight 50th jubilee of Jewish-Catholic dialogue
October 16, 2015ATLANTA—The American Jewish Committee’s Atlanta regional office and the Atlanta Archdiocese invite the public to celebrate 50 years of dialogue, friendship and reparation in Jewish-Catholic relations with an evening of art, music and faith on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at the Ferst Center at Georgia Tech. The jubilee celebration culminates a year of activities marking the […]
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Panelists say fewer births, marriages point to global demographic shift
October 16, 2015PHILADELPHIA (CNS)—Experts speaking at a World Meeting of Families session Sept. 24 in Philadelphia told delegates that fertility rates around the world are dropping, and a global demographic shift is taking place. In one of only four sessions at the international meeting to offer English speakers the opportunity to test out the simultaneous interpretation services […]
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Newly renamed St. Mary’s Hospital blessed
October 16, 2015LAVONIA—Asking for God’s blessings upon St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital, its physicians and its staff, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory led more than 170 people in a blessing ceremony on Wednesday, Sept. 30, in a giant tent set up on the hospital’s front lawn. “May all the members of this community know that when they come […]
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Grotto highlights needs of poor, image of Mary as ‘Undoer of Knots’
October 16, 2015PHILADELPHIA (CNS)—In front of Philadelphia’s Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul stands a visible representation of Pope Francis’ favorite religious image: “Mary, Undoer of Knots.” The “Knotted Grotto” is a dome-shaped latticework frame that stands about 10 feet high with an approximately 20-foot circumference and features tens of thousands of white ribbons knotted into […]
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Families must do more than just talk about vocations, speakers say
October 16, 2015PHILADELPHIA (CNS)—If more people are going to answer the call to religious life, it will take more than words to attract their attention, according to four women religious who delivered a Sept. 23 presentation on vocations at the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia. Parents must model what it means to have a relationship with […]
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Canvases of love, along with donations, sent to CURE Childhood Cancer
October 15, 2015JOHNS CREEK—Art canvases that lift the spirits were donated to CURE Childhood Cancer for young patients after a Sept. 13 gathering that honored the late Sam Robb and brought attention to the foundation created in his memory for childhood cancer research. About 60 people came to the event for CURE, a nonprofit focused on battling […]
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Charleston leaders honored by St. Thomas More Society
October 15, 2015ATLANTA—Judges, magistrates and attorneys were encouraged to “serve the common good” as the Atlanta legal community gathered for the annual Red Mass. Dressed in black judicial robes and red stoles, members of the Supreme Court of Georgia and other Atlanta area judges filled rows of the historic Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on […]
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The greatest show of mirth on Catholic middle school turf
October 15, 2015SANDY SPRINGS—The 2015 edition of St. Jude the Apostle School’s biennial circus took place Sept. 23-27 with performances scheduled in the school gymnasium. Under the guidance of Circus of the Kids, the Tallahassee, Florida–based circus arts instructional program, this is the school’s fifth circus since 2007. Circus of the Kids, which was founded in 1982, […]
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Vigils offer 40 days of continuous prayer near abortion clinics
October 15, 2015ATLANTA—Organizers of 40 Days for Life to end abortion estimate that 251 lives have been saved worldwide since the start of the current prayer vigil with that many women choosing to continue their pregnancy instead. Atlanta is one of 307 communities around the world conducting simultaneous 40 Days for Life campaigns from Sept. 23 through […]