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Atlanta
Catholic Foundation donors reflect on faith as motivator for giving
The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia celebrated members of the Deo Gratias Society and Founders Society at a Sept. 3 Mass and reception at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Atlanta. Donors reflected on their gifts to the Archdiocese of Atlanta and what motivated them to support the Church.
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Atlanta
Georgia pilgrims visit Alabama sites, celebrate Festival del Divino Niño
On Sept. 4-5, St. Joseph Church in Dalton collaborated with Catholic speaker and EWTN host Paula Umaña to host a two-day pilgrimage in Alabama for the annual Festival del Divino Niño.
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Atlanta
Catholic school days memorialized with love
Members of the Class of 1966 of Saint Joseph Catholic High School memorialized the school’s existence with the dedication and blessing of a plaque at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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Atlanta
Red Mass, Blue Mass: How ‘color’ Masses serve professionals
The Church has long offered Masses that recognize special occasions and needs. Among such Masses are those for professional groups, traditionally popularized by names of a color.
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Atlanta
A milestone of moves for St. Vincent de Paul Georgia’s Motel to Home initiative
SVdP Georgia recently celebrated the 1,000th family that moved into long-term housing through its unique Motel to Home program, which helps pay security deposits and first month’s rent.
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Atlanta
Georgia’s bishops urge pardons board to commute death sentence of Stacey Humphreys
Georgia’s Catholic bishops are asking the state’s board of pardon and paroles to commute the sentence of death row inmate Stacey Humphreys.
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Atlanta
A quarter century after 9/11: Remembering, grieving and hoping
This September marks 25 years since the morning the sky over three American cities filled with smoke, and the world as we knew it changed in the span of an hour.
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Atlanta
Six churches open their doors for the Jubilee Year of Saint Francis
Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., has designated six churches across the Archdiocese of Atlanta as pilgrimage sites for the Jubilee Year of St. Francis of Assisi.
