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Collegiate Sports On The Horizon For Seniors
May 9, 2013ATLANTA—A number of graduating high school seniors from the Archdiocese of Atlanta, who are listed below, will be playing sports at various colleges and universities locally and around the country. This list excludes the Catholic athletes announced in the Feb. 14 issue of The Georgia Bulletin, which included those who committed on or prior to […]
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Pope Francis Welcomes Retired Pope Back To Vatican
May 9, 2013VATICAN CITY (CNS)—For the first time in history, the Vatican is home to a pope and a retired pope. Pope Francis welcomed his predecessor, retired Pope Benedict XVI, to the Vatican May 2 outside the convent remodeled for the 86-year-old retired pontiff and five aides. Pope Francis and Pope Benedict entered the convent’s chapel together […]
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Non-Metro Parishes Talk Through Unique Challenges
May 9, 2013ATLANTA—Rural Catholic communities make up one in three parishes in the Atlanta Archdiocese, giving the believers unique challenges, from few resources to long distances to travel for parish celebrations. Leaders from 23 parishes shared ideas at a daylong conference on Thursday, April 25, in Atlanta designed to help church workers in rural communities to brainstorm, […]
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St. Pius X High School recognizes excellence in the archdiocese
May 9, 2013The Chi-Rho Award from St. Pius X High School is presented to eighth-graders who, in the judgment of the faculty, possess qualities of faith, determination, caring and integrity. The 2013 Chi-Rho Award winners are: Andrea Werner, St. John Neumann Regional School, Lilburn; John Brown, St. Peter Claver Regional School, Decatur; Sarah Schantz, Holy Redeemer School, Johns Creek; […]
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New students join St. Mary School Junior Beta Club
May 9, 2013St. Mary School Junior Beta Club recently accepted 25 fifth-graders and two sixth-graders. The National Beta Club, open to students from 5th to 12th grades, promotes academic achievement, character, leadership and service. Its motto is “Let Us Lead by Serving Others.” The newest members are: Audrey McFall, Alex Kirby, Walter Echanique, Logan Sheets, Lucas Hua, Sarah […]
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Celebration at the cathedral for Msgr. McNamee
May 9, 2013On Wednesday, April 17, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory celebrated a Mass of thanksgiving and investiture for Msgr. Frank McNamee, rector of the Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta, who was elevated to the rank of monsignor this spring. Several hundred people attended the event, including members of the Knights of Columbus, fellow priests and deacons, […]
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MAP Brings Medical Aid To Missionaries, Clinics
May 9, 2013ATLANTA—Scott Walters doesn’t mind holding out a tin cup. In fact, he loves it. “I tell people I have the world’s best job. I have the privilege of begging for the poor,” said Walters, the chief development officer for MAP International. “It’s truly humbling and a joyful, joyful experience,” he said. A member of St. […]
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‘Pacem In Terris’ Guides 21st-Century Peace Efforts
May 9, 2013WASHINGTON (CNS)—Recognizing the inherent dignity of each person is the greatest weapon anyone has against war and violence, Cardinal Peter Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, told a conference marking the 50th anniversary of Blessed John XXIII’s encyclical “Pacem in Terris” (“Peace on Earth”). Peace is intimately connected to working for […]
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Looking Back… April-May 1963
May 9, 2013Issues of The Georgia Bulletin in April and May 1963 are dominated by the publication of “Pacem in Terris,” the encyclical on peace of Pope John XXIII. The 11,000-word papal letter was issued on April 10, 1963, and the full text in English was published as a special supplement to The Georgia Bulletin of April […]
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Pilgrims To Fatima Include Many Devoted Popes
May 9, 2013ATLANTA—Pope Francis, in asking that his papacy be consecrated to Our Lady of Fatima, continues the close interrelationship between popes and this 20th-century apparition of Mary. On May 13, 2013, the bishops of Portugal are expected to pray on Pope Francis’ behalf this prayer of consecration, as he has asked them to do. Fatima, located […]