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Sophia Academy Students Reenact Christ’s Passion
March 28, 2013In preparation for Holy Week, the eighth through tenth grades of Sophia Academy, Atlanta, presented the “Living Stations of the Cross: A Dramatic Performance of Jesus’ Last Hours” to the school community on Thursday, March 21. Director of Religious Education Julie Noggle said she wanted to bring these stations to life by having students read […]
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Two Girl Scouts Achieve Gold Award
March 28, 2013Two classmates became the first students from Holy Spirit Prep School, Atlanta, to receive the Girl Scout Gold Award. Carson Hooper and Sabrina Angelo celebrated the accomplishment at a presentation held on March 10 at The Fox Theatre. Fewer than 5 percent of all Girls Scouts earn the award, the highest honor in Girl Scouts. […]
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Archbishop John F. Donoghue Fund To Promote Culture Of Life
March 28, 2013The Archbishop John F. Donoghue Fund for Life recently got a boost when it received $40,000 from Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory on behalf of the Atlanta Archdiocese. The fund began in 2009 to build an endowment at the Catholic Foundation of North Georgia to provide grants for ministries and nonprofit organizations that promote a culture […]
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Catholic Charities Helped Boy, Now CEO, As Refugee
March 28, 2013ATLANTA—Catholic Charities Atlanta staff are known for their compassion toward people facing adversity. Miguel San Juan, the new chief executive of CCA, is no exception, and he also experienced it in his own life story, which is a testament to the crucial work of the organization. “I am honored to be here,” San Juan, 62, […]
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Magnificat Calls Women To Morning Of Prayer, Grace
March 28, 2013ATLANTA—Whether a speaker has a last-minute problem or a printing issue arises, leaders of the Magnificat women’s ministry find that things work out divinely. It’s more, after all, than a lovely women’s breakfast, but a morning of spiritual refreshment with the sparkling centerpiece of Jesus and Mary. The prayer-rooted ministry emphasizes growing in relationship with […]
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Archbishop Blesses Chrism; New Bishop Pledges Fidelity
March 28, 2013ATLANTA—Some 170 priests of the Atlanta Archdiocese joined Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and Bishop Luis R. Zarama for the Chrism Mass, celebrated March 26 at the Cathedral of Christ the King. During the Mass held each year on the Tuesday of Holy Week, the archbishop blesses the oils used for the celebration of the sacraments […]
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Witnessing History In St. Peter’s Square
March 28, 2013Father Luke Ballman, of the Atlanta Archdiocese, serves at the North American College in Rome. He spoke to The Georgia Bulletin March 13 by phone after witnessing the announcement of the election of Pope Francis and the pope’s first public appearance on the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica. The previous night, March 12, I went […]
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March Madness for the Church
March 28, 2013March Madness is the name that most folks ordinarily give to the championship basketball games played by college and university teams throughout our nation at this time of the year. Many people who are not ordinarily sports enthusiasts dutifully fill out their brackets to see if they can correctly predict which college team will ultimately […]
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Lo Que He Visto Y He Oido: March Madness for the Church
March 28, 2013Después de haber disfrutado de una pizza, le mencioné al Padre Luke Ballman y a Matthew Dalrymple (nuestro seminarista de Atlanta que estudia en Roma) quienes me acompañaban subiendo la colina en el camino de regreso al North American College en Roma donde me encuentro hospedado, que debía hallar un tema para mi columna de […]
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A Thief’s Prayer—And A Deathbed Conversion
March 28, 2013I read something so horrific in the newspapers that it had me in tears. It seems there was a tiny baby asleep in the backseat of a car, and the busy father rushed off and forgot the baby was there—and the child perished. The tragic tale brings home the fact that no one wants to […]