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Video Game ‘Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney—Dual Destinies’
December 5, 2013NEW YORK (CNS)—“Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney—Dual Destinies” (Capcom), the latest title the long-running “Ace Attorney” franchise for the Nintendo 3DS, explores conflicting legal moralities in a way mature gamers are likely to appreciate. Unfortunately, adult content keeps this new iteration from being an age-appropriate experience for most youngsters. Within the animated world portrayed here, the […]
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‘Play of Herod’ bowing out after this season’s performances
December 5, 2013CONYERS—“The Play of Herod,” a 39-year tradition, is staging its grand finale performance at 7 p.m. on Dec. 14 at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers. The production, performed by Atlanta Camerata Theater, is among the earliest dramatic works in the Christian era. The manuscript for the play was compiled around 1200. The […]
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Holiday movie season features ‘cool’ new Disney film
December 5, 2013“Frozen” (Disney) NEW YORK (CNS)—Don’t let the title fool you—“Frozen” (Disney) is bursting with enough warmth and charm to defrost even the hardest Grinchy heart. Loosely based on the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale “The Snow Queen,” this 3-D animated musical is good-natured, overwhelmingly wholesome fare with something for everyone: Broadway-style show tunes, thrilling adventure, […]
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St. Mary’s School, Rome, participates in Duke talent program
December 5, 2013St. Mary’s School, Rome, is participating in the Duke University Talent Identification Program. The Duke TIP search identifies academically talented students based on standardized test scores. Candidates in seventh grade are given the opportunity to take the SAT or ACT beginning in December and may become eligible for further enrichment through online resources and the summer […]
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Chopping, slicing, dicing—and praying
December 5, 2013Prayer can be so mysterious. After reading Flannery O’Connor’s recently published prayer journal, I was mystified by the fact that she plaintively wrote, “Would someone please teach me how to pray?” Keep in mind she wrote dozens of letters to friends instructing them in the details of the Catholic faith, and did so eloquently. She […]
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Repentance and Advent
December 5, 2013The church sets aside two periods every year when we are called to reflect on the meaning of repentance and to act on it. Both periods, Advent and Lent, urge us to take stock of our lives, find out what is missing, and to go about finding it. And such is the way we prepare […]
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Archdiocesan Pastoral Council: A marvel to witness
December 5, 2013Our Archdiocesan Pastoral Council is an assembly of approximately 25 men and women who represent the wide diversity of this local Church. They come from large urban parishes and small rural parishes; they are racially and ethnically diverse; some are native-born Georgians and others have come from other parts of our country and other nations. […]
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Consejo Pastoral Arquidiocesano: Algo digno de presenciar
December 5, 2013Nuestro Consejo Pastoral Arquidiocesano es una asamblea de aproximadamente 25 hombres y mujeres que representan la gran diversidad de esta Iglesia local. Se compone de cleros, religiosos y laicos que vienen tanto de grandes parroquias urbanas como de pequeñas parroquias rurales, y que son racial y étnicamente diversos; algunos de ellos son nativos de Georgia […]
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Bishop Thompson dies at age 90; recalled as ‘good friend, holy priest’
December 5, 2013CHARLESTON, S.C. (CNS)—Retired David B. Thompson, who headed the Diocese of Charleston from 1990-1999, died Nov. 24. He was 90. His funeral Mass was celebrated at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Charleston Dec. 4, followed by the rite of committal. A memorial service was planned for Dec. 18 at 6:30 p.m. in […]
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Classic films that don’t stumble in dramatizing saints
December 5, 2013NEW YORK (CNS)—“Life holds only one tragedy, ultimately: not to have been a saint.” So wrote the French man of letters Charles Peguy (1873-1914). Yet, while its attainment may be every human being’s vocation, sanctity can be a difficult quality to capture in the dramatic arts. Thus the stage and screen alike have seen a […]