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Survey finds ongoing dissatisfaction with new Missal language
May 19, 2014WASHINGTON (CNS)—A survey of attitudes among priests and lay parish leaders about the revised Roman Missal found just under half dislike the changes to the Mass introduced in the U.S. in 2011, and 75 percent think the language is “awkward and distracting.” Priests, more strongly than laypeople, dislike the liturgical changes, the survey said, with […]
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Four key issues arise as dynamic pastoral planning process continues
May 16, 2014ATLANTA—Issues of faith—knowing it, living it, keeping and spreading it—form the basis of the key concerns, along with a focus on the evolution of parishes, that are emerging in the pastoral planning process. A survey offered in March as part of the ongoing pastoral planning process yielded these themes of concern about the church from […]
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Georgians support canonization cause of Father Augustus Tolton
May 16, 2014ATLANTA—Father Augustus Tolton, while not a household name for most Catholics, is being investigated for possible sainthood. Born to slave parents in Brush Creek, Mo., in 1854, Father Tolton was to become the first black diocesan priest in the nation. Cardinal Francis George, archbishop of Chicago, officially opened the cause for canonization of Father Tolton […]
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Anniversaries for the Marists
May 16, 2014Five Marist priests who serve in the Archdiocese of Atlanta are celebrating priesthood anniversaries between three and four decades this year. Father Ralph F. Olek, SM, superior of the Marist community at Marist School and English teacher, is celebrating the 40th anniversary of his ordination. He was ordained on June 15, 1974. The other four […]
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Knights hold breakfasts for vocations
May 16, 2014NEWNAN—Father Terry Crone and the Knights of Columbus Council at St. Mary Magdalene Church, Newnan, held the second biannual “Breakfast with the Sisters” on Feb. 15. Grand Knight Dino Cervone facilitated the vocations awareness event, held in the church’s fellowship hall. Sixteen girls, in grades eight through 12, from St. Mary Magdalene Church and sister […]
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St. Pius high school administration takes stand against cyberbullying
May 16, 2014ATLANTA—St. Pius X High School principal Steve Spellman reached out to parents via email May 5 and then again May 7 on 11 Alive to combat the app uMentioned. The smartphone app was being used by some students to gossip anonymously about classmates and teachers. “Some of it was vulgar and vile,” Spellman said. “I […]
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St. Vincent de Paul thrift stores in Georgia
May 16, 2014Buford, 1433 Buford Highway Chamblee, 5463 Peachtree Road Dallas, 651 West Memorial Drive Duluth, 2750 Buford Highway, Ste. 600 Hapeville, 685 North Central Ave. Kennesaw, 2722 Summers St. Lawrenceville, 255 Scenic Highway Lilburn, 4974 Lawrenceville Highway Marietta, 1171 Powder Springs Road Stone Mountain, 4871 Memorial Drive
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SVdP thrift store has volunteers who’ve seen all 20 years of its history
May 16, 2014KENNESAW—Twenty years is a long time to serve at any one job much less a volunteer position. Together, Norma Eggleston, Yvonne Chan and Sandra Bryant have more than 60 combined years of volunteer service at their neighborhood St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store in Kennesaw. Bryant, volunteer and now store manager, and Chan each have […]
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Religious leaders pledge to protect persecuted Middle East Christians
May 16, 2014WASHINGTON (CNS)—Close to 200 ordained and lay religious leaders have signed a pledge to commit themselves and the United States to protect Christians in Iraq, Syria and Egypt, who they say are being persecuted for their faith. Key points in the pledge, released at a May 7 news conference on Capitol Hill, are: – a […]
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Atlanta students raise funds for Syrian refugees
May 16, 2014ATLANTA—Attacks on minorities in Syria are continuing at a feverish pace as more people are forced to flee their homes and, in some cases, are being killed for their faith. Hundreds of thousands of Christians have been displaced since 2011, report Syrian church officials, when civil war broke out between Syrian rebels and President Bashar […]