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• The tragedy of Middle Eastern Christians

  October 29, 2015

  I have been blessed over the years with the presence of many Middle Eastern Christian students. I asked one Iraqi Catholic boy years ago, “Where is your family from in Iraq?” He replied, “Baghdad, but originally we were from Mosul.” “Oh,” I said, “when did they move down from Mosul?” He said, “About 1,000 years […]

• Encouraging that joyful calling to the priesthood

  October 29, 2015

  It’s a nearly universal parental mantra: “I want my child to be happy.” Parents everywhere worry about and pray constantly for the happiness of their children. And parents frequently worry about the vocational decisions that their children might make. Will they find future security and personal satisfaction? Will they be challenged and affirmed? Will they […]

• Burmese Catholics hold national conference in Atlanta

  October 28, 2015

  NORCROSS—“Be Not Afraid” was the theme of the 2015 National Conference of Burmese-American Catholics at the North Atlanta Trade Center in Norcross Sept. 4-7. Deacon Peter B. Swan, of St. Philip Benizi Church, Jonesboro, and president of the NCBAC, estimates that 1,800 Burmese-American Catholics from across the United States attended the sixth annual event. Thirty […] Full Story

• Caught on camera by a preschool shutterbug

  October 26, 2015

  Earlier 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, […]

• Atlanta theater, music to highlight 50th jubilee of Jewish-Catholic dialogue

  October 16, 2015

  ATLANTA—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 […]

• Panelists say fewer births, marriages point to global demographic shift

  October 16, 2015

  PHILADELPHIA (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 […]

• Newly renamed St. Mary’s Hospital blessed

  October 16, 2015

  LAVONIA—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 […] Full Story

• Grotto highlights needs of poor, image of Mary as ‘Undoer of Knots’

  October 16, 2015

  PHILADELPHIA (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 […] Full Story

• Families must do more than just talk about vocations, speakers say

  October 16, 2015

  PHILADELPHIA (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 […]

• Canvases of love, along with donations, sent to CURE Childhood Cancer

  October 15, 2015

  JOHNS 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 […]