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Women’s ‘huge influence’ can be magnified with unified Catholic action, NCCW president says
July 24, 2014SMYRNA—There are 35 million Catholic women in the United States, the president of the National Council of Catholic Women told those gathered for an archdiocesan women’s leadership and networking workshop June 14. “Just think, if we could all act together on a single issue, what we could accomplish,” said Rebecca Woodhull, a Springfield, Illinois, educator. […]
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Symposium to focus on practical aspects of music ministry
July 24, 2014ATLANTA—Sponsored by the Archdiocese of Atlanta, the Southeastern Liturgical Music Symposium is a gathering of liturgical musicians who share an interest in advancing the quality of Catholic liturgical music. This year’s symposium will be held at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, 353 Peachtree St., NE, Atlanta, on Saturday, Aug. 9. The symposium […]
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Priest killed in Civil War to be honored
July 24, 2014JONESBORO—One hundred and fifty years ago this August, a Benedictine priest became the first Catholic chaplain in U.S. military history to be killed in action. Father Emmeran Bliemel, the military chaplain of the 10th Tennessee, died on Aug. 31, 1864, while ministering to soldiers during the Battle of Jonesboro in Georgia. The Father Emmeran Bliemel […]
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Bergman’s ‘The Seventh Seal’ ranks as masterpiece on the ‘mystery of death’
July 24, 2014“Evil,” Flannery O’Connor once wrote, “is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be endured.” The same might be said of death; in fact, O’Connor also wrote that preparing for death may actually be the Christian’s greatest creative act. We are all of us going to die; I know that, and you […]
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The girl who didn’t trust angels
July 24, 2014When one of the sisters in elementary school first told me I had a guardian angel, I was thrilled. In my mind’s eye I pictured a winged being in long flowing robes standing lovingly at my side. It never once crossed my mind to envision the angel as an invisible tattletale who was keeping tabs […]
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Symbolic languages
July 24, 2014I was thinking about symbols a few days ago. What got me going on them were several articles in the paper about the recent and stunning discoveries in the world of physics. I won’t even try here to get into the finer details of those discoveries. They are way over my head. One had to […]
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Advocates urge protection of migrant children crossing the border
July 24, 2014WASHINGTON (CNS)—Petitions and letters to members of Congress and the Obama administration are among the measures being pursued by advocates urging humane treatment of the Central American children who are trying to migrate to the United States. A petition delivered July 10 to members of Congress, President Barack Obama and Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson […]
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La Salette Father Michael Flanagan dies
July 24, 2014ATLANTA—Father Michael J. Flanagan, 82, a Missionary of Our Lady of La Salette, and first pastor of St. Clement Church, in Calhoun, died June 22, the feast of Corpus Christi, at St. Mary Home in West Hartford, Connecticut. Father Flanagan was the administrator of St. Clement beginning in 1981 and became the first pastor when […]
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Prisoner’s carving completes crucifix at St. Brendan Church
July 24, 2014CUMMING—For years, the parishioners of St. Brendan the Navigator Church in Cumming have attended Masses, joyous baptisms and weddings, and solemn funerals with the backdrop of a beautiful Celtic cross behind the altar. All the while they have hoped and prayed to be able to add the corpus of Jesus to the cross. During the […]
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Vatican astronomer saluted for his efforts by American Astronomical Society
July 18, 2014Here’s an update to story we ran in 2010. Catholic News Service reported earlier this week Jesuit Br. Guy Consolmagno, an astronomer at the Vatican Observatory, received the prestigious Carl Sagan Medal for “outstanding communication by an active planetary scientist.” The award is from the American Astronomical Society’s Division for Planetary Sciences. The whip-smart guy spoke […]