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• A second COVID Thanksgiving of service

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published November 24, 2021

  Many working hands around the Archdiocese of Atlanta share with others around the Thanksgiving holiday, from loading food boxes in trunks of cars with the makings of a home-cooked meal to getting up before sunrise to prepare a hot turkey dinner for senior citizens.

• 40 years of Apple Annie Arts and Crafts Show

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published November 24, 2021

  A Christmas tradition for 40 years returns to St. Ann Church in December. The Apple Annie Arts and Craft Show is coming back to the Marietta parish after being cancelled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

• Cristo Rey wins six medals in taekwondo championship

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published November 23, 2021

  The Cristo Rey Atlanta taekwondo team won six medals at the Southeast Open Taekwondo Championship on Nov. 6.

• Lyke House gallery uplifts contributions of Black Catholics

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published November 23, 2021

  A new exhibit at the Lyke House Catholic Center at the Atlanta University Center is honoring its namesake, the late Archbishop James P. Lyke. The gallery’s works teach about the gifts of the Black community to U.S. Catholicism and the universal church.

• New sculpture reimagines Christian-Jewish relations

  

  Published November 17, 2021

  Marist School hosted a blessing and dedication of a new sculpture celebrating the journey of friendship between Catholics and Jews on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 56 years after the landmark Nostra Aetate declaration by Pope Paul VI.

• Holy Spirit closes cross-country season in Macon

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published November 12, 2021

  Holy Spirit Preparatory School in Atlanta competed in the Georgia Independent School Association (GISA) State Championship on Nov. 6.

• Marist’s fall choral concert makes a comeback

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published November 12, 2021

  Marist student singers performed in the Senior High Fall Choral Concert on Oct. 26. The concert tradition returned after two years of performances without an audience due to the coronavirus pandemic.

• Deacon Donald W. Marchildon remembered

  Published November 12, 2021

  Deacon Donald Wood Marchildon of Athens died peacefully and surrounded by family on Oct. 25. He was 84 years old.

• A new church home for Dawsonville Catholics

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
  Published November 12, 2021

  Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv, consecrated a new church building for Christ the Redeemer Church in Dawsonville on the Feast of All Saints, Nov. 1.

• Sister Susan Arcaro’s decades-long ministry started with sharing meals 

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published November 12, 2021

  Sister Susan Arcaro has spent nearly three decades in the Archdiocese of Atlanta helping others get to the core of faith by seeing how God stirs their souls. Sister Susan, 78, has been a member of the Cenacle Sisters for 60 years.

• Advent season a time for reflection, preparation

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published November 12, 2021

  The season of Advent, “a time of expected waiting,” marks a new liturgical year and includes the four Sundays and weekdays leading up to Christmas. This year, Advent begins on Sunday, Nov. 28. 

• Cathedral of Christ the King hosts exact casting of Michelangelo’s Pietà

  

  Published November 11, 2021

  A life-size marble casting of Michelangelo’s ‘Pietà’ is on display at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta. The Carrara marble, exact casting of Pietà, is the 54th of only 100 authorized to be created and placed.

• St. Anna Church honors heroes who served

  

  Published November 11, 2021

  St. Anna Church’s Knights of Columbus Council 14425 paid tribute to service men and women for the fourth straight year with its Wall of Honor (WOH) at the Monroe parish. 

• Veterans share love of faith and country

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published November 11, 2021

  During November—National Veterans and Military Families Month—Americans are encouraged to honor veterans and their family members. Learn about local Catholic veterans and how you can help those who served.

• Remembering Deacon Raymond Egan

  Published November 10, 2021

  Deacon Raymond F. Egan of Dunwoody died on Saturday, Nov. 6. He was 86 years old.

• Xavier Society an ‘invaluable’ resource for blind, visually impaired Catholics

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published November 3, 2021

  The Xavier Society for the Blind began its ministry for the visually impaired in 1900 and provides resources and materials for Catholics in Atlanta and worldwide.

• Purification Heritage Center expands in east Georgia

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published October 29, 2021

  The Purification Heritage Center, a quiet space for visitors to immerse themselves in Catholic history, welcomes guests as its expansion continues. The center is located some 100 miles east of Atlanta.

• Mary’s Seven Sorrows: A journey from death to life in Taliaferro County 

  

  By JOHNATHON KELSO
  Published October 29, 2021

  Betsy Orr, president of the Purification Heritage Center in Sharon, shares her story of new life after pain.

• ‘Move out from of our comfort zone’ says archbishop on synod

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published October 28, 2021

  The Archdiocese of Atlanta celebrated the opening of the next Synod of Bishops with Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., calling for believers to listen and learn from each other to revitalize the church.

• Archdiocese of Atlanta creates $400,000 endowment for Mercy Care

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
  Published October 28, 2021

  Mercy Care Atlanta continued its work throughout the pandemic of delivering medical and dental care to the uninsured and underinsured. A new endowment, created by the Archdiocese of Atlanta, will support its mission.