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January 10, 2017

Georgia woman killed by gunman at Florida airport was parish stalwart

Firemen and ambulances wait outside Fort Lauderdale's airport in Florida Jan. 7, after a gunman opened fire killing at least five people and injuring eight more. Olga Woltering of Transfiguration Catholic Church in Marietta, Ga., was one of the victims killed in the shooting.

ATLANTA – Olga Woltering, a bedrock member of her parish and the Atlanta Cursillo movement and beloved to her family and many friends, was among five people killed in the Jan. 6 shooting at a Florida airport.

Published in International
April 18, 2016

Kenyan nun killed in Yemen remembered during memorial Mass

A member of the Missionaries of Charity honors the four sisters who were murdered in Yemen March 4 during a memorial Mass in New York City April 1.

NAIROBI, Kenya – A Kenyan member of the Missionaries of Charity killed in an attack on a nursing home in Yemen was remembered during a memorial Mass as defending her Catholic faith at the time of her death.

Published in International