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Gifts to priest feed students at Amigos for Christ school
October 24, 2013After 31 years of active service as a priest, Father Jimmy Adams retired this summer. His retirement gift from friends and former parishioners took the form of donations to Amigos for Christ, who will in turn use the money to supply food for the feeding center Father Adams worked on in Nicaragua. Each $100 collected […]
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Parents’ letters highlight eighth-grade retreat
October 24, 2013A retreat for eighth-grade students at Christ the King School is an opportunity to remember the past, while looking ahead to the future. The school’s annual retreat gives students time for prayer and reflection, as well as fun with friends. Teachers and administrators see each year the sweetest moments come as students read letters penned […]
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Students respond to community needs with service
October 24, 2013Area Catholic high schools have innovative ways for students to serve the community. At St. Pius X High School, Atlanta, at the fourth annual Marathon of Mercy on Saturday, Oct. 26, more than 200 students will participate in various works of mercy projects designed to give back to the greater Atlanta community. Students will be […]
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Church is ‘apostolic’ only if it shares Gospel, pope says
October 24, 2013VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The church can describe itself as “apostolic” only if it shares the Gospel with the world, remaining faithful to the teaching of the apostles and living out Gospel values, Pope Francis said. “A church closed in on itself and its past, a church concerned only with its little rules, customs and attitudes is […]
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Archbishop’s homily for 2013 wedding jubilee Mass: ‘Living reminders for the entire Church’
October 17, 2013JOHNS CREEK—Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory celebrated the 2013 wedding jubilee Mass on Oct. 5 at St. Brigid Church, Johns Creek. Following is the text of his homily. In our contemporary world of the smart phone and the tablet, those annoying pop-up notices may appear several times during the course of a single week: “Updates Available.” […]
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Archbishop’s Red Mass homily: ‘Exercise the works of justice and mercy as God alone would have you’
October 17, 2013ATLANTA—Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory celebrated the 2013 Red Mass on Oct. 10 at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Atlanta. Following is the text of his homily at that Mass. Tenacity is the virtue of never giving up, as the Gospel passage today so effectively reminds us! Sacred Scripture is filled with the […]
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National prayer campaign aims to end abortion
October 14, 2013ATLANTA—In the Bible, the time frame of forty days is often one of transformation. Forty-day periods set Noah, Moses, the disciples of Jesus and others on paths that changed the world. The national organization 40 Days for Life uses that spiritual tie in both its name and approach with the goal of ending abortion through […]
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At 50 years, anniversary couples symbolize best of wedding bliss
October 14, 2013JOHNS CREEK—Three Atlanta couples who knew each other from the now-closed St. Joseph Nursing School and St. Michael Club dances and socials were among the 150 couples who celebrated 50 and 60 years of marriage at a special Jubilee Mass at St. Brigid Church on Saturday, Oct. 5. Two of the husbands are first cousins. […]
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Brother Alphonse, 89, who served at monastery for 63 years, dies
October 11, 2013CONYERS—Brother Alphonse Insalaco, 89, monk of the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers, died on Tuesday, Sept. 24, after a few months of illness. Brother Alphonse died peacefully in the monastery infirmary in the arms of his brother infirmarian after suffering from heart complications during the past year. The Mass of Christian Burial was […]
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Remembering Brother Alphonse
October 11, 2013There is a saying that good things come in small packages. And so it is that a small package, say, a gift, can contain something of no great size but of immense value. People can be the same kind of gift. Such was Brother Alphonse. He passed away recently, and we rejoiced in his going […]