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Parishes Host Masses, Events For Religious Freedom
June 20, 2013ATLANTA—Masses for Religious Freedom will be celebrated across the archdiocese during the Fortnight for Freedom, 14 days of prayer and special events held June 21-July 4 to focus on this essential freedom. The U.S. Catholic bishops have called for the Fortnight for Freedom to address many current challenges to religious liberty, including the Aug. 1, […]
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Catholic Schools, Athletes Soar At State
June 20, 2013ATLANTA—Catholic high schools in the Atlanta Archdiocese, both archdiocesan and independent schools, captured 12 team state championships this spring in golf, soccer, tennis, and track and field. Here is a school-by-school breakdown: State Champions Our Lady of Mercy High School, Fayetteville The girls track and field team captured first place with 68.50 points in the […]
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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Identity ‘Shaped’ By Catholicism
June 20, 2013They appear each summer about this time, just as students are settling in to the relaxed routines of summer vacation. They are in the giant chain stores, the independent bookshops, the public libraries. To students, they probably seem mocking and cruel. Spread out on table upon table, they suggest that this year, there will be […]
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Mary: Woman Of Listening, Decision, Action
June 20, 2013This evening we have prayed together with the Holy Rosary; we have retraced several events of Jesus’ journey, of our salvation, and we have done so with the One who is our Mother, Mary, the One who guides us with a sure hand to her Son Jesus. Mary always guides us to Jesus. Today we […]
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Six Receive Degrees In Holy Spirit College’s 2013 Class
June 20, 2013ATLANTA—The feast of St. Matthias, May 14, was the graduation date for Holy Spirit College’s class of 2013. This second graduation class for the school included six, who received one undergraduate and five graduate degrees. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory celebrated the baccalaureate Mass at St. Mary’s Chapel on the Holy Spirit College campus. The Mass […]
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What The Pope’s Leaked Comments Really Tell Us
June 20, 2013VATICAN CITY (CNS)—A report that Pope Francis privately acknowledged the existence of a “gay lobby” inside the Vatican offers a sensational example of his unvarnished speaking style and a reminder of the challenge that style poses for the papacy in the age of digital communications and vanishing privacy. On the other hand, an acknowledgment that […]
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Administration Drops Fight To Limit Plan B
June 20, 2013WASHINGTON (CNS)—U.S. Catholic officials expressed disappointment with the June 10 announcement that the federal government will comply with a judge’s ruling to allow girls of any age to buy the morning-after pill without a prescription. The decision reversed recent course of action by the federal government. On May 1, the Justice Department announced that it […]
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Looking Back… June 1963
June 20, 2013The June 13, 1963 edition of The Georgia Bulletin carried a front-page question and answer interview with Cardinal Augustine Bea, head of the Vatican Secretariat for Christian Unity. The cardinal had visited the United States in April 1963 and had a fresh look at the ecumenical movement in the U.S. The interview was copyrighted because […]
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Newspaper’s New Design … Unveiled In The Next Issue
June 20, 2013After many months—maybe even years—it’s almost time. We are eager and ready to move from planning to action. With the first issue in July—the next one—The Georgia Bulletin’s look and organization, both print and online, will be fresh and different. The staff is focused on that deadline, even as we continue to do the work […]
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Bishop Given Athens Parish Tour
June 20, 2013Father David McGuinness, pastor of St. Joseph Parish, Athens, gave Bishop Luis R. Zarama a bird’s-eye view of the parish’s 46 acres on Epps Bridge Parkway in Athens. St. Joseph’s, which is celebrating its 140th anniversary this year, relocated its Pre-K through eighth school from the parish’s downtown campus in September. The parish center, which […]