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Church launches Year for Consecrated Life
December 11, 2014VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The first Sunday of Advent, Nov. 30, marking the start of the new liturgical year, inaugurated the Year for Consecrated Life. The yearlong observance is dedicated to renewing hope in religious life and instilling it more profoundly with a prophetic witness of the Gospel. A number of international meetings have been planned in […]
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Bishop: Like Christ, walk with those suffering from HIV/AIDS
December 11, 2014JONESBORO—With glowing candles in hand, families of loved ones lost to AIDS and volunteers of parish ministries sang “Amazing Grace” at the 2014 World AIDS Day Mass Dec. 3 at St. Philip Benizi Church. The annual Mass commemorates those living with HIV/AIDS, those who have lost their lives, and their caretakers. Prudy and Jim Martino […]
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Lilburn students honor grandparents
December 11, 2014LILBURN—Grandparents, students and teachers joined with Bishop David P. Talley at their Grandparents Day Mass on Friday, Nov. 21, at St. John Neumann Regional School. On the memorial of the Presentation of Mary, Bishop Talley highlighted how grandparents pass on the faith to the young. After Mass, Bishop Talley joined grandparents as students entertained them […]
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Music artist awards $7,500 for mission trips
December 11, 2014MARIETTA—Music artist Pip will award 14 young people $7,500 in mission scholarships so they can serve others, in this country and globally. Youth in Mission is a nonprofit begun by Pip, a recording artist and president of the charity. Pip (Phillip Arnold) is from Marietta, attended Life Teen at St. Joseph Church, and is an […]
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Doctoral candidate presents malaria research
December 11, 2014ATLANTA—More than half the world’s population is at risk of malaria and Morgan (Miller) Milton, who graduated from St. Jude the Apostle School in 2001, is working to identify drugs to combat this deadly disease. After receiving a bachelor’s and master’s of science at the Georgia Institute of Technology, she enrolled in the biochemistry doctoral […]
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Pinecrest seniors commended in National Merit program
December 11, 2014CUMMING—Pinecrest Academy seniors Gabby Elias, Wendy Oshinski and Andy Rodriguez have been named commended students in the 2015 National Merit Scholarship Program. Commended students placed among the top 5 percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2015 competition by taking the 2013 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Pinecrest is an independent […]
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Christ the King School keeps serving MAC
December 11, 2014ATLANTA—Christ the King School celebrated 28 years of service to the Midtown Assistance Center. Nearly 50 young people filled four vans and a jeep with items donated by school families for the nonprofit. The Peachtree Road school holds the record for the longest continuous service to the MAC. After working at MAC and before lunch, […]
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Solidarity School helps children learn English, prepare for kindergarten
December 11, 2014ATLANTA—Born in Mexico, Ameyaltzin Palomino came to the United States as a teenager speaking no English. She entered public school as an ESOL student, a special program to learn English for those with another native language. “I was 13 years old. It was hard,” said Palomino. It can be difficult academically and socially for ESOL […]
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A December day marks the Advent arrival of an archbishop
December 9, 2014Ten years ago today the late Archbishop John F. Donoghue stood at the podium on the first floor of the old Chancery on West Peachtree in Midtown Atlanta, where he conducted an afternoon press conference to announce his successor, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory. The press conference took place on a Thursday. In those days The […]
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Pope prays in Istanbul mosque, rallies local Christians
December 1, 2014ISTANBUL (CNS)—A day after hearing Turkish leaders demand the West show more respect for Islam, Pope Francis prayed alongside a Muslim cleric inside Istanbul’s most famous mosque. At the Blue Mosque, Istanbul’s grand mufti Rahmi Yaran led Pope Francis to the mosque’s “mihrab,” a niche indicating the direction to the holy city Mecca. He explained […]