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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, […]
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Feeling Humbled and Loved By Jesus At the Same Time
February 2, 2012I enjoy being a Catholic press photojournalist and covering the news of the church, but I would be telling a lie if I said I approached every assignment with the same enthusiasm and zeal. On Tuesday night when I was asked to attend the second night of a three-night parish mission at All Saints Church, […]
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Photos for Catholic Schools Week 2012
February 1, 2012Award-winning photographer Michael Alexander can be found in the schools of the Atlanta archdiocese, where he captures student life and classroom activities for readers of the Georgia Bulletin. The national celebration of Catholic Schools Week takes place in the last week of January. These photos are to be displayed at a banquet to honor Catholic educators. […]
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‘A matter of grave moral concern.’
January 30, 2012Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory signed a letter that called the recent health care mandate from the federal government “a matter of grave moral concern.” You can read the letter below. Letter from Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory To Be Read at all Masses in Parishes in the Archdiocese of Atlanta During the Weekend of January […]
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What I Have Seen And Heard
January 20, 2012For six years I have been warned by many of you of what a serious and crippling impact too much snow and ice can have on us in North Georgia. But as a native-born Chicagoan who had lived through many previous significant snow events in my life (including the January 1967 Chicago record snowfall of […]
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Lo Que He Visto Y He Oído
January 20, 2012Durante estos seis años, muchos de ustedes me han advertido sobre el impacto serio y catastrófico que una gran cantidad de nieve y hielo puede producir en el norte de Georgia. Pero viniendo de Chicago, donde ya antes viví muchos eventos importantes de nieve (inclusive la nevada de enero de 1967 en Chicago donde cayó […]
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Blessed Trinity Repeats As Catholic Duals Champion
January 19, 2012Blessed Trinity High School held onto its championship title as its wrestlers defeated Marist and St. Pius X High School during the seventh annual Catholic Duals. The wrestling tournament took place at Blessed Trinity’s gymnasium Jan. 4. Blessed Trinity managed to win this year’s tournament by defeating St. Pius 58-18 in the first match and […]