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Cookies, chipmunks and a cherished child
December 6, 2024I was in a gift shop, staring at a pile of sleek stuffed animals. There was a particularly winsome bear that caught my eye, and I wondered if my goddaughter would like it.
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Hope on the horizon for our children
December 5, 2024The popes that have governed during my time as a priest consistently stress that the path forward in evangelizing the next generation is by stressing the importance of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
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Advent: Events of the season announced
December 3, 2024From services to programs of lessons and carols, here’s a sampling of events in the Archdiocese of Atlanta marking this season of reflection.
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Building futures with Kitchen Cura
December 3, 2024Four months ago, three novices started their journey with the Kitchen Cura, a transformative, food-focused internship at Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center.
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Marist priests to leave Atlanta parish after 60 years
December 3, 2024The Marists, formally known as the Society of Mary, will leave Our Lady of Assumption Church in the summer of 2025. The religious community’s priests have been the spiritual leaders of the Brookhaven parish since the mid-1960s.
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Two parishes awarded OCP grants to strengthen music programs
December 3, 2024Christ Our Hope Church and Cathedral of Christ the King received the OCP Parish Grant, supporting the two parishes’ liturgical and musical programs.
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Remembering Deacon Joseph Barker of St. Anthony of Padua Church
November 28, 2024ATLANTA—Deacon Joseph Thibodeaux Barker Sr., who served at St. Anthony of Padua Church, Atlanta, and St. John the Evangelist Church, Hapeville, died Oct. 31. He was 88 years old. He was born in August 1936, in Houston Texas, to Benny Barker Sr. and Dora Finley, raised with the camaraderie of his siblings Benny Jr, Patricia […] Full Story
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Letters of Thanksgiving
November 26, 2024Gratitude is abounding this season. Guest contributors Patty Childs, superintendent of Catholic Schools; Frank Mulcahy, director of the Georgia Catholic Conference; and Sister Josefa Maria Chicoine, VHM, share what they are most thankful for in hopes readers will consider the blessings in their own lives.
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St. Anthony of Padua relics to visit Atlanta during Advent
November 20, 2024The Franciscan Friars from Padua, Italy, will bring two first-class relics of St. Anthony of Padua to the Archdiocese of Atlanta from Dec. 6-15.
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Life lessons from a tomcat named Funky
November 18, 2024God’s creation is filled with humor. Just take a look at a kangaroo with a baby peeking out of her pouch. Spend time with a parrot that seems to be conversing with you.