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Top honors for Emory Saint Joseph’s physician
July 17, 2014Dr. Thomas P. McGahan, an Emory Saint Joseph’s physician with Metro Atlanta Gastroenterology, was awarded the hospital’s E. Napier “Buck” Burson Physician Award of Distinction. He was honored recently at the 24th annual dinner and ceremony. The award is Emory Saint Joseph’s highest honor for physician service and is named for Burson, a respected internist, […]
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Perfect score on SAT and ACT by Holy Spirit Prep student
July 17, 2014Meredith Jones, a rising senior at Holy Spirit Prep School in Atlanta, earned the highest possible scores on both the SAT and ACT exams, the standardized tests used by colleges in their admissions process. Meredith scored a 2400 on the SAT and a 36 on the ACT, each in one sitting, taking the two exams […]
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Locals aid Catholic World Mission with help to the Balkans
July 17, 2014The local Bosnian community, Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Department and Catholic World Mission teamed up in June to collect and ship relief supplies to aid displaced residents stuck in the aftermath of massive flooding and mudslides in the Balkans. Catholic World Mission, a nonprofit based in New York, and members of the Bosnian Community Center in […]
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Parishes can act to help children at border, says ministry head
July 17, 2014ATLANTA—Parishes in the Archdiocese of Atlanta are being encouraged to tap the expertise of their members and identify resources to help the wave of children crossing the United States’ borders. Officials from the archdiocese and Catholic Charities Atlanta attended a weeklong immigration conference in Washington, D.C., with a focus on the crisis of tens of […]
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Meet the 6 new priests of the Atlanta Archdiocese
July 10, 2014Father Luis Alvarez Age: 31 Birthdate: May 26, 1983 Birthplace: Puerto Rico Parents: Luis Alnedo Alvarez Rodriguez and Carmen Maria Velazquez Melendez. Family: Father Alvarez has a younger brother, Jonathan Luis, and two half-siblings, Alexander and Emily. Education: Attended Georgia Tech for undergraduate studies and participated in Navy ROTC while there. Seminary: St. Vincent Seminary, […]
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Six new priests bring hope, promise, archbishop says
July 10, 2014ATLANTA—Before ordaining six new priests, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory told them that their youthful vitality was a great encouragement to the priests and people of the Atlanta Archdiocese. At the rite of ordination on June 28, Archbishop Gregory spoke directly to the candidates, saying they brought great joy to their older brothers in the priesthood, […]
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For 75 years, the Sisters have given Atlanta a living explanation of ‘our Catholic faith’
July 10, 2014ATLANTA—In 1939, Savannah was the only diocese in Georgia, and its bishop, Gerald P. O’Hara, welcomed two Hawthorne Dominican Sisters, Mother Mary Rose and Sister Mary Angela, to open a home for the terminally ill in Atlanta. Seventy-five years after the sisters’ nighttime train trip from New York down South, their successors continue to provide […]
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Pope phones rabbi, expresses sorrow over Israeli teens’ murder
July 10, 2014VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope Francis telephoned Rome’s chief rabbi to personally express his sadness over the murder of three kidnapped Israeli teens whose bodies were found June 30 in Hebron, West Bank. Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni said the pope phoned him at home late in the afternoon July 1 and said: “Good evening. This is Pope […]
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Every stone a prayer as mason builds a parish grotto
July 10, 2014DAWSONVILLE—This place of serenity was built with prayer, sweat, and some 200 tons of stones. “Every stone was essentially a prayer for me. It was a pleasure. I miss so much being there,” said longtime stonemason Allen Cerinetti. The grotto is at Christ the Redeemer Church, some 56 miles north of Atlanta. It’s dedicated to […]
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Retiring St. Jude pastor, Msgr. Fennessy, given fond sendoff, with thanks
July 10, 2014ATLANTA—Msgr. James Fennessy’s booming Irish brogue and boisterous laugh are familiar sounds in the archdiocese. But those who know him best also know he has a softer, more prayerful side. It’s that pastoral quality that many parishioners credit with carrying them through some of the most difficult times in their lives. Msgr. Fennessy celebrated his […]