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Donations fuel SVdP outreach
July 18, 2013The Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVdP) Georgia received a $100,000 donation from The Walmart Foundation for its food recovery and distribution program, according to a news release. The grant allows SVdP to expand its existing program at its regional food distribution centers across Georgia. SVdP collects more than 20,000 pounds of perishable food […]
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Steps to sainthood
July 18, 2013Procedures established by the popes. In modern times, Pope John Paul II established procedures that guide inquiries leading to declaring a person blessed or a saint. He gave the Vatican Congregation for the Causes of Saints the faculty to establish norms for inquiries about the life, virtues and reputation of holiness and of intercessory power […]
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Historic papacy bridged eras, world
July 18, 2013ATLANTA—Elzbieta Gurtler-Krawczynska lived with her family in Poland under the communist regime when the Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyła was elected as Pope John Paul II in 1978. His election gave people in his native land a new sense of what was possible. “That was a sign that there would be a big change,” she said. […]
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Leone’s uniquely Catholic spaghetti Westerns
July 18, 2013A few weeks ago, I attended and presented at a conference of Catholic educators in San Francisco. Among the keynote lecturers was Jesuit Father Robert Spitzer of the Magis Institute. Father Spitzer literally astonished his audience each day with marvelous lectures on the creation of the universe; listening to him teach, I actually felt my […]
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Lightning bugs, hummers and frogs – oh my!
July 18, 2013“The frog is back!” my husband exclaimed as we settled down for supper on the back porch. As we listened to the steady croaking coming from our heavily wooded backyard, we realized we hadn’t heard the frog since a day last fall when suddenly and inexplicably the serenade had ceased. The frog, who no doubt […]
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A visit to Georgia’s first Catholic parish
July 18, 2013The Archdiocese of Atlanta’ s Archives team recently went on its first exploratory road trip, uncovering history in the process. In June, I traveled with archivist Carolyn Denton (director of the Office of Archives and Records) and Archives intern Amber Smith to the tiny Georgia town of Washington. We made the trip at the invitation […]
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AACCW leadership seminar speaker: ‘Women critically important to vitality of church’
July 18, 2013SMYRNA—Leadership for a Catholic woman must look different than the world’s view, a keynote speaker told women gathered at a recent archdiocesan leadership and networking seminar. “For us, leadership has to be about service and witness. Our leadership must be our lights shining in a world that has lost its way. The look of our […]
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Cristo Rey to open in Midtown
July 18, 2013ATLANTA—The city’s next Catholic school is to open its doors in Midtown Atlanta. Students attending Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School in the fall of 2014 will be learning in a renovated version of 680 West Peachtree Street, the former headquarters of the Atlanta Archdiocese. Organizers hope the accessible location helps the school attract a […]
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Seminarians see Rome
July 18, 2013Father Tim Hepburn, vocations director for the Archdiocese of Atlanta, recently traveled to Rome along with seven seminarians for the Year of Faith pilgrimage. Father Tim went with Jorge Carranza, Gerardo Ceballos, Avery Daniel, Jack Knight, Brian Lee, Brian McNavish, and Juan Carlos Pacheco. They joined a global community of seminarians who all gathered in Rome […]
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Brief pontificate had great impact
July 18, 2013ATLANTA—Father Richard Morrow recalled when he celebrated Mass for the first time in English, facing the congregation. It was for the children in the religious education classes at St. Bernadette Church in Cedartown. “They were always restless at Mass. Not that Saturday morning. They kept their eyes on me and were very attentive to me. […]