January 2013
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UPDATED – Archbishop Gregory to lawmakers: Don’t give up hope, even if 40 days of lawmaking seems like 40 years lost in the desert
Published January 30, 2013
Catholics who attended the annual Catholic Day at the Capital on Tuesday, Jan. 29, buttonholed their representatives about public policy issues important to the church. First up for the day was a briefing on legislative bills from leaders of the Georgia Catholic Conference and the Atlanta Archdiocese. The group then watched the opening of the House of […] Full Story
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Update on Immigration Issues
Published January 28, 2013
An immigration conference here in November attracted hundreds of Catholic activists from across the country looking to share information. One of the key issues for the conference was spurring political leaders to resolve the status of 11 million immigrants who are in the country without proper documents. There is the beginning of movement on that […] Full Story
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Faith and the Pursuit of Images
Published January 11, 2013
In this Year of FAITH I’m trying to pay particular attention to the word faith in scripture. How will faith impact my ability to capture some interesting images this year? Do I have faith that I will make some interesting images in 2013? Do I have faith that God will put me in the position […] Full Story
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Review of 2012
Published January 8, 2013
There’s a special Pinterest board of key local stories of 2012 that ran in the Georgia Bulletin. Feel free to wander over there to see what we pinned. Tell us, what stories did we miss?
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Here’s a poem to mark the end of the holidays.
Published January 7, 2013
I am fairly certain I first became aware of W.H. Auden from the movie “Four Weddings and Funeral” when his poem “Funeral Blues” was read aloud. A few years ago, I came across another of his poems “Christmas Oratorio.” This weekend I took down my Christmas decorations. (The Christmas season for the church doesn’t end until […] Full Story