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• Mass To Mark Bicentennials Of U.S. Archdioceses

  By PETER FEUERHERD, CNS
  Published April 17, 2008

  The April 20 Mass at Yankee Stadium will mark the bicentennials of the archdioceses of New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Louisville, Ky., which was founded as Bardstown, Ky. The four dioceses, before being named archdioceses, were erected in 1808 from the Baltimore Diocese, the nation’s first diocese, which became an archdiocese that year. The coats […] Full Story

• Georgia State Students Attend U.N. Conference

  Published April 3, 2008

   With the blessing of Father Stephen Lyness, chaplain at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Rudy Schlosser, the campus minister at the college, chaperoned six Catholic students for the United Nations “The Role of Women in Peace Building” conference, held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City during spring break from March 4-9. The […] Full Story

• Atlantan Encourages New Black Catholic Worship Music

  By AMY KOTLARZ, CNS
  Published August 2, 2007

  Kevin Johnson had one hand on a piano keyboard as the other guided a room full of participants through seamless key changes from one gospel song to another. “I could go on and on playing just song after song,” said Johnson, associate professor of music and chairman of the music department at Spelman College in […] Full Story

• Black Catholic Congress Brings Challenges Home

  By JENNIFER BURKE, CNS
  Published August 2, 2007

  The 10th National Black Catholic Congress came to a close July 15, after more than 2,000 black Catholics spent four days praying, celebrating and learning more about the eight principles that pose challenges to African-American communities and how those challenges relate to the seven sacraments. The theme of the July 12-15 gathering was “Christ Is […] Full Story

• Newspaper Receives 14 Catholic Press Awards

  Published May 31, 2007

  The Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada, which held its annual national convention May 23-25, honored The Georgia Bulletin with 14 awards at the final banquet, including awards for its regular columnists and its one-year anniversary coverage of Hurricane Katrina. The 2007 Catholic Media Convocation is held as a combined convention for […] Full Story

• CNS Rome Bureau Chief Wins Top CPA Award

  By CNS
  Published May 31, 2007

  Catholic News Service Rome bureau chief John Thavis was named May 25 as the winner of the 2007 St. Francis de Sales Award by the Catholic Press Association. Gretchen Keiser, longtime editor for The Georgia Bulletin, was one of four other nominees for the award, which recognizes Catholic journalists for their distinguished contributions. Keiser was […] Full Story

• Fund To Help Catholic Press In Disaster Area

  By CNS
  Published September 15, 2005

  The Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada has set up a fundraising effort to provide financial help to member publications in the Gulf Coast area affected by Hurricane Katrina. The money raised for the Hurricane Katrina Publication Assistance Fund will be available to publications to replace equipment, cover insurance deductibles and finance […] Full Story

• Fine TV Movie Illuminates Late Pope’s Early Years

  By HARRY FORBES, CNS
  Published August 4, 2005

  With memories of a frail and infirm Pope John Paul II still vivid, it takes some adjustment to accept a young Karol Wojtyla, here vigorously embodied by Polish actor Piotr Adamczyk. But the moving “A Man Who Became Pope,” airing on cable’s Hallmark Channel Monday, Aug. 15, 8 p.m.-midnight EDT, is, in fact, an account […] Full Story

• Try To Remember: Jerry Orbach, Prince Of The City, Prince Among Men

  By HARRY FORBES, CNS
  Published March 31, 2005

  To most of the world, he was the droopy-eyed, tough-talking Lennie Briscoe on television’s longest-running crime series, “Law & Order.” But to New Yorkers, the late Jerry Orbach was a seasoned Broadway stage actor equally at home in musicals, comedy or drama. Which is why the Great White Way’s Richard Rodgers Theatre was filled to […] Full Story

• The Top 10 Films Of 2004 And Top Ten For Families

  By HARRY FORBES and DAVID DICERTO, CNS
  Published February 10, 2005

  Top 10 lists are always a dicey proposition. Some years, the harvest of good films is plentiful; other times you really have to search. While many in the year’s crop were disappointing, trite or even trashy, 2004 was not without some truly exceptional motion pictures. From a church perspective, it is even trickier. Do you […] Full Story

• Covenant House Chosen To Combat Human Trafficking

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published July 15, 2004

  Covenant House, the agency devoted to serving homeless and runaway youths, through a grant received in February from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is operating a new hotline for victims of human trafficking. The contract for the program, initiated under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2002 and managed by the Office […] Full Story