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Eucharist and life
June 27, 2014It has been a long time since I received my First Communion, but I remember some things about that event. I was in the first grade. The sisters took us into church for practice. We were told to walk very slowly, in a straight line, taking baby steps all the way from the back of […]
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Preparing another generation of believers
June 27, 2014I flew back from Rome last week in the company of a wonderful toddler who became the center of attention for all of us sitting around him. He was about 18 months old and just learning how to talk—and he practiced his new skill for most of the flight home! His volume control was not […]
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Newspaper honored with 11 Catholic Press Association awards at annual convention
June 26, 2014CHARLOTTE, N.C.—The Georgia Bulletin was honored with 11 awards at the 2014 Catholic Media Convention, held June 18-20 and attended by more than 200 members of the Catholic Press Association and the Catholic Academy for Communication Arts Professionals. The annual gathering was hosted by the Diocese of Charlotte and its news outlet, the Catholic News […]
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2014 Georgia Bulletin award winners
June 26, 2014Award winners: First place Best Redesign July 4, 2013 Best Regular Column – Family Life Columns, Lorraine Murray Best Photograph – Best Portrait Record-breaking state championship wrestler, Michael Alexander Second place Best Personality Profile “Survivor of war teaches peace,” Nichole Golden Best Photograph – Best Portrait Bound by the history of the archdiocese, […]
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Pro-life lawyer says HHS mandate not part of ‘real women’s agenda’
June 26, 2014CHARLOTTE, N.C. (CNS)—Based on her own research and interviews with women, including many post-abortive women, Helen Alvare said women today have a host of concerns that need attention from government and society and getting free contraceptives is not among them. “Women do not think free contraceptives will make their lives free and happy,” she told […]
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Administration announces steps to handle surge of kids at border
June 26, 2014WASHINGTON (CNS)—As Vice President Joe Biden was conferring with Central American presidents about a surge of children arriving at the U.S. border without a parent, other administration officials were outlining steps to try to keep more people from attempting the dangerous, illegal trek. By June 20, 18 days after the Obama administration announced first steps […]
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U.S. official discourages Central Americans from sending children north
June 26, 2014WASHINGTON (CNS)—Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson has written an open letter to parents of children crossing the U.S. border, addressing some of the myths circulating in Central America and discouraging families from considering sending their children. The text of the letter in English, as provided by Homeland Security, follows. An open letter to the parents […]
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Irish government finalizes terms of inquiry into mother-baby homes
June 26, 2014DUBLIN (CNS)—The Irish government is finalizing the parameters of a judicial inquiry into church-run state-funded mother and baby homes. The inquiry comes amid increased disquiet about some of the reporting of the original story of St. Mary’s Home in Tuam, run by the Bon Secours congregation of nuns. In May, local historian Catherine Corless revealed […]
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‘Bicycle Thieves’ a film masterpiece that voices ‘the cry of the poor’
June 26, 2014Surely one of the most difficult challenges that faces any human being is finding the good even within circumstances that are tragic. And certainly it is equally difficult to acknowledge that what for one person might be simply an inconvenience is for another indeed a tragedy. These two great mysteries are at the heart of […]
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St. Paul the Apostle Church to mark 50 years
June 26, 2014CLEVELAND—The Catholic community at Cleveland’s St. Paul the Apostle Church will soon celebrate the parish’s golden anniversary. The celebration is scheduled for July 5, the very day the first Mass was celebrated in this rural town in White County, some 75 miles northeast of Atlanta. Priests from the Glenmary Home Missioners religious community started the […]