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Soldier says thanks to parish for support
August 1, 2013Army Lt. Robert Blume and his family recently visited St. Francis of Assisi Church, Cartersville, to thank the parish members for their support for the lieutenant when he was deployed in Afghanistan. He served as a physician’s assistant. In addition to care packages mailed to Lt. Blume, the St. Francis community provided him with literature to […]
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Young people offer praise and service at Steubenville Atlanta
August 1, 2013Young people came to the annual Steubenville Atlanta weekend for high-energy praise in worship, which included a service project. The Helping Hands meal-packaging event delivers food to Burkina Faso in West Africa in support of Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) long-term effort to eliminate world hunger. Teens packaged fortified rice and soy for community homes, orphanages […]
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‘Everybody here loves Jesus’
August 1, 2013Mark Homer, 39, a special education teacher in Fulton County middle schools and Cathedral of Christ the King parishioner, traveled to World Youth Day, in part to be renewed by the enthusiasm of the millions of Catholics. From Rio, he shared some insights via email with reporter Andrew Nelson. Why did you go to Rio […]
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Knights of Columbus celebrate new officers
August 1, 2013News about area Knights of Columbus landed in the inbox. First, there are new leaders at Council 4599 in Marietta. They were installed on July 6 during a ceremony at the parish’s Marist Hall. They are: Grand Knight Tom Klein, Deputy Grand Knight Jeff Wolfe, chaplain Msgr. John Walsh, spiritual advisor Deacon Norm Keller, recorder Sal Gullo, […]
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In Denver, Rome, Paris, World Youth Day changed their lives
August 1, 2013ATLANTA—The top shelf in Khristina Followell’s office is covered with World Youth Day memorabilia, and the memories have never left her heart. Followell, 36, has attended three World Youth Days—Denver in 1993, Rome, Italy, in 2000 and Toronto, Canada, in 2002. The former parishioner of Good Shepherd Church in Cumming now lives in Knoxville, Tenn., […]
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Parishes help with hunger relief for Georgia students
August 1, 2013Volunteers from four parishes volunteered during the summer to make sure young people did not go hungry. The workers served with the hunger relief program Smart Lunch, Smart Kid. They worked on behalf of children in the counties of DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall, Clarke, Richmond, Columbia, Fayette, Butts, Carroll, Floyd and Coweta. The program by mid-July […]
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Villa International: An oasis of friendship in Decatur
August 1, 2013DECATUR—Just north of Emory University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is an oasis called Villa International Atlanta on Clifton Road, where people from around the world come to study and do research at Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health and the CDC, as well attend other universities and seminaries in Atlanta. The […]
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Pope commissions young people to be missionaries without borders
August 1, 2013RIO DE JANEIRO (CNS)—Pope Francis commissioned some 3 million young people to join forces and form what could be called Missionaries Without Borders. “Where does Jesus send us?” he asked World Youth Day pilgrims July 28. “There are no borders, no limits: He sends us to everyone.” On the white sand of Copacabana beach—under partly […] Full Story
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The blooming of youth
August 1, 2013I recently baptized my new grandniece, Mary Margaret Michalak. My sister Mary had everyone over to her house after the ceremony. Mary and Brian now have eight grandchildren and they all live in the Atlanta area. And they are all young—there are several toddlers among them. And they all came to the party. And they […]
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Planning ahead for immigration reform
August 1, 2013SMYRNA—Some 70 pastors and lay leaders attended the first public meeting of the Atlanta Archdiocese’s Immigration Reform Task Force July 19, as federal lawmakers wrestle with renewed attempts to rewrite the nation’s immigration laws. The goal of the task force is to organize people in parishes and church social services to prepare for what they […]