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Atlanta Archdiocese holds white mass for healthcare workers

By Shelia Poole
Oct 27, 2015

Metro Atlanta healthcare workers will be honored at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday during a special white mass at the Cathedral of Christ the King, 2699 Peachtree Road N.E.

The white mass is held for physicians and health care workers and will be officiated by Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and other priests in the archdiocese.

A dessert reception will be held in Kenny Hall following the mass.

Dunwoody, Ga: Sister Peggy Fannon, who is a nurse educator, talks with RN Genevieve Lyons at the nursing station in the stroke and vascular unit at St. Joseph's Hospital . PHOTO / JASON GETZ

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Shelia has worked at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for more than 30 years. Previously, she worked at The Lexington Herald-Leader and The Louisville Defender. Her beat is a bit of a mixed bag that includes religion and spirituality, culture and trends, race and aging. She earned degrees from Spelman College and Northwestern University.

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