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At Thanksgiving, partaking of what is good
November 27, 2014Eucharist is a word that found its way from Greek to Latin. It means thanksgiving. “Thanksgiving” is a very open word, one that can embrace many things. When I think of the gratitude Jesus had for all of life, every nook and cranny on this earth and throughout the universe, I am better able to […]
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In ‘The Spirit of the Liturgy,’ Guardini expresses the ‘joy of Mass’
November 27, 2014Of all that I have to be thankful for at Thanksgiving, my Catholic faith is among those things for which I am most grateful. That is not a pious statement. It is true. When I came into the Church almost 22 years ago, I entered into an entirely new way of living, worshiping and understanding […]
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St. Anthony’s members deliver Thanksgiving meals to seniors
November 27, 2014ATLANTA—If three years in a row makes a tradition, there is a new one at St. Anthony of Padua Church, Atlanta. Parishioners have gotten in their cars and delivered hot meals to shut-ins on Thanksgiving as part of the Meals on Wheels program. “The people are so happy and appreciative of it,” said Karen Burke, […]
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Sandwich-making tradition involves 200+ at St. John the Evangelist School
November 27, 2014HAPEVILLE—Loaves of bread, packages of cheese, ham and bologna covered tables in the gym, the cafeteria and the art room at St. John the Evangelist School in Hapeville. Hundreds of boys, girls, teens, and parents with glove-wrapped hands help put the sandwiches together. The goal was to make sandwiches for four Atlanta area shelters for […]
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Woodstock parishioners put their hearts into 450 Thanksgiving baskets
November 27, 2014WOODSTOCK—There are 450 requests for Thanksgiving baskets at St. Michael the Archangel Church, in Woodstock. With less than a week to delivery, only 290 baskets were filled with Thanksgiving items. “We’ll do what we have to do. God will provide,” said a volunteer, who asked not to be named. “This is a little thing I […]
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Acts of love, kindness, faith add up to holiness, pope says
November 27, 2014VATICAN CITY (CNS)—All Christians are called to holiness and to take even little steps each day to be more loving and more Christ-like, Pope Francis said. “Some think that holiness is closing your eyes and making the face of a plastic statue, but that’s not holiness,” the pope said Nov. 19 at his weekly general […]
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Mercy Care doctor: ‘I need to give back to the community’
November 27, 2014Luis Galvez, M.D., 58, has volunteered with Mercy Care for 20 years. A physician at Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital, he lives in Sandy Springs and attends Holy Spirit Church, Atlanta. He spoke of the imperative he feels as a physician to give back. Q. How do you serve at Mercy Care? A. I provide medical […]
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Catholics should ‘rekindle’ commitment to end racism, bishop says
November 27, 2014WASHINGTON (CNS)—The scenes of chaos and violence in Ferguson, Missouri, Nov. 24 following the grand jury’s decision not to indict the white police officer in the shooting death of Michael Brown, an African-American teenager, reveal deeper issues going on in the country, said one of the country’s black Catholic bishops. “The racial divide that exists […]
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Physician’s daughter volunteers with Mercy Care mobile clinic
November 27, 2014Kiki Butgereit, 78, of Roswell, and St. Brigid Church, Johns Creek, volunteers with the Mercy Care clinic-on-wheels, which visits five sites in metro Atlanta to offer health care to the poor, homeless and underserved. She answered questions about why she serves in this way. Q. How do you serve at Mercy Care? A. I do […]
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Jail cells transformed into Mercy units where ill homeless men recover
November 27, 2014ATLANTA—In the fall of 2012, Seth Weingarten was staying at the night shelter of the Atlanta Mission. A diabetic, Weingarten was running out of the medicines he needed. During the day, he would sit along Luckie Street in downtown Atlanta. “I didn’t feel lucky,” quipped Weingarten. “At the time my sugar was out of control. […]