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Death penalty conference to focus on reconciliation
July 10, 2014SMYRNA—Georgia Catholics Against the Death Penalty will have an informative gathering, “Restoration, Reconciliation and Forgiveness: A Catholic Perspective on the Death Penalty” on Saturday, Aug. 2, at the archdiocesan Chancery offices, 2401 Lake Park Drive in Smyrna. The program runs from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The program’s nationally acclaimed speakers will take an in-depth […]
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Father Michael Silloway will speak at Magnificat meal in August
July 10, 2014ATLANTA—Father Michael Silloway, whose call to the priesthood unfolded while he was growing up in metro Atlanta and attending the University of Georgia, will speak about his faith journey as the guest speaker at the Magnificat ministry breakfast in August. The Magnificat breakfast will be held on Saturday morning, Aug. 16, at Holy Cross Church […]
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After the hustle of downtown Atlanta, Father Stephen Lyness serves rural parishes
July 10, 2014THOMSON—Father Stephen Lyness has changed his ministry from the hustle and energy at Atlanta’s Georgia State University to the unhurried pace of small town Georgia. After nearly a decade working on the downtown campus with its 25,000 undergraduates, Father Lyness has taken up his new position as pastor of St. Joseph Church, Washington, and Our […]
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Administrator named for new Acworth mission
July 10, 2014ACWORTH—Father Mark Starr will be able to draw on his former career as a professional engineer in his assignment as administrator of a new mission, to be established in Acworth. Father Starr, who was ordained a priest just two years ago, celebrated his final Mass as a parochial vicar of St. Joseph Church in Marietta […]
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Journeying to the Promised Land
July 10, 2014It was an old broken-down gas station, but the only one in striking distance, and Annabelle was nearly empty, so we stopped. Annabelle was my father’s shiny black Chrysler, a car that became our vessel of liberation from New York each summer. I can’t recall at what point my parents decided Miami was the Promised […]
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U.S. bishops laud court’s Hobby Lobby ruling, but say fight continues
July 10, 2014WASHINGTON (CNS)—The Supreme Court’s June 30 ruling that certain businesses, based on their religious objections, can be exempted from a government requirement to include contraceptives in their employee health insurance coverage means “justice has prevailed,” said two U.S. archbishops. “We welcome the Supreme Court’s decision to recognize that Americans can continue to follow their faith […]
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Pope meets sex abuse victims, says clergy actions cloaked in complicity
July 10, 2014VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Asking for forgiveness, Pope Francis told abuse survivors that “despicable actions” caused by clergy have been hidden for too long and had been “camouflaged with a complicity that cannot be explained.” “There is no place in the church’s ministry for those who commit these abuses, and I commit myself not to tolerate harm […]
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A lost and found heart
July 10, 2014Not long after I came here I was walking past what was to be the pottery barn. A shiny object caught my eye. It was lying in the grass just off the road. I walked over and picked it up. It was a silver heart that just fit in the palm of my hand. I […]
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St. Mary’s Health Care System salutes its top employees
July 10, 2014Jeanine Mullins, financial systems analyst with St. Mary’s Health Care System’s patient financial services, received the Athens hospital’s highest honor at an annual event to recognize employees on June 5 at the Classic Center. Mullins received the 10th annual Catherine McAuley Award, named in honor of the foundress of the Sisters of Mercy, the religious […]
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Hunger doesn’t take a summer break
July 10, 2014Parishioners at Atlanta’s Cathedral of Christ the King are participating again in MUST Ministries’ summer lunch program. MUST provides summer lunches to more than 250,000 children in the metro area. This is the fourth summer that CTK parishioners have joined the community effort. Pastor Msgr. Frank McNamee challenged the parish community to provide 1,000 lunches […]