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Priest At Rome Seminary Reflects On Pope’s Legacy
February 14, 2013ROME, Italy—Father Luke Ballman, a priest of the Atlanta Archdiocese, works and teaches at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, so near to St. Peter’s Square he can hear the pope’s voice when his addresses are broadcast by loud speaker. His sense of this historic moment in the life of the Church is that […]
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Bishop-designate David Talley on the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI
February 13, 2013“In my lifetime, I have seen three extraordinary events that are truly ‘historical’ in the life of the Church: the first event was seen between 1962 and 1965, when second Ecumenical Council was held at the Vatican (Vatican II); the second event was the election of the first non-Italian pope in centuries, as the young […]
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Observations Through the Lens
February 7, 2013On Wednesday morning, Feb. 6, my first assignment took me to St. Pius X High School, Atlanta, where I had to photograph one of the 2013 teacher honorees for the Archdiocese of Atlanta’s Office of Catholic Schools. It was a foggy morning, which prompted me to stop and take a photo of the school’s baseball […]
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Tech Students Attend National March For Life
January 31, 2013ATLANTA—More than 50 students from Georgia Tech and Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville traveled to Washington, D.C., to participate in the 2013 national March for Life on Jan. 25. The students piled into a charter bus, alongside Georgia Tech Catholic chaplain Father Kevin Peek, to travel to Washington for the march and other […]
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Deacon Charles ‘Chuck’ Patrick Dies
January 31, 2013DOUGLASVILLE—Deacon Charles Patrick, 74, died Dec. 28, 2012, at his home following an extended illness. Born Aug. 5, 1938, in Hammond, Ind., he was the son of the late Marvin and Alice Borem Patrick. He was married to his wife Margaret for 45 years. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, he was a corporate […]
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Learning Contemplation From Mary
January 31, 2013CONYERS—The Cistercian order is closely identified with devotion to Mary. All Cistercian houses are dedicated to the Virgin. The official seal of every monastery bears her image. In art, she is depicted often as protecting members of the order under her mantle. Every night in Cistercian monasteries, the Salve Regina is sung at the end […]
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Then And Now: Pursuing Different Kinds Of Healing
January 31, 2013A decade ago, after the 2003 Catholic Schools Week Mass for eighth-graders, I photographed two Holy Redeemer School students, Carlee Demetree and Caitlin Szabo, having fun during the lunch catered by The Varsity. The story of Demetree and Szabo is still unfolding, but they recently filled me in on what’s happened over the last 10 […]
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Blessed Trinity Goes For Blood
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Youth Must Learn Painful Past To Carry Torch
January 31, 2013ATLANTA—The vision of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. today challenges people to “carry every sister and brother who is disconnected in this world,” said Msgr. Henry Gracz. “What pockets cry out for justice?” he asked. People are numbed by addictions to “a world of stuff,” by the continuing effects of violence, racism and sexism, […]
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Mary Boyert: Education Helps Change Hearts, Minds
January 31, 2013ATLANTA—Shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, which legalized abortion, Mary Boyert remembers a couple coming to speak at her Ohio parish about what they believed would be the horrifying consequences of the decision. After speaking at Mass that day at St. Columbkille Church, in Parma, Ohio, the couple invited parishioners […]