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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 […]
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Athens students pen winning essays about religious freedom
July 10, 2014Knights of Columbus Council 6514 from St. Joseph Church, Athens, sponsored essay contests for eighth-graders at St. Joseph School and students at Monsignor Donovan High School. The theme of the contest was “The Importance of Religious Freedom.” Cash awards and certificates were given to first, second and third place winners in each grade category. And […]
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Korean War vets honored at dinner
July 10, 2014Korean War veterans were honored guests at a dinner at All Saints Church, Dunwoody, hosted by the Knights of Columbus, including a representative from the government of South Korea. On May 31, the Father Charles J. Watters Assembly 2688 and the Father Joseph T. O’Callahan Assembly 3441 together celebrated the living Korean War vets. Some […]
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Deacon serving on Georgia council to help prison inmates
July 10, 2014Deacon Richard Tolcher was recently tapped to serve on the Georgia Interfaith Council, a group of religious leaders who will advise Gov. Nathan Deal on criminal justice reform. Some 14 men and women, all religious leaders, represent different houses of worship on the council, which was established in April. The council’s charge is to identify […]
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Sister of Mercy honored for service at Emory St. Joseph Hospital
July 10, 2014Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital patient educator Sister of Mercy Peggy Fannon has been named a Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) G.R.E.A.T. Ambassador. The program, which stands for Giving Recognition for Excellence, Advocacy, and Teamwork, celebrates the commitment hospital employees bring to their job, community and to the Georgia health care industry. Sister Fannon was selected for […]
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Students win awards for penmanship
July 10, 2014Zaner-Bloser, the language arts and reading company, named Immaculate Heart of Mary School student Zachary Sutter the second-grade Georgia Handwriting Champion as well as the second-grade Grand National Handwriting Champion. This title means Zachary’s handwriting is the best in the nation among second-grade students. Zachary is one of nine students to hold the Grand National […]
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‘I’m glad you were born’
June 30, 2014My mother-in-law taught children with behavioral disorders for many years. One day she confided that some of her students had never had a birthday party in their entire life. I was utterly stunned because I always took these celebrations for granted when I was a child. She decided to turn things around by hosting a […]
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Supreme Court, 5-4, protects Hobby Lobby, Conestoga Woods from contraceptive mandate
June 30, 2014WASHINGTON (CNS)—In a narrowly tailored 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court June 30 said closely held companies may be exempted from a government requirement to include contraceptives in employee health insurance coverage under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The court said that Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Woods, the two family-run companies that objected to the government […]