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‘Pornography Plague’ workshops set for September
August 21, 2014SMYRNA—A workshop on “Pornography Plaque: A Pastoral Response” will be offered three times in September, and registration is now open. The workshop will be held Friday, Sept. 5, and Saturday, Sept. 6, at the Chancery of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, 2401 Lake Park Drive, SE, in Smyrna. The same program will be presented both Friday […]
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Pinecrest student wins “toughest recruit” Marine award
August 21, 2014Hernando “Nando” Holdsworth, a freshman at Pinecrest Academy and a member of the Metro Atlanta Young Marines, received the “Toughest Recruit” medallion for his effort and attitude during a week at the Marine Corps Training Facility at Parris Island, South Carolina, July 15-19. Holdsworth achieved the highest performance in three obstacle course challenges the Marines […]
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Upcoming Shalom Festival now free to attend
August 21, 2014LAWRENCEVILLE—Organizers of the Shalom Festival 2014 have announced that the event will be free of charge. “By the grace of God, the Atlanta Shalom Festival has been made a free event,” said festival coordinator Jose Nedumpurath. The festival, one of 17 nationwide sponsored by Shalom Ministry of USA and Shalom World Television, will be held […]
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Ecumenical choir concert to benefit Cobb County’s Family Promise
August 21, 2014MARIETTA—Family Promise of Cobb County (FPCC) will offer “One Family, One Promise, One Song,” an interfaith concert to benefit local homeless families, on Friday, Sept. 12, at 7:30 p.m. The concert will be held at Transfiguration Church, 1815 Blackwell Road, Marietta. All are invited to attend. Choirs and musical groups from 13 area congregations will […]
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Inside Atlanta’s Melkite Catholic Church
August 15, 2014I don’t often have the chance to attend an Eastern Catholic church, but a recent assignment took me to the former Candler mansion on Atlanta’s Ponce de Leon Avenue where Melkite Catholics worship and gather as a community. St. John Chrysostum Greek Catholic Church has been here for more than 50 years. Here’s the lede for my […]
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Pope to send envoy to Christians forced from their homes in Iraq
August 9, 2014VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Given the “grave situation in Iraq,” Pope Francis has asked Cardinal Fernando Filoni to travel to the region to meet church and government officials, but especially to meet Christians chased from their homes by militants of the Islamic State. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, said Aug. 8 the pope chose Cardinal Filoni, […]
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West Wesley rectory renovation debated at zoning meeting
August 8, 2014ATLANTA—While renovations are underway preparing the home at 136 West Wesley Road to be the rectory of the Cathedral of Christ the King, a neighborhood zoning committee heard two points of view on the project July 29. After more than an hour of discussion, the zoning committee of Neighborhood Planning Unit-B adjourned its meeting and […]
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Link with businesses attracts 160 students to new Cristo Rey Atlanta
August 7, 2014ATLANTA—Some 160 first-year students filled Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School on Monday, Aug. 4, as the newest Catholic high school in the community opened. After nearly a year and a half of planning to start the school, some students arrived before the doors even opened at the 680 West Peachtree Street building. “It’s alive. […]
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Event underscores faith perspective on death penalty
August 7, 2014SMYRNA—More than 85 people, at varying stages in the journey to oppose capital punishment, attended an inaugural event of Georgia Catholics Against the Death Penalty Aug. 2 at the Chancery of the Archdiocese of Atlanta. “Restoration, Reconciliation and Forgiveness: A Catholic Perspective on the Death Penalty” featured speakers, group discussions, a question-and-answer session and afternoon […]
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Sudanese Catholic condemned for apostasy freed, meets pope
August 7, 2014VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Meeting a Sudanese woman who risked execution for not renouncing her Catholic faith, Pope Francis thanked Meriam Ibrahim for her steadfast witness to Christ. The pope spent 30 minutes with Ibrahim, her husband and two small children July 24, just hours after she had arrived safely in Italy following a brutal ordeal of […]