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Stories of jubilee priests rich with God’s surprises
April 16, 2014ATLANTA—One priest marched for civil rights. Another served in violent Atlanta public housing projects. And one left his native Pennsylvania to minister to the small Catholic community in north Georgia. All of these three priests mark milestones this year, commemorating 25 and 50 years since their ordinations. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and their brother priests […]
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A tradition of ‘living’ the Stations
April 16, 2014MARIETTA—For the 17th time, St. Ann Players presented their annual Living Stations for the parish of St. Ann’s Church on April 11. The performance was carried out with a cast of 67 thespians and a supporting technical crew of 15 people. The St. Ann Players are under the direction of Christine Holt, who has over […]
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Holy Week’s Reflection
April 16, 2014Something that always caught my attention on Holy Thursdays during my time as a pastor was the difficulty in getting volunteers for the washing of the feet. Sometimes even a few minutes prior, I was still pleading for volunteers to complete my group of 12. I haven’t been able to understand the reason behind it, […]
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Renewing my ‘yes’ to God
April 16, 2014At some point on the Fifth Sunday of Lent I noticed that the statues were veiled. This customary detail, which points to the hiddenness of the divinity of Christ especially in the cruelty and brutality of his Passion, signals to the faithful the transition to Passiontide, the final two weeks of Lent. The Preface changes […]
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The living body of Jesus
April 16, 2014The phrase “entering the body of the church” is common enough that it needs no explanation. Yet it is odd that the word “body” is not used when referring to other places. You do not hear people saying that they are entering the body of the supermarket, or the body of a restaurant or the […]
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Catholic artists and their ‘deathbed conversions’
April 16, 2014According to the Scripture translation you read, they were robbers or thieves, criminals or revolutionaries. They hung on crosses at Calvary, crucified like Jesus, on either side of Him. St. Luke’s Gospel, in particular, provides what is for me one of the most poignant and dramatic moments in the Passion: “And one of those robbers […]
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Good Friday in Atlanta
April 10, 2014I recently wrote about the variety of ways the Atlanta Catholic community observes Good Friday. While many parishes mark the day with the traditional Stations of the Cross, others have embraced events with actors, pageantry and an immersive experience recreating Jesus’ last hours. Another option is the 34th Good Friday pilgrimage in downtown Atlanta. I’ve […]
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Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory will sell residence
April 5, 2014ATLANTA—Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory announced Saturday, April 5, that he will vacate the archbishop’s residence in early May and move into another available archdiocesan property. He said that he has decided to sell the Habersham Road property and “invest the proceeds from that sale into the needs of the Catholic community.” He had convened a Saturday […]
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Pope, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth have informal meeting at Vatican
April 4, 2014VATICAN CITY (CNS)—In their first overseas trip in three years, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, met April 3 with Pope Francis at the Vatican. The 30-minute visit of the 87-year-old queen and her 92-year-old husband demonstrates “the importance that she places on this relationship with the Holy […]
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Retired Bishop Andrew J. McDonald, a priest of the Savannah Diocese, dies at age 90
April 4, 2014LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (CNS)—Retired Bishop Andrew J. McDonald, known throughout Arkansas as the bishop of the Diocese of Little Rock for 28 years, died April 1 at St. Joseph Home for the Elderly in Palatine, Ill. He was 90. Before the transfer of the bishop’s body to Little Rock, a special visitation, rosary and funeral […]