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Embrace Ministry to become model for other dioceses
April 22, 2014Embrace Ministry, which was started in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, has reached a milestone, as it becomes an independent nonprofit organization. This move will allow the ministry to expand to other dioceses around the country interested in following the model created here, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory announced. It’ll stand on its own this summer. The […]
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Marietta Knights sponsor emergency response training
April 22, 2014Members of the Knights of Columbus recently attended a Community Emergency Response Team second responders class, hosted by Council 4599 at Marietta’s St. Joseph Church. The training teaches attendees how to prepare for and respond to disasters and how to assist first responders. The class was taught by Bernard King, from Cobb County’s Emergency Management […]
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Marist School artist earns national award
April 22, 2014Sarah Dockter, a senior at Marist School in Atlanta, earned a silver medal in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards national competition for her mixed media pencil drawing, “Extended Flower.” This award places her in the top 1 percent of more than 250,000 submissions to the competition. She will receive her award at Carnegie Hall […]
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Focus on discipleship drives 2014 Eucharistic Congress
April 22, 2014COLLEGE PARK—The theme of this year’s Eucharistic Congress comes from the Gospel of Matthew: “Go and make disciples,” a theme that echoes the recent Year of Faith and resounds throughout the Catholic Church today under the guidance of Pope Francis. Sponsored by the Archdiocese of Atlanta and hosted by Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and Auxiliary […]
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Mother Mary’s tears
April 17, 2014One of my favorite lines in the Gospels comes from Mother Mary when she has been searching for three days to find her boy. When she and Joseph find Jesus, she utters words any mother in the world would understand, “We have been searching for you in great anxiety.” Too often Mary seems to share […]
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Archbishop reflects on deeper unity between clergy, ‘priestly people’
April 16, 2014ATLANTA—While singing “Lift High the Cross,” the priests of the Archdiocese of Atlanta processed into the Cathedral of Christ the King for the Chrism Mass celebrated April 15. During the Mass, traditionally held here on the Tuesday of Holy Week, the archbishop blesses the oils used for the celebration of the sacraments in every church […]
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Notre Dame Academy to launch high school in 2015
April 16, 2014DULUTH—Notre Dame Academy (NDA) in Duluth has announced plans to expand its current campus to include grades 9-12 and launch a high school with the inaugural freshman class starting in the fall of 2015. The school has purchased 21 acres of land adjacent to the existing elementary and middle school campus on River Green Parkway […]
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Border Mass celebrated by bishops brings attention to migrants’ plight
April 16, 2014ATLANTA—Bishop Luis R. Zarama, auxiliary bishop of Atlanta, joined seven other U.S. bishops and Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley in Nogales, Ariz., April 1 to celebrate a border Mass for those who have died attempting to enter the United States. Bishop Zarama, a member of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Migration, other committee […]
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The Atlanta Boy Choir to sing in Poland, honor Blessed John Paul II
April 16, 2014ATLANTA—The 65 men and boys of The Atlanta Boy Choir will travel to Poland this June, where they have been invited to perform in honor of the canonization of Pope John Paul II. A longtime favorite of Pope John Paul II, the choir sang many times at St. Peter’s in Rome with the Holy Father […]
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Author’s story of faith depicted in ‘Heaven is for Real’
April 16, 2014ATLANTA—In an especially emotional scene in the new film, “Heaven is for Real,” Pastor Todd Burpo, played by Greg Kinnear, says to another character, “You never have to apologize to me for being a broken person.” It’s Burpo’s favorite line in the movie, based on the book he wrote by the same name. “Heaven is […]