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On Labor Day, considering the fruits of our labor
August 30, 2013Earlier in the week I roused myself from my desk and went for a walk. Going down to the rear of the retreat house, I followed the path down the hill to the heavy equipment garage. I had my camera with me and took pictures of the tractors, trucks, large mowers and other pieces of […]
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Looking Back: Aug. 29, 1963
August 30, 2013The March on Washington was the lead story on the front page of the Georgia Bulletin of Aug. 29, 1963, and the editor, Gerard E. Sherry, went to Washington and wrote the news story, which highlighted Catholic aspects more than the historic words of the “I Have a Dream” speech. “Atlanta was represented by several […]
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Faith-Based Owners, Bookshops Defy Online Trend
August 30, 2013Laura Genone walked into Two Hearts Gifts & Books to buy a gift for friends leaving on a long airplane trip. She didn’t know what she was looking for but thought there might be something in this Woodstock Road bookstore where Gregorian chant fills the air. Thanks to insights shared by store staff, she left […]
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Lo Que He Visto Y He Oido
August 30, 2013Published: August 30, 2012 “¿El hacerse un tatuaje es considerado un pecado?” Esa fue una de las preguntas que tuve que responder el martes pasado en la tarde, en Milledgeville, cuando hice mi visita anual al ministerio católico de Georgia College. Puedo asegurarles que el joven que se hizo un tatuaje, no ha cometido ningún […]
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Dinner, Retreat Help With Discerning God’s Call
August 30, 2013Late night noise isn’t unusual when several dozen teens get together. But how about solving the problem? Praying the rosary together is unusual. That’s one way that Joseph Ndoum, 15, who attends St. Francis of Assisi Church, Cartersville, knew a weekend retreat hosted by the Atlanta Archdiocese’s Vocations Office was a unique experience. “It may […]
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Artist Georges Rouault’s Celebration Of Life
August 30, 2013It has been a long, hot summer, a summer marked by extremes in both the environment and human nature, and as a new academic year begins, many of us will look again to the solace of the arts. For most of my life, I have turned to art in times of trouble, and though much […]
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Our Lady Of Charity To Be Honored Sept. 8
August 30, 2013The 400th anniversary of the feast of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre, Cuba (Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobreis) will be celebrated on Saturday, Sept. 8, at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta. The procession for the celebration is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m., and Mass begins at 7 p.m. […]
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OLA Offers Monthly Masses For Addiction
August 30, 2013Our Lady of the Assumption Church is beginning a new ministry for anyone who is impacted by any kind of addiction. On the second Saturday of each month, a Mass will be celebrated for those struggling with alcoholism, other drug addictions, eating disorders, nicotine addiction, gambling addiction, prescription addiction, sexual addiction or any other difficulty […]
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Nigerian Priest Is New Pastor Of Christ Our Hope
August 30, 2013Father John Paul Ezeonyido has answered Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory’s call in June to serve as pastor of Christ Our Hope Church, a position to which he is still adjusting. “I have always understood being a pastor as being a shepherd, helping to bring people closer to Christ,” said Father Ezeonyido. “And I understand that […]
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Gambian community connects through Sang Marie
August 30, 2013ATLANTA—Hundreds of Gambian believers crowded into the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Saturday, Aug. 17, to celebrate “Sang Marie.” Led by the 30-member choir, the immigrants sang and prayed in their native language as Bishop Robert P. Ellison, of the Diocese of Banjul in Gambia, was the homilist at the Mass, which gathered the local faith community of […]