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Catholic Charities Helped Boy, Now CEO, As Refugee
March 28, 2013ATLANTA—Catholic Charities Atlanta staff are known for their compassion toward people facing adversity. Miguel San Juan, the new chief executive of CCA, is no exception, and he also experienced it in his own life story, which is a testament to the crucial work of the organization. “I am honored to be here,” San Juan, 62, […]
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Magnificat Calls Women To Morning Of Prayer, Grace
March 28, 2013ATLANTA—Whether a speaker has a last-minute problem or a printing issue arises, leaders of the Magnificat women’s ministry find that things work out divinely. It’s more, after all, than a lovely women’s breakfast, but a morning of spiritual refreshment with the sparkling centerpiece of Jesus and Mary. The prayer-rooted ministry emphasizes growing in relationship with […]
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Archbishop Blesses Chrism; New Bishop Pledges Fidelity
March 28, 2013ATLANTA—Some 170 priests of the Atlanta Archdiocese joined Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and Bishop Luis R. Zarama for the Chrism Mass, celebrated March 26 at the Cathedral of Christ the King. During the Mass held each year on the Tuesday of Holy Week, the archbishop blesses the oils used for the celebration of the sacraments […]
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Witnessing History In St. Peter’s Square
March 28, 2013Father Luke Ballman, of the Atlanta Archdiocese, serves at the North American College in Rome. He spoke to The Georgia Bulletin March 13 by phone after witnessing the announcement of the election of Pope Francis and the pope’s first public appearance on the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica. The previous night, March 12, I went […]
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March Madness for the Church
March 28, 2013March Madness is the name that most folks ordinarily give to the championship basketball games played by college and university teams throughout our nation at this time of the year. Many people who are not ordinarily sports enthusiasts dutifully fill out their brackets to see if they can correctly predict which college team will ultimately […]
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Lo Que He Visto Y He Oido: March Madness for the Church
March 28, 2013Después de haber disfrutado de una pizza, le mencioné al Padre Luke Ballman y a Matthew Dalrymple (nuestro seminarista de Atlanta que estudia en Roma) quienes me acompañaban subiendo la colina en el camino de regreso al North American College en Roma donde me encuentro hospedado, que debía hallar un tema para mi columna de […]
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A Thief’s Prayer—And A Deathbed Conversion
March 28, 2013I read something so horrific in the newspapers that it had me in tears. It seems there was a tiny baby asleep in the backseat of a car, and the busy father rushed off and forgot the baby was there—and the child perished. The tragic tale brings home the fact that no one wants to […]
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Archbishop Serves As Commentator For ABC News
March 28, 2013Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory spent a week in Rome during the papal conclave, where he served as an analyst for ABC News. He answered a few questions about the experience via email. Q. How would you describe your experience participating in the papal coverage? A. I’m grateful to ABC for their invitation to serve as […] Full Story
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New Pope ‘A Great Gift Of Grace’ For All, Argentine Priest Say
March 28, 2013ATLANTA—As a new student in 1962 at the Argentinian Jesuit seminary near Buenos Aires, Father Alberto Cabrera, CP, remembers how fellow seminarian Jorge Bergoglio stood out with his firm convictions and upright character. He now rejoices in his former classmate’s election as Pope Francis. Among about 200 students at Colegio Maximo de San Jose, Bergoglio […]
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Looking Back…Papal Covers
March 21, 2013The Georgia Bulletin is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. With the election of the Roman Catholic Church’s newest pontiff, Pope Francis, we thought you would want you to preview the newspaper’s papal covers from over the years, dating back to 1963. June 27, 1963 cover for Pope Paul VI August 31, 1978 cover for Pope […]