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Rebecca Gallagher Dies
February 17, 2011Rebecca Gallagher, the mother of six children, including Father Timothy Gallagher of the Atlanta Archdiocese, died at her home in Godfrey, Ga., on Feb. 12 after an extended battle with brain cancer. She was 72. Born on Dec. 19, 1938 to Pauline Hale Dryden and the late Quinton Dryden, Mrs. Gallagher, known as Becky, grew […]
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Education Celebrated At Catholic Schools Banquet
February 17, 2011Nancy Crane’s office is cozy with its couch, rocking chair, blankets made by her mom. Not the kind of place you’d expect for the school’s director of discipline. She laughed. “It’s really kind of a joke. We don’t have discipline (problems) at Our Lady of Victory,” she said. A long-time educator, Crane was chosen from […] Full Story
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Catholics Urged To Support Archbishop’s Appeal
February 17, 2011Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory is asking Catholics of the archdiocese to “reflect on how God has worked in your own life and participate again, or for the first time,” in this year’s Archbishop’s Annual Appeal, which will run from January to December of this year. The weekend of Feb. 26-27 is Commitment Weekend, when Catholics […]
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Notable
February 17, 2011It is a tradition at Christ the King School that leaders say feeds both the body and the soul for its families. As Catholics, when a new sibling is born or a family loses a loved one, prayers are offered. It is second nature. And at the Peachtree Way school, there is something else. A […]
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Fathers Told Their Family Life Is Saintly
February 17, 2011What’s a 16th-century martyr have to teach 21st century fathers? A lot, it turns out. Leave it to Msgr. Richard Lopez to lead a cafeteria of men at St. Pius X High School through the life and times of St. Thomas More and find nuggets of wisdom for them. Try writing a letter to their […]
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10 Years After 9/11, Different Faiths Seek Harmony
February 17, 2011It’s always good to have friends in times of crisis. But it’s even better to have friends all the time. A panel of religious leaders encouraged faith communities to talk, learn and celebrate together. More than 160, Jews, Muslims, Christians, Buddhists and Hindus gathered in Atlanta Feb. 2 to mark the first United Nations World […]
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Walker Percy’s 1961 Novel Worth Reading Every Lent
February 17, 2011I’ll begin this commentary by making a rather bold statement: Of all the books I’ve read, of all the novels I’ve taught, none achieves quite the same sense of revelation that I discover upon each re-reading of Walker Percy’s 1961 novel “The Moviegoer.” When Percy’s debut novel won the National Book Award 50 years ago, […]
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New Deacons Humbled as They Begin Ministry
February 17, 2011A selfless attitude, a servant’s heart, and a love for the poor are prerequisites for the diaconate, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory told the 2011 class of men ordained Feb. 5 at the Cathedral of Christ the King. Sixteen men were ordained to the permanent diaconate, adding another large class to serve the growing church of […]
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Your light must shine, even in the darkness
February 7, 2011Yesterday my wife and I decided to go to the later Mass (11:30 a.m.) at St. Anthony of Padua Church, Atlanta, and it turned out that the Gospel reading, the homily and God’s sense of humor brought it all home to us in a practical fashion. In yesterday’s Gospel from Matthew 5:13-16 Jesus challenged us […]
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Annual Mass, March Sounds Call To End Abortion
February 5, 2011The mournful bugle call of taps filled the air around the Georgia Capitol and accompanied the sound of marching footsteps as men, women and children commemorated the anniversary of the legalization of abortion. In freezing temperatures, the crowd protested the 38th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decisions that legalized abortion nationwide in 1973. The […]