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Learning Contemplation From Mary
January 31, 2013CONYERS—The Cistercian order is closely identified with devotion to Mary. All Cistercian houses are dedicated to the Virgin. The official seal of every monastery bears her image. In art, she is depicted often as protecting members of the order under her mantle. Every night in Cistercian monasteries, the Salve Regina is sung at the end […]
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Then And Now: Pursuing Different Kinds Of Healing
January 31, 2013A decade ago, after the 2003 Catholic Schools Week Mass for eighth-graders, I photographed two Holy Redeemer School students, Carlee Demetree and Caitlin Szabo, having fun during the lunch catered by The Varsity. The story of Demetree and Szabo is still unfolding, but they recently filled me in on what’s happened over the last 10 […]
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Blessed Trinity Goes For Blood
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Youth Must Learn Painful Past To Carry Torch
January 31, 2013ATLANTA—The vision of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. today challenges people to “carry every sister and brother who is disconnected in this world,” said Msgr. Henry Gracz. “What pockets cry out for justice?” he asked. People are numbed by addictions to “a world of stuff,” by the continuing effects of violence, racism and sexism, […]
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Mary Boyert: Education Helps Change Hearts, Minds
January 31, 2013ATLANTA—Shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, which legalized abortion, Mary Boyert remembers a couple coming to speak at her Ohio parish about what they believed would be the horrifying consequences of the decision. After speaking at Mass that day at St. Columbkille Church, in Parma, Ohio, the couple invited parishioners […]
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Archbishop: ‘Timeless Message’ Sustains 40-Year Struggle
January 31, 2013ATLANTA—Commemorating four decades since the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion in the landmark cases Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton in 1973, Catholics gathered Jan. 22 for the annual Mass for the Unborn at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception to rededicate themselves to the cause of defending human life from the time of […]
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UPDATED – Archbishop Gregory to lawmakers: Don’t give up hope, even if 40 days of lawmaking seems like 40 years lost in the desert
January 30, 2013Catholics who attended the annual Catholic Day at the Capital on Tuesday, Jan. 29, buttonholed their representatives about public policy issues important to the church. First up for the day was a briefing on legislative bills from leaders of the Georgia Catholic Conference and the Atlanta Archdiocese. The group then watched the opening of the House of […]
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Update on Immigration Issues
January 28, 2013An immigration conference here in November attracted hundreds of Catholic activists from across the country looking to share information. One of the key issues for the conference was spurring political leaders to resolve the status of 11 million immigrants who are in the country without proper documents. There is the beginning of movement on that […]
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GSU Catholics Welcome New Gathering Space
January 19, 2013Members of the Georgia State University Catholic Student Association are giving thanks for the new gathering space dedicated to their campus ministry. On Jan. 11, the new space, furnished with an altar, tabernacle, ambo and icons, was blessed and dedicated by Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, marking the culmination of an effort years in the making. […]
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Mercy Sister Valentina Sheridan To Speak At Magnificat
January 17, 2013ATLANTA—Sister Valentina Sheridan, RSM, will be the guest speaker at the Magnificat breakfast for women on Saturday, Feb. 16, at Holy Cross Church, Atlanta. The Atlanta Joyful Visitation chapter of the international Catholic women’s ministry hosts the breakfast. All women are invited to attend this morning of faith sharing and hospitality. The motto inscribed in […]