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St. Pius X to host 24th annual Dads’ Morning of Recollection
January 22, 2015ATLANTA—St. Pius X High School will host the “Dads’ Morning of Recollection” on Saturday, Jan. 31. It is the 24th year for the event that celebrates a shared Catholic faith and commitment to fatherhood. The day is open to all past, present and future St. Pius X alumni, fathers, grandfathers and friends. Men of all ages […]
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Jasper parish installs first in a series of 20 stained glass windows
January 22, 2015JASPER—Parishioners of Our Lady of the Mountains Church in Jasper celebrated the Christmas season with a pair of new stained glass windows, the first of a total of 20 windows to be placed in 2015. Created by stained glass artisan Joseph Beyer and his staff at Beyer Studio in Philadelphia, the new windows flank the […]
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Attention Student Athletes
January 22, 2015National Signing Day for high school athletes is Wednesday, Feb. 4. Are you a high school senior who attends a parish in North Georgia’s Archdiocese of Atlanta? The Georgia Bulletin would like to acknowledge student athletes of the archdiocese that have signed or will sign National Letters of Intent to play a sport at a […]
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Catholic press raises questions about role of satire aimed at religion
January 22, 2015WASHINGTON (CNS)—In the days since the terrorist attack in Paris that killed 12 people, including the editor and four cartoonists at a satirical newsweekly, the discussion about the role of satire and just how far freedom of speech should go has become a hot topic. From the onset, most commentators condemned the Jan. 7 attack […]
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What are the evangelical counsels for the consecrated life?
January 12, 2015Those who live the consecrated life marry themselves to Christ’s own lifestyle of poverty, chastity and obedience. Important for all Christians to emulate, these three promises are known as evangelical counsels, which are central to consecrated life. Poverty The vow of poverty calls the consecrated to detach themselves from the distraction of money and physical […]
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Rabbi Skorka, friend of pope, to speak in Atlanta on King legacy
January 9, 2015SANDY SPRINGS—Masorti Olami, the World Council of Conservative Masorti Synagogues, will host “A Conversation with Dr. Rabbi Abraham Skorka” on Sunday, Jan. 18. Rabbi Skorka was Pope Francis’ co-author for the book, “On Heaven and Earth,” regarding interfaith dialogue. The program begins at 7 p.m. at Congregation Or-Hadash, 7460 Trowbridge Road in Sandy Springs. The […]
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Year of Consecrated Life invites all to explore, make ‘courageous’ decisions
January 9, 2015ATLANTA—Consecrated women and men whose sole aim is to dedicate their lives seeking freedom in Christ and embodying his perfect love are the focus of the Year of Consecrated Life, proclaimed by Pope Francis at the end of 2014, at a crucial time in humanity’s history. Many people within and outside the church are familiar […]
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What are the types of consecrated life?
January 9, 2015Eremetic life Hermits profess the three evangelical counsels publicly but separate themselves from the world in solitude, penance and intense prayer as means for the salvation of the world and in praise of God. “It is a particular call to find in the desert, in the thick of spiritual battle, the glory of the Crucified […]
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Pope offers Mass for victims of Paris attack
January 9, 2015VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The morning after 12 people were shot to death and 11 others injured at the Paris office of a satirical weekly newspaper, Pope Francis dedicated his early morning Mass to the victims and their families. At the beginning of the Mass Jan. 8, he told the small congregation that the attack in Paris […]
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Pro-life events to memorialize the day abortion was legalized
January 8, 2015ATLANTA—Catholics in Atlanta will remember the day the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion with prayer at the Cathedral of Christ the King, on Peachtree Road, and a silent protest. On Jan. 22, 1973, the country’s highest court issued its Roe v. Wade decision. Since then to 2011, some 53 million pregnancies have ended with abortions. […]