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Advertising You Can’t Buy
January 17, 2013The Monastery of the Holy Spirit got a nice accolade in the January edition of Prevention magazine. It is listed in the “Dream Destinations” article as one of 13 trips that together will provide “all the adventure, peace seeking, skill learning, pound paring and fitness building you’ve always dreamed of.” The Conyers monastery is one of two […]
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Books Are Collected For Refugees
January 17, 2013A second-grader at Holy Spirit Preparatory School in Atlanta wanted to do something good for other youngsters. So Lawson Jones organized a book drive with his class at the independent Catholic school to collect books for Catholic Charities Atlanta’s refugee resettlement program. He felt it was important to conduct a book drive through the second-grade […]
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Catholic Charities Honors 2012 Leadership Class
January 17, 2013ATLANTA—Catholic Charities Atlanta recently honored 42 graduates of its 2012 Leadership Class. The class is an opportunity for young and mid-management professionals to enhance their leadership skills and integrate their Catholic faith in the workplace. A graduation ceremony for the 2012 Leadership Class was held at the Georgian Club in Atlanta earlier this month. The […]
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Shedding Christ’s Light On Tragic News
January 17, 2013For anyone who keeps up with world news, one thing is certain. You will never lack for something to weep about. You’ll read about workers killed in factory fires in Third-World nations, a woman brutalized by a group of men in India and entire families destroyed by suicide bombers. And shortly before Christmas, there was […]
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Co-Directors Named To Lead Deacon Formation
January 17, 2013ATLANTA—New formation leaders are overseeing the growing permanent diaconate in the Atlanta Archdiocese. And in a rare appointment, a woman now shares the responsibility for shaping the future deacons. Penny Simmons, a retired bank executive and spiritual director in the deacon formation program, is one of the few women across the country to lead a […]
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Catholic Doctors Oppose ‘Pill’ Over-The-Counter
January 17, 2013QUINCY, Mass. (CNS)—Some Catholic physicians, including those who do not prescribe contraceptives, are questioning the safety of allowing oral contraceptives to be sold over the counter, as the nation’s largest body of obstetricians and gynecologists recommended in December. Dr. Kathleen Raviele, an obstetrician-gynecologist in Atlanta and former president of the Catholic Medical Association, warned that […]
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Social Worker Before Seminary
January 17, 2013ATLANTA—Before the seminary, Bishop-designate David P. Talley was a young social worker, trying to prevent child abuse in housing projects that dotted Atlanta’s Fulton County. The turmoil faced by families at the crime-filled complexes was “incredibly violent and horrifying and beyond belief,” a reality he confronted with colleagues from the Fulton County Division of Family […]
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Pope Appoints Atlanta’s Second Auxiliary Bishop
January 17, 2013ATLANTA—An historic appointment of a second auxiliary bishop for the Atlanta Archdiocese has been made from among the priests of the archdiocese, as Pope Benedict XVI named Bishop-designate David P. Talley, 62, to assist Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory. A native of Columbus, who was raised as a Southern Baptist and entered the Catholic Church during […]
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Supporting the church outside your parish
January 17, 2013We Catholics are decidedly territorial by nature, and most of us tend to view our Church through a neighborhood lens. For many communities that may have a high Catholic population percentage, it is not uncommon for some folks to identify their local parish with the entire neighborhood—“I’m from St. Linus Parish,” which may be used […]
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Lo Que He Visto Y He Oido
January 17, 2013Los católicos somos decididamente territoriales por naturaleza y la mayoría de nosotros tendemos a ver a nuestra Iglesia a través del terreno en el que se encuentra. En muchas comunidades que pueden tener un porcentaje alto de católicos, es común para algunos, identificar a su parroquia local con sus alrededores, “soy de la Parroquia de […]