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ND President Speaks On Faith Beliefs In Public Square
April 28, 2011The University of Notre Dame president urged Catholics to live their Christian values as the best antidote to bitter partisan political debate. Holy Cross Father John I. Jenkins, speaking at Emory University, said people of faith must be engaged in politics, but not in a way that gives ammunition to people who do not hold […]
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In Show Of Faith, Supporters Wash Immigrants’ Feet
April 28, 2011Juan Vazquez slipped off his sneakers and his socks. Cherilyn Larsen cracked open a water bottle and poured the water over his feet before it tumbled into a plastic basin. Using a hand cloth, she dried his feet. “I felt very good, really blessed,” said the 33-year-old Vazquez, in Spanish. “It felt like a very […]
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Pinecrest Boys Fall To Wesleyan In Soccer
April 14, 2011Wesleyan School, Norcross, took a 2-0 lead into halftime on the foot of junior midfielder Garrett Busch during its April 6 soccer match against Pinecrest Academy. In the second half, with 17:28 remaining, Pinecrest junior forward Nico Sanchez scored a header goal with an assist from senior midfielder Labib Marmarchi. The Pinecrest defense held Wesleyan […]
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Deacon Hears Christ’s Command To Visit Prisoners
April 14, 2011The Prison and Jail Ministry of the Atlanta Archdiocese aims to make stronger links between parishioners and Catholics behind bars. Inmates should have a sacramental presence in their lives, said Deacon Richard Tolcher, a retired federal chaplain who is now the ministry leader. Prisoners can at times wait a month between Masses or to participate […]
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Loving Your Enemies
April 14, 2011There is that saying that distance makes the heart grow fonder for loved ones far away. It is also distance that enhances the maintenance of hatred, grudges, false projections and the like. I recently read a story that actually took place in World War II. Captured German soldiers, many of them not much older than […]
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What I Have Seen And Heard
April 14, 2011Ecumenical dialogue requires patience, determination and a great deal of humility. Humility in ecumenical dialogue does not indicate that one partner does not believe firmly in the theological or doctrinal truths of their faith heritage. Humility means that the dialogue partners realize that the ecumenical dialogue is the work of God’s Holy Spirit and that […]
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Lo Que He Visto Y He Oído
April 14, 2011El diálogo ecuménico exige paciencia, determinación y mucha humildad. La humildad en el diálogo ecuménico no significa que una de las partes no cree firmemente en la verdad teológica o doctrinal de su herencia de fe; la humildad indica que las partes involucradas en este diálogo se dan cuenta de que el diálogo ecuménico es […]
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Priest Assignment
April 14, 2011Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following priest assignment. Father Kizito Okeke will continue to minister as parochial vicar at St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Church, Douglasville, through April 30, 2012.
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Jesus In The Eyes Of Mary Magdalene
April 14, 2011When I was a kid, Mary Magdalene was just another distant saint. She stood there in the picture books looking all rosy cheeked and rather lovely. I had some fuzzy idea that she had been a sinner, although I didn’t know what she had done. My own sins revolved mostly around tormenting my older sister, […]
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Hispanic Mission Builds Self-Financed Church
April 14, 2011A Latino mission, once sustained by Sacred Heart Parish downtown, has built its first new church, primarily from its own work and dollars. Members of San Felipe de Jesús Mission financed the building with $1 million from their own initiatives and a $300,000 loan from the archdiocese. “It is the first and only church built […]