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The Dignity Of Labor
September 3, 2012This is Labor Day weekend—so all should look happy and be content. Sadly that is not so for millions of our people. At this time there are 12 million workers looking for a job. Over 10 million families are “working poor”—they work hard, but their pay does not meet their basic needs. Forty million U.S. […]
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Map of Atlanta’s Catholic Bookstore
August 31, 2012View Catholic Gift Shops and Books in a full screen map This map helps you find Atlanta Catholic bookstores near you. It’s a companion to our story in this week’s edition. We talk to bookstore owners how they compete with online retailers. Please read the story on our Web site. Thanks for reading and subscribing […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard for August 30, 2012
August 30, 2012“Is it a sin to get a tattoo?” That was one of the questions that I fielded at Milledgeville last Tuesday evening as I made my annual visit to the Campus Catholics ministry at Georgia College. While I assured the young person that tattoos themselves were not sinful, it’s an entirely different question about them […]
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Catholic Foundation Spring Grants Announced
August 30, 2012The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia issued 25 grants totaling $115,700 in the spring of 2012. These grants will provide support to a variety of causes throughout the Archdiocese of Atlanta. The following 17 grants from the general grants program were funded by the foundation’s community services fund, the Conrads education fund, the general fund, […]
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Message From A Smiling Madonna
August 30, 2012Things were going downhill fast. There had been an unsettling phone call from a relative, and when I tried to gently offer advice, she hung up on me. It was early morning on a cloudy day, and I felt a deep yearning to go to Mass, but my local parish doesn’t have morning Masses during […]
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Priest Assignment
August 30, 2012Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following change in priest assignment. Father Francisco Javier Munoz-Garcia has been assigned as parochial vicar at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Fayetteville, N.C., in the Diocese of Raleigh, effective June 28.
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Church Staff, Volunteers Now Mandated Abuse Reporters
August 30, 2012As part of the mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect section in the new criminal justice reform act, signed by Gov. Nathan Deal, all employees and volunteers of the Archdiocese of Atlanta and its affiliated companies are defined as mandatory reporters of suspected child abuse, effective July 1, 2012. Mandatory reporters are required to […]
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Court Blocks Part Of Georgia’s Immigration Law
August 30, 2012A federal court blocked a provision of Georgia’s immigration law, lifting the fear of advocates for immigrants that the law could interfere with ministering to undocumented immigrants. “That’s a definite plus,” said Frank Mulcahy, the executive director of the Georgia Catholic Conference. “We’re pleased the court of appeal saw the unconstitutional aspects,” he said. Meanwhile, […]
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Notable: Schools
August 30, 2012Schools in the Archdiocese of Atlanta welcome five new teachers from the University of Notre Dame who will spend this academic year in service to children, living in Christian communities as part of the Alliance for Catholic Education. The Atlanta ACE community consists of, from left, Ryan Gillespie, teaching at St. John Neumann School, Lilburn; […]
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Prayer Knows No Age Limit, Priest At Retirement Says
August 30, 2012Father Chris Williamson wears a golden ring on his left hand. There’s a crucifix, along with sheaf of wheat, Jacob’s ladder, a scimitar and other symbols. A Lutheran friend gave it to him shortly after his ordination. “It’s a declaration of faith. It’s like a rosary. You can say a prayer on it,” said Father […]