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Sister Bernadette, a Dominican Sister of Hawthorne, serves lunch to Mary, a patient at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home. The home, supported solely by voluntary donations from the public, is a free home for those with incurable cancers or other diseases. Photo by Julianna Leopold
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Hawthorne Dominicans serve Christ in the suffering
“Sent to Serve” profiles the religious orders serving in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, and this inaugural story shares the work of the Hawthorne Dominicans of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home.
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Father Michael Shannon, LC, remembered
Published March 25, 2026
Father Michael Shannon, a priest of the Legionaries of Christ, died March 18. He was 70 years old and had been serving as a parochial vicar at St. Brendan the Navigator Church.
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Georgia March for Life emphasizes healing after abortion
By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
Published March 24, 2026On March 12, parishioners, families and students of the Archdiocese of Atlanta and other advocates participated in the Georgia March for Life. The day began with a Mass for the Preborn and continued with a rally and march at the Georgia Capitol. This year, advocates emphasized healing and mercy.
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Shuttered school transformed into mission church for Habersham Catholics
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published March 19, 2026A closed school building has become St. Dominic’s Chapel, serving a primarily immigrant community in the northeast corner of the Archdiocese of Atlanta. “This is a beautiful place where they can feel love,” says pastor, Father Jose DeLeon.
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