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Students Turn Off TV And Turn On To Books
April 22, 2004Students at St. Peter Claver Regional Catholic School were encouraged to participate in National TV-Turnoff Week April 19-25 by placing a “caution” sign across their home televisions and computers. They were allowed to use the computer for homework assignments but not for playing video games or other game-type activities. All students received a form to […]
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McGonegals, Ruth Reams Receive Top Hat Awards As Outstanding St. Vincent De Paul Volunteers
April 22, 2004The St. Vincent de Paul Society has awarded its 2004 Top Hat Award recognizing extraordinary community volunteers to Phil and Carol McGonegal and Ruth Reams. The Top Hat Award is the highest honor given to St. Vincent de Paul Society members each year. Two awards are given to an individual or couple who have shown […]
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Parish Nurses Provide Wholistic Approach To Healing
April 22, 2004Dolores Riccardi had been practicing nursing at St. Joseph’s Hospital Coronary Care Unit for 14 years. After seeing many patients’ problems swept under the rug in favor of short-term stays and cures, Riccardi realized two frustrating trends: insurance companies directed the care of patients instead of medical professionals and many of the root causes of […]
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In The United States, Hunger Persists Amid Plenty
April 22, 2004It is one of American society’s great ironies that in a land where obesity is a multibillion-dollar health issue, and television programs like “Extreme Makeover” and “The Swan” dabble in liposuction and tummy tucks as a matter of course, hunger remains a persistent and growing problem. In 2002, the last year for which full statistics […]
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Mercy Dedicates Baseball Field To Archbishop
April 22, 2004While he couldn’t promise them graces to turn around their less than stellar season, Archbishop John F. Donoghue pitched blessings and encouragement to members of the nascent Our Lady of Mercy High School Bobcat baseball team, as they named their playing field in his honor. “I am very happy that here at Mercy High School, […]
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Monastery Concert To Feature MLK Sr. Choir
April 22, 2004The sounds of a choir, distilled from over 70 years of musical history at Atlanta’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, will be heard in the abbey church of the Monastery of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit on Sunday, April 25. The Martin Luther King, Sr. Choir from Ebenezer, the church which is considered the birthplace […]
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‘Ella Enchanted’ Is Frantic Fairy Tale
April 22, 2004“Ella Enchanted,” a Cinderella story with a twist, has a lot to recommend it—if you can handle its frantic pace. And as a representative of its target audience, my 12-year-old niece gave it a very enthusiastic, positive review: “I liked that movie a lot!” Taking its premise from the popular book by Gail Carson Levine, […]
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Youth News: Swimming with Manatees
April 22, 2004Our Lady of LaSalette Youth Group, led by Ed Reilly, went to Crystal River, Fla., on Jan. 17-19 and got “up close and personal” with exotic marine creatures. At the Marine Science Station, we joined up with Judge Frank Mills and his Boy Scout troop. The next day the group went to Mass at St. […]
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Youth News: Media with a Message: ‘Joan of Arcadia’
April 22, 2004What if God was one of us? That’s the question the freshman drama “Joan of Arcadia” explores every Friday night. The life of middle child and confused adolescent Joan Girardi (played by the very talented Amber Tamblyn) becomes even stranger when God starts appearing to her in various forms, including a cute boy at school, […]
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Spotlight On A Saint: St. Mary Magdalene
April 22, 2004Known as “the penitent,” Mary was given the name ‘Magdalene’ because, though a Jewish girl, she lived in a Gentile town called Magdale, in northern Galilee, and her culture and manners were those of a Gentile. Her Contribution To The Church Mary Magdalene was well known as a sinner when she first met Jesus. Beautiful […]