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Atlantans become patrons in preserving Vatican art
December 11, 2014ATLANTA—The before-and-after photos of the sacred vessels depict stunning transformations—the restoration of two Baroque monstrances and a silver incense thurible damaged by time and use. In the labs of the Vatican Museums, makeovers of an artistic type take place. Restorers, with the help of patrons of the arts worldwide, handle the delicate work of restoring […]
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Paula Gwynn Grant named archdiocesan director of communications, advocacy
December 11, 2014ATLANTA—Decades ago, in a Catholic school outside Washington, D.C., Sister Joseph Clare recognized one student’s gift and talent for reading. When the teacher asked young Paula to read at Mass, little did she know she was fostering a lifelong love for communications and the Catholic faith. Now, years later, as the new director of communications […]
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Honoring Mary, patroness of the Americas
December 11, 2014MARIETTA—Parishes in the Archdiocese of Atlanta are preparing to celebrate, with prayer, dancing and sacred liturgy, the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patroness of Mexico, the United States and all of the Americas, as well as the protector of unborn children. In 1531, she appeared in a vision to the peasant Juan […]
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St. Pius X advances to Class AAAA state football championship
December 11, 2014ATLANTA—St. Pius X High School had to come from behind to defeat Woodward Academy 28-21 in the semifinal game of the state football playoffs Dec. 5. St. Pius scored 21 of its 28 points in the fourth quarter. Senior tailback Joey Connors led the team in rushing with eight carries for 110 yards and one […]
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GISA accolades for Monsignor Donovan football players, coach
December 11, 2014ATHENS—Monsignor Donovan Catholic High School had 10 football players selected to the Georgia Independent School Association 2014 All-Region 4-AA team. They are senior quarterback Lee Brackman, junior outside linebacker Alize Brown, senior center Larry Childs, senior wide receiver J.D. Daniels, senior lineman Dylan Dellinger, senior wide receiver Braxton Haley, junior running back Garrison Harris, senior […]
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In Turkey, pope struck themes of ecumenism, religious freedom
December 11, 2014VATICAN CITY (CNS)—It is the complete disregard for God, not his glorification, which leads to violence in this world, Pope Francis said. That is why people of faith, particularly Christians and Muslims, must work together for peace, and governments must guarantee full religious freedom for their citizens and religious communities, he said Dec. 3 at […]
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Final pastoral plan recommendations sent to Archbishop Gregory
December 11, 2014ATLANTA—The time is nigh for the pastoral plan for the Atlanta Archdiocese to be unveiled. After 10 months of input, with an opportunity for all to participate through surveys, discussions, recommendations from clergy and lay people, and voting, an array of over 100 possible priorities for the archdiocese has been whittled down to 12 to […]
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University of West Georgia students foster their faith at JFK Chapel
December 11, 2014CARROLLTON— College students, some carrying backpacks and others in shorts, left their dorm rooms on the University of West Georgia campus as the temperature hovered in the low 30s. They filed into the white frame chapel with an exposed beam ceiling and took up half of the wooden pews of the John F. Kennedy Chapel. […] Full Story
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An urgent call to ‘speak tenderly’
December 11, 2014“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her service is at an end, her guilt is expiated; indeed, she has received from the hand of the Lord double for all her sins.” We all listened to those words from the prophet Isaiah last Sunday, and their meaning must have been exceptionally poignant in […]
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Support Catholic religious in their mission, ministries, pope says
December 11, 2014VATICAN CITY (CNS)—During the Year of Consecrated Life, all Catholics are called to thank God for the gifts members of religious orders have given the church and the world, to join them in prayer and find practical ways to support them and their ministries, Pope Francis said. “Let them know the affection and the warmth […]