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Our Lady of Victory School celebrates new school year with priests
September 21, 2018TYRONE—Our Lady of Victory School opened the school year by inviting clergy from multiple parishes to join with the students, who hail from many parishes in the southern part of the Atlanta Archdiocese. Pastors from Holy Trinity Church, Peachtree City; St. Matthew Church, Tyrone; and St. Philip Benizi, Jonesboro, came on the first day to […]
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Local students honored by National Merit Scholarship program
September 21, 2018ATLANTA—The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced the approximately 16,000 semifinalists in the 64th annual National Merit Scholarship Program on Sept. 12. These talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $31 million that will be offered next spring. To be considered […]
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New Marist School leader to lead inclusion effort
September 21, 2018ATLANTA—Marist School named LaRita Williams as its director of inclusion and diversity beginning with the 2018-2019 school year. Williams will lead the school’s Office of Inclusion and Diversity, which develops programming to weave cultural proficiency and inclusion throughout the school community. Previously, Williams was an upper school science instructor at The Galloway School, Atlanta, where […]
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SPX volleyball team: standouts on the court and the classroom
September 21, 2018ATLANTA—The St. Pius X volleyball team was honored for its academic excellence by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) for the 2017-18 school year. This marks the fifth year in a row Coach John Frederick’s squad has been recognized, and the eighth time, overall. The award, which was started in the 1992-93 academic year, honors […]
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Notre Dame Academy graduate returns for first year of teaching
September 21, 2018DULUTH—Stefania Monti, a Notre Dame Academy alumna, joined the Duluth school’s faculty for her first year of teaching second grade. Monti attended the school in 2006 as a fifth-grader and graduated in 2010. At the time, Notre Dame Academy only served students in Pre-K3 through eighth grade. In 2019, the independent Catholic school will graduate […]
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Marist student pays it forward to special need students in Nicaragua
September 21, 2018ATLANTA—Mary Koenenn, a rising senior at the Marist School, wanted to celebrate her 17th birthday with friends and family, but she also wanted to serve young people in need. Instead of gifts, Koenenn asked friends to donate to Mustard Seed Communities. And at her party, local ministry Caring Canvases helped her organize a special painting […]
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Dublin meeting focuses on families living as Christ for others
September 21, 2018DUBLIN—Thousands came to Ireland from more than 100 countries to learn, pray and share the good news about marriage and family life at the World Meeting of Families. Among them was Father John Kieran, a senior priest for the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Sharing some reflections about his trip in an email, Father Kieran said that […]
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‘Unbroken’ sequel depicts eventual faith conversion of World War II hero
September 20, 2018NEW YORK (CNS)—In 2014, Angelina Jolie helmed the often harrowing but ultimately uplifting fact-based drama “Unbroken.” The film was based on Laura Hillenbrand’s best-selling 2010 biography of Olympic runner-turned-war-hero Louis “Louie” Zamperini (1917-2014), “Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption.” Working from the same text, director Harold Cronk continues Zamperini’s story, […]
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A psalm for sexual abuse
September 20, 2018I scanned the rows of baby food jars on the shelf, grabbed several in a clattering handful, and tossed them into my cart. The store assistant smiled as she rang me up. “How old is your little one?” she asked. I blushed. “It’s for a friend’s child,” I murmured quickly, fishing through my purse for […]
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Love breaks chains of slavery to sin, pope says
September 20, 2018VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Only true love for God and neighbor can destroy the chains of greed, lust, anger and envy that enslave humankind, Pope Francis said. “True love is true freedom: It detaches from possession, rebuilds relationships, it knows how to welcome and value the neighbor, it transforms every struggle into a joyous gift and makes […]