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Saints ‘come alive’ at SJN School
November 13, 2014LILBURN—Fourth-graders at St. John Neumann Regional School in Lilburn celebrated the saints by presenting the annual “Saints Wax Museum” to their classmates. Students wrote research reports on different saints and dressed up as saints for the school Mass, processing into church while the Litany of the Saints was sung. After Mass, the students presented their […]
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Motto of St. Joseph parishioner lives on
November 13, 2014MARIETTA—Students at St. Joseph School, in Marietta, honored Robert Price, a beloved member of the parish and faithful attendee of the weekly school Masses, on the school’s Spirit Day shirts. Robert, a mentally challenged parishioner, became ill last year, and students prayed and made get well cards for him. Sadly, Robert passed away in February. […]
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St. Thomas Aquinas young adults help former school
November 13, 2014ALPHARETTA—St. Thomas Aquinas Latino Young Adults group approached Mimosa Elementary School in Roswell to see if the school had any work they could do, as part of Alpharetta’s day of service. The school has had a large Latino population for decades. Among the young adult volunteers were Nadia Zúñiga, Anabella Zúñiga and Cinthya Rojo, who […]
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Archbishop given saint’s relic
November 13, 2014SMYRNA—Barbara Weiss gave a family heirloom, a relic of St. Martin de Porres, to Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory. It turns out Archbishop Gregory has a special devotion to the 16th-century saint. St. Martin de Porres, a brother of the Dominican Order, was canonized in 1962 by Pope St. John XXIII. He is the patron saint […]
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A walk among the dead can heighten the senses of the living
November 13, 2014On two previous occasions I had driven to Sharon, Ga., home to Georgia’s oldest Catholic church, Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary; however, I had never been to the Locust Grove Cemetery, Georgia’s oldest Catholic cemetery. It’s approximately three miles from the church, in a wooded area, off an unpaved road. I was there to […]
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Book will thrill readers with unique plot, spiritual message
October 30, 2014“The Rising” has all the makings of a fast-paced novel that will thrill readers with its relatable characters, unique plot, spiritual message and nicely crafted ending. Set in Detroit, the drama surrounds the unexpected and mysterious power of a seemingly regular 9-year-old boy who, after whispering three words to a deceased woman at her wake, […]
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‘The Book of Life’ entertains with ‘visually stunning’ animated film
October 30, 2014NEW YORK (CNS)—Who knew the Day of the Dead could be so much fun? The Mexican method of observing All Souls’ Day, Nov. 2, is the backdrop for “The Book of Life” (Fox), an entertaining and visually stunning 3-D animated film. Traditionally on this feast day, families visit cemeteries to place gifts by the gravesides […]
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Experts, historians explore Shakespeare’s Catholic sympathies
October 30, 2014STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, England (CNS)—Inside this town’s recently refurbished Royal Shakespeare Theater, a massed audience, banked on three floors, gazes attentively out over a wide, brightly lit stage. “Necessity will make us all forsworn. Three thousand times within this three years’ space; for every man with his affects is born, not by might master’d, but by special […]
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Pope beatifies Blessed Paul VI, the ‘great helmsman’ of Vatican II
October 30, 2014VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Beatifying Blessed Paul VI at the concluding Mass of the Synod of Bishops on the family, Pope Francis praised the late pope as the “great helmsman” of the Second Vatican Council and founder of the synod, as well as a “humble and prophetic witness of love for Christ and his church.” The pope […]
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Prelate addresses woman’s suicide plan
October 30, 2014PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS)—As a young California woman gained national attention for her plan to use Oregon’s assisted suicide law, Archbishop Alexander K. Sample of Portland issued a statement saying the Oregon law puts forward illusion and confusion. At the start of 2014, newlywed Brittany Maynard learned she had brain cancer. A few months after she […]