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Johns Creek
Holy Redeemer’s Flores honored for tireless work ethic, unwavering love
Holy Redeemer School’s honoree of the year is Alma Flores, a facilities staff member there for nearly two decades. Principal Jill Rice called Flores’ dedication “a living testament to the values we cherish.”
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Cumming
Pinecrest Academy’s Coach Coury focuses on life lessons over the scoreboard
Pinecrest Coach Shawn Coury watches to ensure young athletes he sees competing never define their worth based on their ability to “hit a ball or jump high or run fast.” Coury was named the Cumming school’s honoree for Catholic Schools Week.
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Atlanta
Find a fish fry: Parishes announce 2026 Lenten dinners
Churches and Knights of Columbus Councils across the Archdiocese of Atlanta share details of their fish frys, offering delicious food, fellowship and a sense of community this Lenten season.
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Atlanta
Catholic Schools Week honorees selected by peers
The 18th annual Archbishop’s Celebration of Catholic Education, to be held March 22, will honor staff members from each archdiocesan and independent school as outstanding employees of the year.
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Johns Creek
Archbishop Hartmayer offers encouragement to eighth graders
Archbishop Hartmayer offered words of encouragement to students during the annual Mass for eighth graders. “Use your education to improve your community,” he told the young people. “Don’t be satisfied with just the way things are.”
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Atlanta
Our Lady of the Assumption expands campus with outdoor STEM space
Our Lady of the Assumption School celebrated the opening of a new outdoor STEM learning space. The campus expansion brings science, technology, engineering and mathematics lessons outdoors.
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Tyrone
St. Matthew Church to receive first-class relic of Padre Pio
St. Matthew Church in Tyrone will be home to a relic of St. Pio of Pietrelcina after the Archdiocese of Atlanta and the Fayette parish entered into a formal partnership with the Saint Pio Foundation. A Mass for presentation of the relic will be Thursday, Feb. 19.
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Atlanta
Atlanta authors release Catholic reads for the season
Two Atlanta Catholics have newly-published books—a 40-day Lenten guide and a spiritual memoir that weaves in the writings of St. Louis de Montfort. Both serve to bring readers closer to Jesus.
