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• Atlanta “Lost Boy” fulfills goal to dig drinking water wells in native Sudan

  By Andrew Nelson
  Published August 20, 2015

  “Anything that can happen, good can come out of it. That’s why I have to write the book.” Majok Marier wrote about his journey on the run as one of the Lost Boys of Sudan, from his village in east Africa to Atlanta.  The book is “Seed of South Sudan: Memoir of a ‘Lost Boy’ […] Full Story

• UGA Catholic Center leader dies

  By Andrew Nelson
  Published July 6, 2015

  It is with a heavy heart that we have to let everyone know that our beloved Fr Tom has passed away tonight. We know he… Posted by UGA Catholic Center on Saturday, July 4, 2015 I met Franciscan Father Tom Vigliotta a handful of times, traveling to Athens and the Catholic Center at the University of […] Full Story

• Hanging out with dad

  

  By Michael Alexander, Staff Photographer
  Published June 18, 2015

  Earlier this week I was setting up appointments to photograph some of the Catholic high school coaches that are being profiled for an upcoming story in the June 25 issue about state championship teams. On two occasions a coach showed up with one or more children. In the first instance Alan Keel, the girls varsity […] Full Story

• Something fowl took place at the Chancery

  

  By Michael Alexander, Staff Photographer
  Published May 13, 2015

  Several weeks before Mother’s Day, an expectant mother goose took up residence in the Archdiocese of Atlanta Chancery parking lot in Smyrna, which served as a outdoor maternity ward as the goose prepared to lay her eggs. It’s said that geese will appear in pairs during nesting season, and that explains why the gander was […] Full Story

• There’s an empty place at the table waiting to be claimed

  

  By Michael Alexander, Staff Photographer
  Published April 21, 2015

  Last Saturday my wife and I joined David and Mary Waters for their weekly rosary ministry with the seniors at St. George Village in Roswell. They usually begin at 10:30 a.m., but David was running a little late this particular morning. “Where is David?” asked Pat Swenson, the resident who always occupies the seat to […] Full Story

• Jesus’ final triumphant wardrobe change

  

  By Michael Alexander, Staff Photographer
  Published April 8, 2015

  This year I wanted to be one of the first to witness that final wardrobe transformation Jesus undertakes in many Catholic churches within the Archdiocese of Atlanta and beyond. It all started back on Feb. 18, Ash Wednesday, when Jesus was draped or covered in purple. For the next 38 days that would be his […] Full Story

• In the diaconate footsteps of a father

  

  By Michael Alexander, Staff Photographer
  Published February 12, 2015

  Until last Saturday’s rite of ordination to the diaconate, the last time I saw John Timme it was the September 23, 2002 funeral for his father, Deacon Bill Timme. Bill was a well-respected deacon who served at Holy Cross Church in Atlanta for 15 years. He also worked in the Archdiocese of Atlanta’s Metropolitan Tribunal […] Full Story

• Sophia Academy’s ambassador of ‘happy’ visits the capitol

  

  By Michael Alexander, Staff Photographer
  Published February 11, 2015

  During Catholic Day at the Capitol, Feb. 3, I noticed a student from Atlanta’s Sophia Academy who appeared to be having the time of her life. The bespectacled teen, dressed in her school uniform skirt and navy blue blazer, was confined to a wheelchair. But that’s not what caught my attention. With a smile across […] Full Story