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St. Thomas More School honors veterans
November 22, 2013St. Thomas More School’s 488 students began a variety of activities on Nov. 8 to salute veterans. In the morning the middle school made paracord survival bracelets to send to soldiers. Veterans also stopped by and read to students in grades kindergarten through second grade. During recess some veterans led a mini “boot camp,” where […]
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Pastor represents archdiocese at Missionary Congress
November 22, 2013Msgr. Dan Stack, pastor of St. Francis of Assisi Church, Cartersville, will be packing his suitcase soon. He’ll represent the Atlanta Archdiocese at the Fourth American Missionary Congress being held in Maracaibo, Venezuela, from Nov. 26 to Dec. 1. Its theme is “Missionary disciples of Jesus Christ in a secular and multicultural world,” with the […]
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Sister Margarita honored in Athens
November 22, 2013Sister Margarita Martin was saluted in Athens at the 2013 Emancipation Proclamation and Pioneer Award dinner. The member of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus religious congregation received the lifetime achievement award as an “unsung hero” for her work with Oasis Catolico Santa Rafaela and with the immigrants and Spanish-speakers in Athens. Her […]
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New mystery by Lorraine Murray
November 22, 2013The Georgia Bulletin’s popular columnist Lorraine Murray has published a new book. “Death Dons a Mask” is the latest in her cozy mystery series based on a fictional St. Rita Church and its cast of characters. According to the excerpt on Amazon.com, the mystery revolves around a parish masquerade ball that goes very wrong. It […]
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Christmas card by third-grader chosen
November 22, 2013A colorful drawing of three wise men carrying peanuts, a peach, and a bottle of Coca-Cola was selected to be the front cover for the Atlanta Archdiocese Christmas card. Phillip Eidson, a third-grader at Christ the King School, Atlanta, designed the playful artwork to depict the theme of Christmas in Georgia. Nearly 70 archdiocesan employees […]
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Bishops elect new leaders, approve liturgical texts, discuss relief aid
November 22, 2013BALTIMORE (CNS)—The U.S. bishops at their fall general assembly in Baltimore elected new leaders, discussed taking a second collection in their dioceses for typhoon relief in the Philippines, reviewed efforts to defend traditional marriage and religious liberty, and approved development of a statement on the dangers of pornography. They also passed a number of liturgical […]
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A real life fairy tale: ‘Brother Joseph and the Ave Maria Grotto’
November 22, 2013Had I asked my Southern literature and culture students twenty years ago the question I asked them last week, I would have gotten a very different answer. What did they know about Southern folk art? Not much, it turns out. You mean, I said, you’ve never heard of Howard Finster and Paradise Gardens in Summerville, […]
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Pope’s embrace was heavenly, says man with disfiguring disease
November 22, 2013VATICAN CITY (CNS)—For someone who has frequently been shunned and humiliated because of a disease that has severely disfigured his entire body, receiving the pope’s loving embrace was like being in paradise. Vinicio Riva, who is afflicted with neurofibromatosis, said his brief encounter with Pope Francis Nov. 6 at a general audience in St. Peter’s […]
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“Hail Mary”: A colorful homage to Mary, our Mother
November 22, 2013ATLANTA—This issue offers a gift from The Georgia Bulletin to the Catholic community of the Atlanta Archdiocese: a “Hail Mary” poster of multihued images reflecting the vibrant presence of Mary throughout the parishes and schools that comprise the archdiocese (pages 24-25). The 23 varied images were taken at parishes and schools all around the archdiocese […]
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Victims of powerful Illinois tornado lose everything but faith, charity
November 22, 2013WASHINGTON, Ill. (CNS)—As Father Stephen Willard was preparing to celebrate the 11 a.m. Sunday Mass at a filled St. Patrick Church in Washington Nov. 17, the most powerful tornado to hit Illinois since 1885 was taking aim at neighborhoods on the western edge of this community of 15,000. With sirens blaring, worshippers were instructed to […]