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Praying the consequences
September 26, 2013Consequences are the live ingredients that make up the news fodder every second of every day. A live news feed does exactly that. It lives off a ravenous appetite for the consequent nature of events, both good and bad. All actions are eternally consequential. An assassin’s bullets fired one hundred years ago into the bodies […]
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Husband-wife part of team fighting childhood cancers
September 26, 2013ATLANTA—Thomas and Ellen Olson for decades have sat beside the sickest youngsters as the husband and wife treat their childhood cancer and other illnesses relying on science. They draw strength and hope, relying on faith. The husband and wife are on the team at the Aflac Cancer Center of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, one of […]
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Reflections from those who have met the challenge of cancer
September 26, 2013ROSWELL—Five young men, all with lives touched by childhood cancer, all from the same school community in Roswell. Four are students at Roswell’s Blessed Trinity High School, and the youngest is from nearby Queen of Angels School. All have stories to share about what it means to have survived cancer. Will Hennessy, a junior, is […]
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Childhood Cancer: Son honored as Robb family serves
September 26, 2013ATLANTA—Sam Robb has attracted many fans over the years. They show up for events like golf and basketball tournaments and attend evenings of wine tasting. His biggest fans remain his immediate family, who serve meals to those hit by childhood cancer—the same disease that took Sam’s life at age 20 in 2007. When parents walk […]
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Kennesaw school earns Blue Ribbon
September 26, 2013KENNESAW—St. Catherine of Siena School in Kennesaw is the thirteenth school in the Archdiocese of Atlanta to earn the title of a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. Students and teachers learned the news Sept. 24 during an end-of-school day gathering in the school’s gymnasium. Dominican Sister Mary Patrick, principal, made the announcement. “St. Catherine […]
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Agencies stretching to meet needs of Syrians displaced by civil war
September 26, 2013WASHINGTON (CNS)—Governments and nongovernmental agencies are struggling to keep up with the needs and pressures created by the displacement of nearly a third of Syria’s population because of the country’s civil war. Assistance to the refugees and displaced people is coming from around the world, although resources are thinly stretched. Representatives of several Catholic agencies […]
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Aprendiendo del Buen Pastor
September 26, 2013La mayoría de los miembros del reino animal tienen un sentido del olfato mucho más desarrollado que el de los humanos. Este sentido es una de las maneras más importantes en las que pueden encontrar su alimento y por supuesto, evitar convertirse en presa de otros animales. Las personas han hecho uso efectivo de este […]
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A view of “The Godfather Trilogy” from a Catholic perspective
September 26, 2013In his brilliant book “Art and Scholasticism,” the great Catholic philosopher and theologian Jacques Maritain writes, “By Christian art, I do not mean Church art … I mean Christian art in the sense of art which bears within it the character of Christianity. … Everything belongs to it, the sacred as well as the profane. […]
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Pope tells new bishops to be simple, close to people
September 26, 2013VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Don’t be on the road all the time, aloof or deaf to people’s needs; be simple, loving and always close by, just like a spouse would be for his wife, Pope Francis told new bishops. Bishops are pastors, not princes, so always return people’s calls, listen to parishioners, recognize one’s limitations and sharpen […]
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Workshop will address preventing the exploitation of children
September 26, 2013ROSWELL—The Respect Life Ministry of the archdiocese and the Respect Life Ministry of St. Peter Chanel parish are working together to sponsor a workshop on preventing the sexual exploitation of children. The workshop will be held on Saturday, Oct. 19, at St. Peter Chanel Church, 11330 Woodstock Rd. in Roswell. Mass begins at 8:30 a.m., […]