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Celebrating New Life In Our Parishes
April 25, 2013I was reading the Atlanta newspaper the other day and realized a section has been missing for a long time. You will still find death notices, but there are no birth announcements as in days of old. I’m not sure why this section has vanished, but surely as Catholics we can do better to celebrate the […]
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Atlanta’s Marists celebrate 150 years of U.S. ministry
April 25, 2013ATLANTA—While Marist priests and brothers today may not travel to mission communities in the U.S. via horse and carriage or by hopping on the train, the focus of their apostolate has remained very much the same as when they first arrived from France 150 years ago. Their presence took root in Georgia in 1897 and […]
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Beyond Medical Help, Physician Gave Spiritual Help
April 25, 2013BOSTON (CNS)—Though events at the 2013 Boston Marathon included mayhem and the need for swift action, the father of a heroic runner slowed down to reflect in prayer at a Catholic shrine the next day. After experiencing firsthand the events as two bombs exploded April 15 at the finish line, Dr. Joseph Stavas, 58, stopped […]
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Build ‘Civilization Of Love’ In Response To Bombings, Cardinal Urges
April 25, 2013BOSTON (CNS)—Even though “the culture of death looms large” today, the light of Christ the Good Shepherd “can expel the darkness and illuminate for us a path that leads to life, to a civilization of solidarity and love,” said Boston Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley. “I hope that the events of this past week have taught […]
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Jesus, The Poor Remembered At Annual Pilgrimage
April 11, 2013ATLANTA—Scores of believers walked the city streets on Good Friday, recalling the final hours of Jesus before his crucifixion. The 33rd annual Good Friday Pilgrimage began at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and ended hours later overlooking the tomb of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at the King Center reflection pool. Archbishop Wilton D. […]
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Honoring the women and work of the AACCW
April 11, 2013One of the local customs that I have come to treasure since moving to Atlanta is that ladies here still do often choose to wear hats—and they seem to delight in that tradition! Springtime is often hat time for many of our Atlanta ladies. Obviously ladies elsewhere also do wear hats, but there is an […]
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Lo Que He Visto Y He Oido
April 11, 2013¡Una de las costumbres locales que he llegado a apreciar desde mi llegada a Atlanta, es que con frecuencia, las señoras aquí, todavía suelen usar sombreros y parecen disfrutar de esta tradición! La primavera es una temporada de sombreros para muchas de nuestras señoras en Atlanta. Obviamente, las señoras en otros lugares también utilizan sombreros, […]
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El Paso Project Gave Push To Be Welcoming Church
April 11, 2013ATLANTA—They are pastors now, but 12 years ago, they were seminarians, accepted as candidates for the Atlanta priesthood by Father David P. Talley, vocations director, and schooled during the summer in a Spanish language and cultural immersion program on the Texas-Mexican border he fostered. Father John Matejek, pastor of St. Catherine of Siena Church, Kennesaw, […]
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Pope Francis Doesn’t Sing Or Chant …Tone-Deaf?
April 11, 2013VATICAN CITY (CNS)—After a musically proficient and polyglot Pope Benedict XVI, it came as a surprise to many that Pope Francis doesn’t sing or chant at Mass or speak foreign languages in public. From his first Mass as pope—his liturgy with the College of Cardinals in the Sistine Chapel March 14—the pope has not chanted […]
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Untying The Knots That Paralyze Us
April 11, 2013When I first saw Pope Francis step onto the balcony, shortly after he had been elected pope, I noticed how calm and joyful he seemed. Here he was, a man who had gone from being a humble cardinal in Buenos Aires to becoming shepherd for the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics—and yet he didn’t seem ruffled […]