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Lock-In Gives Pro-Life Teens Space To Reflect
February 2, 2012Piles of pillows, sleeping bags and backpacks sat on the gym sidelines at Our Lady of Mercy High School on Sunday, Jan. 22, where some 40 teens planned to sleep on the floor overnight. First there was Mass and Eucharistic adoration, mixed with learning about political activism and how to talk with people who favor […]
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Priest Assignments
February 2, 2012Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following change in priest assignment. He has confirmed the recommendation of Father John Che-chon Chong, superior of the Korea Province of the Society of Jesus, and assigned Father Tae Jin Kim as parochial vicar at the Korean Martyrs Church, Doraville, effective Jan. 24.
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Cana In Galilee
February 2, 2012It seems like a long jump, to go from the readings given us during the Christmas season and the baptism of Jesus to the account of the wedding feast at Cana. But the narratives move fast and leave little, if any, room for what we are accustomed to when familiarizing ourselves with a life laid […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard
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Lo Que He Visto Y He Oido
February 2, 2012Cada año espero por esta semana con anticipación– la Semana de Escuelas Católicas. Me encanta esta semana porque significa que tendré la oportunidad de visitar a varias escuelas en nuestra Arquidiócesis. Normalmente visito escuelas a través del año escolar: en el otoño cuando comienza la escuela, al fin de año en las graduaciones y a […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard
February 2, 2012I love this particular week each year in my calendar—Catholic Schools Week. I love it because it means that I get a chance to visit a number of the schools in our Archdiocese. I generally visit schools throughout the course of the year, in the fall when the new year begins, at the close of […]
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A Reluctant Pilgrim At Lourdes
February 2, 2012Many Catholics would be eager to be given an all-expenses-paid trip to Lourdes, but there are some who might decline. After all, not everyone is keen on overseas travel, not to mention the huge crowds that gather there. And as the feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes approaches on Feb. 11, I find myself […]
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Atlanta Bishops To Lead ‘Ad Limina’ Pilgrimage To Rome
February 2, 2012Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and Auxiliary Bishop Luis R. Zarama will be leading an archdiocesan pilgrimage to Rome from May 2-12, as part of the bishops’ “Ad Limina Apostolorum” visit, a periodic requirement for the diocesan bishops to travel to Rome to report to the Holy Father an account of the state of their […]
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Archbishop: Nation ‘Divided Against Itself’ On Life
February 2, 2012Echoing the Gospel reading from St. Mark, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory said Jan. 23 that the United States is a “kingdom divided against itself” regarding the life issue, and “if a kingdom is divided against itself that kingdom cannot stand.” “We are a nation that was born while proclaiming life to be among the greatest […]
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Catholic Agencies Mandated To Offer Free Contraception, Sterilization In Health Plans
February 2, 2012Although Catholic leaders vowed to fight on, the Obama administration has turned down repeated requests from Catholic bishops, hospitals, schools and charitable organizations to revise its religious exemption to the requirement that all health plans cover contraceptives and sterilization free of charge. Instead, Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, […]