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Immigration Reform Debate Reviving Age-Old Biases
June 20, 2013The flight attendant was giving the usual safety instructions, the language as unchanging and familiar as if reading from a prayer card. She concluded with directions on using an oxygen mask for those traveling with small children. The attendant went off script and ended by saying “if you are traveling with more than one child, […]
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Caring For A Family Member Is A Blessing, Benefit
June 20, 2013Washington, D.C., where I live, is a government town, and reminders of this fact crop up in places you might not expect. Many cities run ads in their transit systems for consumer goods and services. The ones in the Washington Metro often focus instead on advocacy and policy. I noticed one this month decrying cuts […]
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Teen Talk: EC 2012
June 20, 2013“I’ve been here for the past seven years and I always love the music. Music is my life and I wish they would bring more hip-hop and dance crazes!” Stephen Mattia Savannah State University Christ Our Hope Church, Lithonia “I’m here with my church group to prepare for the sacrament of Confirmation. I love […]
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The Martyr Who Walked On His Hands
June 20, 2013It was a sizzling evening in Jacksonville about six years ago. My husband and I had just come out of a restaurant where we’d had supper with my nephew and his wife, plus their two sons and a daughter. Outside, we experienced a lovely moment of grace—and a reminder of God’s generosity—when we glimpsed a […]
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Seven Ordained As Priests For Atlanta Archdiocese
June 20, 2013ATLANTA—Standing in the ornate sanctuary of Holy Spirit Church, Father Tom Shuler prepared the altar and celebrated his first Mass. He was surrounded by priests who had prepared him for this ministry. Friends and family crowded the pews, much like they did after his wife died. “I said my Mass for her. We taught each […]
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At the ordination
June 10, 2013After the incense, after the prayers, after the blessing and the laying on of hands, comes the tradition where the new priests offer blessing to friends and family.It’s a happy occasion, giving the men the first time to be with loved ones after the ornate ceremony. Here reporter Andrew Nelson spoke to a friend of […]
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Traveling the diverse territory of the archdiocese
June 6, 2013I made my fourth pastoral visit to the Catholic community of St. Helena in Clayton this past Sunday to bless and dedicate their new pastoral center, which is truly beautiful! I used my GPS to chart my course from Atlanta to Clayton, and I now realize that I should have simply asked the folks who make […]
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Lo Que He Visto Y He Oido
June 6, 2013Este domingo pasado cuando visité por cuarta vez la comunidad católica de St. Helena en Clayton para dedicar y bendecir su nuevo centro pastoral, ¡el cual es verdaderamente hermoso!, decidí utilizar mi GPS para que me indicara el camino de Atlanta a Clayton. Ahora me doy cuenta de que en su lugar, simplemente, debería haber […]
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Atlanta Area Churches Host Mass For Religious Freedom
June 6, 2013ATLANTA—Masses for Religious Freedom will be celebrated across the archdiocese during 14 days of prayer and special events June 21-July 4 focusing on this essential freedom. The Fortnight for Freedom is a time when people of good will are invited to deepen their knowledge of issues surrounding freedom of religion and ways this freedom is […]
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The Man I Called Daddy
June 6, 2013OK, I’ll admit it. When people talk about God the Father’s love, which is limitless and unconditional, I have trouble getting it. My own father was somewhat distant, you see. He was someone who loved my mother, and he drove the big Oldsmobile, and if the kids spilled a glass of milk, he was likely […]