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Happy Birthday to Father Luke!
August 3, 2011Today, Wednesday, Aug. 3, Father Luke Kot, a monk at the Trappist Holy Spirit Monastery in Conyers, turns 100. You can see the multimedia slide show photographer Michael Alexander and I did when he was a young man at 98. We’ve done a few of the slideshows and this remains one of my favorites. –Andrew
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Photographing Sisters of Distinction
July 28, 2011One of my assignments this month has been tracking down five of the six sister jubilarians celebrating between 25 and 60 years of service with their respective religious orders. I set out to take their portraits with one light in order to capture various moods and expressions. The first sister I photographed was Missionary Sisters […]
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In Suffering, Author Dubus Discovered God’s Love
July 22, 2011One of the central Christian mysteries, and one of the most difficult to understand, is the gift of suffering. The paradox of finding God’s love and mercy in the midst of grief, illness and doubt has challenged us all, regardless of the form our suffering takes. The great contemporary American writer Andre Dubus was immersed […]
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Making Sense Of The Senseless
July 21, 2011What can you say about a senseless murder? I just learned of the killing of Father Ed Everitt, OP, in Waveland, Miss. He was the priest who catechized me as I entered the Catholic Church in Holy Cross Parish in Atlanta many years ago. I was stunned, and then I remembered how he impacted me. […]
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Transfiguration To Host Catechist Faith Formation Day
July 21, 2011Transfiguration Church will be the site of the Catechist Faith Formation Day on Saturday, Aug. 13, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. All are welcome to attend. This annual catechist certification day is being hosted by the churches of the North and Northwest Metro deaneries. This event gives local catechists access to national level speakers […]
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Longtime Georgia Bulletin Ad Representative Dies
July 21, 2011Leonard Markun, who served as the advertising representative of The Georgia Bulletin for over 40 years from 1956 to 1998, died July 5. He was 92 and lived in Chamblee. He was a U.S. Army veteran, having served from 1942 to 1946. A native of New York City, where he met and married his wife […]
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Notable
July 21, 2011Members of St. Peter’s Church, LaGrange, celebrated the parish’s 75th anniversary on its feast day, June 29. Some 400 people gathered for Mass, followed by a reception. Father Theodore Book, the pastor, said it was wonderful to see long-time parishioners, including people there from the parish beginning, gather with former pastors and seminarians. Also attending […]
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Athens Hospital Honored For Palliative, Hospice Care
July 21, 2011St. Mary’s Health Care System has been named a Circle of Life honoree for palliative and hospice care by the American Hospital Association (AHA). St. Mary’s was recognized for innovative programs that improve quality of care for patients near the end of life or who are living with chronic conditions. Only seven organizations in the […]
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Worry Spreads In Georgia’s Immigrant Community
July 21, 2011Latin rhythms played by the two guitarists, a drummer and three women singers spilled out of the parish hall at St. Joseph Church. Hundreds of women, men and children swayed, raised their hands in prayer and danced to the loud, upbeat music. “This is my life. It’s my fuel,” said Roxana Quezada, 25, who works […]
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Spiritual Direction On A Back Road In Florida
July 21, 2011It was a svelte green beast with lovely tailfins, and the first car I ever drove. Unfortunately, my father’s beloved Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 was quite huge and I couldn’t judge distances very well. And as I was taking the parking portion of my driving test, I did something that would be preserved in family lore […]