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Exceptional religious educator, Joyce Guris, to receive NCEA award
April 16, 2014MARIETTA—A longtime leader of religious education in the Archdiocese of Atlanta earned a national award for her “unique approaches to fostering lifelong faith formation.” Joyce Guris is being recognized as the 2014 recipient of the Religious Educational Excellence Award. She is to receive the award from the National Catholic Educational Association at its gathering in […]
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Holy Spirit Preparatory appoints new Lower School principal
April 16, 2014ATLANTA—Holy Spirit Preparatory School has announced the appointment of Peter Schultz to the position of Lower School principal. He will begin July 1. For the last 15 years, Schultz has served as principal in both private and public schools, most recently as principal of Sts. John and Paul School, a K-8 Catholic school in Larchmont, […]
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Finding renewal during Holy Week in a youthful faith
April 16, 2014Holy Week once again begins with our youngsters! Pope John Paul II formally established the tradition of notably highlighting the youth of the Church on Palm Sunday, and that tradition has endured and indeed has strengthened. Yet even the ancient readings and the very popular songs that introduce this week had long ago also placed […]
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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 […]