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‘The quality of mercy is not strained’: Mercy Care brings healing to those in need
November 27, 2014ATLANTA—With the ambition of enlarging its health care safety net, Atlanta’s Mercy Care is having to reintroduce itself to the metro community. Once an offshoot of Saint Joseph’s Hospital, the nonprofit now stands on its own. “We have been the best-kept secret,” said Tom Andrews, the president of Mercy Care. “We don’t want to be […]
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New Mercy Care Projects
November 27, 2014Mercy Care North Expansion A new clinic to serve 5,500 patients annually in DeKalb & Gwinnett counties. Services include optometry, ultrasound, radiology and integrated behavioral health. A community health education center to be used by Mercy Care, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and other partners. Need: $12 million Recuperative Care for Women To serve homeless women […]
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Millions could benefit from president’s new immigration actions
November 27, 2014HYATTSVILLE, Md. (CNS)—The meeting room in the middle of Maryland’s most immigrant-dense ZIP code Nov. 20 was full of people who epitomize the problems President Barack Obama is trying to address with executive action. Families with roots in Mexico, El Salvador and Guatemala—some with U.S. citizen children, some with one adult child who has legal […]
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Pope-saint continues to inspire Atlanta’s Polish Catholic Apostolate
November 27, 2014LAWRENCEVILLE—There were dishes of jarzynowa and krokiety, festive foods for a celebration. A T-shirt commemorated the canonization of Poland’s native son, St. John Paul II. Pennant-waving children entertained their parents and the crowd with native songs. St. Marguerite d’Youville Church was filled with Polish pride on Nov. 9 as the Catholic community gathered to mark […]
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Good times with pasta, pajamas and poker
November 27, 2014The poker game was getting serious. One player had a pile of winnings, while two others had lost everything. I waited anxiously for the dealer to shuffle the cards, and breathed a sigh of relief when I was dealt a pair of kings. No, I wasn’t in a big casino rubbing elbows with card sharks […]
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‘Thrilled’ at news of papal visit, Philadelphia Catholics thinking big
November 27, 2014PHILADELPHIA (CNS)—After the historic announcement by Pope Francis that he will visit Philadelphia next September, the reality of the challenges and joys of the event is sinking in for planners, civic officials and ordinary Catholics in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. It will be a “once-in-a-lifetime chance for Philadelphia to shine,” Daniel Hilferty called the 2015 […]
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Faith is getting its due on the small screen
November 27, 2014WASHINGTON (CNS)—Treatments of the Catholic faith are getting their due on various TV networks. Except that, with the fractured nature of the 500-channel universe—a quaint term to anyone with satellite TV—you have to keep your eyes wide open. Blink and it’ll be gone. About the only thing viewers can hope for is that the programming […]
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Calendar’s religious holidays reflect a multicultural reality
November 27, 2014A week or so ago I was engaged in a casual conversation with a gentleman from the Archdiocese regarding religious holidays in general and Catholic holy days in particular. A few days later, while I was in Baltimore, I had dinner with a couple that I have known for more than 40 years from my […]
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As Obama unveils program, other efforts aim to help Central Americans
November 27, 2014WASHINGTON (CNS)—As millions of immigrants celebrate the possibility of protection from deportation under a new Obama administration plan, among those who cannot take advantage of it will be the 68,445 families and 68,541 unaccompanied minors who were apprehended at the border in the last fiscal year. The children and families, most from Central America, drew […]
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Father Robert Barron: Daily Advent reflections
November 27, 2014ATLANTA—Advent begins Sunday, Nov. 30, as Catholics quietly prepare spiritually for Christmas and the birth of the Christ child. Included here are meditations for the first three days of Advent, written by Father Robert Barron, a noted author and speaker, of Mundelein Seminary in Illinois. These are part of a series of daily meditations made […]