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Two Georgia women profess vows as Sisters of St. Joseph
June 12, 2014CONCORDIA, Kan.—Crystal Payment and Dian Hall had to travel 1,000 miles to discover they live roughly 35 miles apart. The spiritual journey for the two Georgia women has been even longer. Yet Saturday, June 7, they were together in Concordia in one ceremony, where they both professed their vows to enter religious life—Sister Dian as […]
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The little girl on the plane
June 12, 2014A little girl and her parents sat behind me on a flight from New Orleans to Atlanta. She looked to be about three years old. Her mom was sleeping. I was engrossed in a book, but not that engrossed that I could not hear the conversation between the little girl and her dad. She had […]
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Grateful for fuzzy blessings
June 12, 2014When I’m having breakfast at the little table near our front porch, I sometimes have the feeling that someone is staring at me. Invariably I look outside to see what’s going on, and discover I am exactly right. There on the porch with his paws clasped—as if in prayer—sits a very familiar-looking squirrel. He looks […]
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The Holy Spirit gives courage to those who believe
June 12, 2014Strange things quite often happen to people who are fearful. They might hear unfamiliar sounds that frighten them or see imaginary things that scare them. We generally learn to overcome our fears as we grow older, but some of these fears do manage to follow us into adulthood. The Solemnity of Pentecost is the commemoration […]
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Prayers from Prison
June 2, 2014Within moments of clearing security at the prison gate, I felt the apprehension about my first ever jail visit disappear. On the evening of May 6, Georgia Bulletin photographer Michael Alexander and I received permission to accompany a group of prison ministry volunteers to witness confirmations and baptisms of several inmates at Lee Arrendale State […]
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At River Jordan, pope meets suffering, speaks against arms trade
May 29, 2014AMMAN, Jordan (CNS)—Jordan’s powerful and marginalized joined together at the banks of the River Jordan to welcome Pope Francis at the site believed to be where Jesus was baptized. Jordan’s King Abdullah II, his wife, Queen Rania, and Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad bin Talal, the monarch’s personal representative and special adviser on religious matters, welcomed […]
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In Holy Land, pope reaches out to Muslims, Jews
May 29, 2014JERUSALEM (CNS)—Pope Francis spent the last morning of his three-day pilgrimage to the Holy Land meeting with Muslims and Jews and calling for closer relations among the three major monotheistic religions as the basis for peace in the region. At his first appearance May 26, Pope Francis toured the Dome of the Rock on the […]
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Striving to heal the fractures between communities
May 29, 2014For almost five years now, Greek Orthodox and Catholic faithful in the Atlanta community have been gathering every six months to pray together for a healing of the historical breaches of charity and ecclesial unity that continue to hold our two communities hostages to our past. My beloved brother Metropolitan Alexios and I have been […]
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‘Father Pat’ closes 25-year chapter at Transfiguration, which formed him as pastor, priest
May 29, 2014MARIETTA—There were gifts. Standing ovations. Musical tributes and heartfelt words of thanks. But in the end, the celebration was about one priest and one congregation who showered each other with the genuine mutual love and affection that can only come from a relationship that’s lasted a quarter of a century. The signs outside Transfiguration Church […]
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Atlanta prelates recall historic Catholic-Orthodox meeting
May 29, 2014ATLANTA—Some 200 people joined the spiritual leaders of the Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches gathered in prayer. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and Metropolitan Alexios, both carrying pastoral staffs, walked side by side as they entered the church as chants and the sweet smell of incense filled the gothic Cathedral of Christ the King on Tuesday, […]