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AACCW Recognition Day Honors Those Who Serve
March 29, 2012Nominated by their parish communities, 58 women and 54 senior high school youth of the Atlanta Archdiocese were honored March 3 for their ministry and service to the church at the 35th annual Recognition Day, sponsored by the Atlanta Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women. AACCW president Dana Lee Willis, speaking at the Recognition Day Mass, […]
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Radio Hosts Lead Panel On Religious Freedom
March 29, 2012As radio hosts, Greg and Jennifer Willits are no strangers to hearing a wide array of listeners’ opinions. But when it comes to the federal health plan mandating free contraceptive coverage by most religious employers, the couple has been surprised by both the support and the dissent the topic has generated. The Willitses, hosts of […]
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Women Of The Year
March 29, 2012Telma Acosta, St. Thomas the Apostle, Smyrna; Maureen Alexander, St. Monica, Duluth; Margaret Atkinson, St. James the Apostle, McDonough; Marguerite Avery, St. Vincent de Paul, Dallas; Joanne Balen, St. Ann, Marietta; Gail Barrow, St. Gerard Majella, Ft. Oglethorpe; Pat Bendert, St. Gabriel, Fayetteville; Consuelo Bills, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Atlanta; Linda Bischof, St. Oliver Plunkett, […]
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Catholic Charities Atlanta Gala Honors Sister Valentina
March 29, 2012A Sister of Mercy who has served for more than 60 years in various roles in the archdiocese, from Catholic school superintendent and parish administrator to director of mission integration at Saint Joseph’s Hospital, will be honored at the fifth annual Catholic Charities Atlanta Gala. Sister Valentina Sheridan, RSM, is to receive the Archbishop John […]
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Pilgrimage To Link Christ’s Passion, Social Justice
March 29, 2012The 32nd annual Good Friday Pilgrimage, which is a “walking prayer” linking the solemn remembrance of Christ’s Passion with contemporary social justice questions, will take place on April 6, sponsored by the social justice ministries of the archdiocese. Participants will gather on the steps of the state Capitol at 8:45 a.m. on Good Friday. Archbishop […]
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Social Justice Series Starts With Nuclear Disarmament
March 29, 2012A new series for Catholics will begin in April, with the aim of providing in-depth discussions on current social justice topics that are often overlooked. The first program will focus on the Church’s teaching on nuclear weapons, weapons of mass destruction and nuclear disarmament. “Part of the reason we are doing the series is […]
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Pasolini’s ‘Gospel’ Endures As Compelling Faith Film
March 29, 2012In Flannery O’Connor’s wonderful story “Parker’s Back,” O.E. Parker, a man festooned from head to toe with tattoos, visits a tattoo parlor to bring to completion the illustration of his body. He wants a tattoo on his back. A religious tattoo. He intends for the illustration to please his fundamentalist wife, Sarah Ruth; instead, […]
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Emory Chaplain Sees ‘Profound Faith’ In Students
March 29, 2012During the past months, The Georgia Bulletin has profiled the new college and high school chaplains in the Atlanta Archdiocese. Father Diosmar Natad, 45, serves the Catholic students at Emory University and Agnes Scott College. His first undergraduate degree was in chemical engineering. Later he went on to study philosophy in seminary and earn two […]
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For Sixth ‘Via Crucis,’ Parishioner Portrays Jesus
March 29, 2012Throughout Lent and leading up to Holy Week, Catholics are encouraged to meditate on the Passion, death and resurrection of Jesus through many means, whether by fasting, sacrifice or special prayers such as the Stations of the Cross. For Sacred Heart Basilica parishioner Justo Roman Zepeda, Holy Week has taken on special meaning. For the […]
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Notable
March 29, 2012Our latest update about ‘Pip’ Arnold, the young man from St. Joseph Church, Marietta, on “The Voice” comes courtesy of his mom, Chris. “We were SO happy Pip made it through The Voice ‘battle rounds’! Praise God, He seems to have Pip on a path that follows his dream,” she wrote in an email. His […]