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Atlanta’s Irish Priests Have Shaped Archdiocese
March 18, 2010Msgr. James Fennessy sat in his office at St. Jude the Apostle Church and smiled as he recalled the 1968 plane ride from Ireland to the United States, where he was preparing to serve as a newly ordained priest for the Archdiocese of Atlanta. As the plane was preparing to touch down in New York […]
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Priests, Seminarians Kick It Around
March 4, 2010A cold 42-degree afternoon was not enough to contain the competitive spirit of more than 20 priests and seminarians as they gathered on a St. Jude the Apostle Church field for a game of soccer Feb. 25. Father Richard Morrow, vicar for clergy, led the players in prayer before an all-out unleashing of soccer mania […]
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Catholic Day At Capitol Rescheduled For March 10
March 4, 2010The fourth annual Catholic Day at the Capitol has been rescheduled for Wednesday, March 10, at the state Capitol in downtown Atlanta. Catholics in the Archdiocese of Atlanta and the Diocese of Savannah are invited to attend and exercise their baptismal call as advocates for public policy that protects those who are vulnerable and promotes […]
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Vatican Astronomer Discusses Elusive Truth Of Science
March 4, 2010Many people might be surprised to learn that the Catholic Church has experts in astronomy, cosmology and planetary science as well as one of the world’s oldest astronomical research facilities. For Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno, curator of meteorites for the Vatican, it is a typical day at the office. Brother Consolmagno, a Detroit native and […]
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What I Have Seen And Heard (March 3, 2010)
March 4, 2010Archbishop Timothy Dolan wrote to me at the beginning of Advent last year asking me to provide some high profile support and publicity for the tremendous work of Catholic Relief Services, which functions as the preeminent international outreach ministry of the Catholic Church in the United States to the needy and suffering in more than […]
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Watch Out For Lenten Landmines
March 4, 2010Lent can be fraught with spiritual landmines. True, some years I actually make it through the whole season without breaking down and gobbling down whatever it is I have given up. But there are some very real Lenten dangers orchestrated by the devil, who just hates it when we try to follow Christ. First, there […]
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At Summit, Leaders Urged To Fight Poverty Harder
March 4, 2010Advocates for the poor exchanged “big ideas” on how to cut poverty in half in the United States at a leadership summit. Father Larry Snyder, president of Catholic Charities USA and a member of the White House Council of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, said the economic downturn has produced a “new poor,” families in the […]
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Vatican Names Atlanta’s Sacred Heart As Basilica
March 4, 2010Sacred Heart Church in downtown Atlanta has been given the honor by the Vatican of being designated as a minor basilica. The honor was bestowed Feb. 22 by the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. A committee at the Peachtree Street parish, which is celebrating its 130th anniversary this year, […]
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Conference Explores Being Catholic In The Workplace
March 4, 2010The second annual Atlanta Catholic Business Conference, held at St. Peter Chanel Church on Saturday, Feb. 20, brought together business leaders and professionals to discuss what it means to be Catholic in the workplace. Sponsored by the St. Peter Chanel Business Association, the Woodstock Business Conference Atlanta chapter and the Aquinas Center of Theology at […] Full Story
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Catholic Foundation To Manage Smith Family Fund
March 4, 2010The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia last year doubled to $18 million the funds under its management. The private family foundation of one of Atlanta’s most established Catholic families is among the new funds. The $2 million foundation started nearly 40 years ago by the late Alex Smith and his wife, Betty, is now managed […]