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On the road to Emmaus
May 15, 2014Buddhist monks practice a tradition that is called sand art, or sand mandelas. They will spend weeks making exquisitely beautiful designs from colored sand. When finished, they deconstruct the design. This is done out of an awareness of the impermanence of life. The sand is then blessed. Some of the sand is swept up and […]
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Observing the hands of Christ at work
May 15, 2014My husband has been the photographer at The Georgia Bulletin for many years. I rarely have the opportunity to witness him at work, so when he mentioned that he had a photo assignment at Oasis Católico Santa Rafaela in Athens, I suggested that I accompany him. I said, “Maybe I can carry your camera bag?” […]
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Dashing down a path in heaven
May 15, 2014“Run, Maddy, run!” reads the caption in my mother’s handwriting on the old black-and-white photo. Madeline, my mom’s best friend, is shown sprinting barefooted across the lawn wearing a skirted bathing suit. She looks to be in her 30s and is laughing mischievously at the camera. She was 10 years older than my mom and […]
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‘Boxers & Saints’: Faith and rebellion in China
May 15, 2014NEW YORK (CNS)—“Boxers & Saints” (First Second Books), a two-volume graphic novel written and drawn by Gene Luen Yang, is an example of comic art at its best. Author Yang is a practicing Catholic who teaches computer science at Bishop O’Dowd High School in Oakland, California. But “Boxers & Saints” is more than simple cartoon […]
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Spiritual delights await at the Spring Hill College Summer Institute
May 15, 2014Imagine that it might be possible to have a weekend, or two, within a stretch of 13 days where you could pray, attend Mass, have delicious meals and take, or listen in on, classes which would be a stimulant to your life as a Catholic? Imagine you could do all this as an auditor of […]
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UPDATE: How is Pope Francis reforming the Catholic Church?
May 13, 2014UPDATED: New video Pope Francis is a media superstar. Take a look at these photos? Since Pope Francis was named leader of the Catholic Church in the spring of 2014, there has been speculation about reforming the church. Some reports on the church have talked about how Pope Francis hasn’t reformed the catechism and doctrine […]
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Life’s contradictions
May 2, 2014We offered a retreat here on the themes of Holy Week. It was given the week before Easter and there were about 20 people who signed up for it. I gave two talks, and it was not long before I got into the first talk that disagreements arose among members of the group. The same […]
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Archbishop ‘will officially restrict’ presence of weapons in Catholic institutions
May 1, 2014ATLANTA—A state bill loosening gun restrictions, and opposed by the Georgia Catholic Conference, was signed into law by Gov. Nathan Deal and will take effect July 1. In his column in the May 1 edition of The Georgia Bulletin, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory said that he regrets the enactment of the new gun law “more […]
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Founder would like a home for adults with special needs near every parish
May 1, 2014TUCKER—Joshua Newhard joins the threesome around the round table preparing dinner, where one tears apart lettuce, and another slices green and red peppers for a salad. In the kitchen, Lisa Malak turns the canned tomato sauce into marinara for spaghetti, the night’s entrée. “I used to do this when I worked in the back. Now, […] Full Story
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From Georgia to Rome, local Catholics celebrate new saints
May 1, 2014ATLANTA—Hundreds of believers filled the sanctuary of St. Marguerite d’Youville Church, Lawrenceville, celebrating as Pope Francis proclaimed Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII to be saints. The ministry of the Polish Catholic community in the Atlanta Archdiocese drew the faithful to this Mass on Divine Mercy Sunday where prayers were recited in Polish […]