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Looking Back: Sept. 26, 1963
September 26, 2013The Sept. 19, 1963 edition of The Georgia Bulletin reflected the shock and grief of Catholic Church leaders nationally and at the Vatican over the bombing, out of racial hatred, of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., and the killing of four young girls attending Sunday services at the church. “A sense of […]
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Preserving the Catholic history of the archdiocese
September 26, 2013SMYRNA—Staff archivist Angelique Richardson doesn’t hesitate when asked to name her favorite item in the archdiocesan Office of Archives and Records. She gently picks up a book filled with loopy cursive handwriting and runs her hands across its pages. The book contains the Mitchell family’s history, written by author Margaret Mitchell’s father, Eugene. “This is […]
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New director ready to archive local Catholic history
September 26, 2013ATLANTA—The new director of the archdiocesan Office of Archives and Records, Claire Galloway Jenkins, arrived recently in Atlanta from Fort Worth, Texas, ready to take the reins and get started. She brings varied and interesting professional qualifications for the job of preserving the history of the Archdiocese of Atlanta. A native of Louisiana, Jenkins most […]
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Praying the consequences
September 26, 2013Consequences are the live ingredients that make up the news fodder every second of every day. A live news feed does exactly that. It lives off a ravenous appetite for the consequent nature of events, both good and bad. All actions are eternally consequential. An assassin’s bullets fired one hundred years ago into the bodies […]
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Husband-wife part of team fighting childhood cancers
September 26, 2013ATLANTA—Thomas and Ellen Olson for decades have sat beside the sickest youngsters as the husband and wife treat their childhood cancer and other illnesses relying on science. They draw strength and hope, relying on faith. The husband and wife are on the team at the Aflac Cancer Center of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, one of […]
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Reflections from those who have met the challenge of cancer
September 26, 2013ROSWELL—Five young men, all with lives touched by childhood cancer, all from the same school community in Roswell. Four are students at Roswell’s Blessed Trinity High School, and the youngest is from nearby Queen of Angels School. All have stories to share about what it means to have survived cancer. Will Hennessy, a junior, is […]
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Childhood Cancer: Son honored as Robb family serves
September 26, 2013ATLANTA—Sam Robb has attracted many fans over the years. They show up for events like golf and basketball tournaments and attend evenings of wine tasting. His biggest fans remain his immediate family, who serve meals to those hit by childhood cancer—the same disease that took Sam’s life at age 20 in 2007. When parents walk […]
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Kennesaw school earns Blue Ribbon
September 26, 2013KENNESAW—St. Catherine of Siena School in Kennesaw is the thirteenth school in the Archdiocese of Atlanta to earn the title of a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. Students and teachers learned the news Sept. 24 during an end-of-school day gathering in the school’s gymnasium. Dominican Sister Mary Patrick, principal, made the announcement. “St. Catherine […]
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Agencies stretching to meet needs of Syrians displaced by civil war
September 26, 2013WASHINGTON (CNS)—Governments and nongovernmental agencies are struggling to keep up with the needs and pressures created by the displacement of nearly a third of Syria’s population because of the country’s civil war. Assistance to the refugees and displaced people is coming from around the world, although resources are thinly stretched. Representatives of several Catholic agencies […]
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Aprendiendo del Buen Pastor
September 26, 2013La mayoría de los miembros del reino animal tienen un sentido del olfato mucho más desarrollado que el de los humanos. Este sentido es una de las maneras más importantes en las que pueden encontrar su alimento y por supuesto, evitar convertirse en presa de otros animales. Las personas han hecho uso efectivo de este […]