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Catholic schools welcome new administrators as academic year begins
August 3, 2018ATLANTA—With the start of the new school year, three archdiocesan and two independent schools welcome new administrators. Independent schools Monsignor Donovan High School, Athens, and Pinecrest Academy, Cumming, have new heads of school. Paul Gessner will serve as head of school at Monsignor Donovan High School, and Edward Spurka, Ph.D., will fill the same role […]
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Archdiocesan schools earn AdvancED re-accreditation
August 3, 2018SMYRNA—The Archdiocese of Atlanta’s 18 Catholic schools have received re-accreditation from AdvancED following a February engagement review by the accrediting agency. The archdiocese received its first district-wide accreditation in 2013. The nonprofit AdvancED follows a five-year term of accreditation. Its platform is based upon continuous improvement and educational quality. Using a set of rigorous research-based […]
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Office of Catholic Schools announces new staff members
August 3, 2018SMYRNA—The Office of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of Atlanta welcomed a new director of marketing and enrollment and a new controller for three of its schools. Diane Starkovich, Ph.D., superintendent of Catholic schools for the archdiocese, announced the hiring of Brian Dooling as director of marketing and enrollment and Brenda Leslie as controller for […]
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Fascinating tale of Vatican search for Peter’s tomb rivals a novel
August 3, 2018“The Fisherman’s Tomb: The True Story of the Vatican’s Secret Search” by John O’Neill. Our Sunday Visitor (Huntington, Indiana, 2018). 205 pp., $21.95. This book tells one of the most remarkable, and astonishing, true stories ever to come out of the Vatican. There are other books on the topic of the search for the relics […]
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All sinners are welcome!
August 3, 2018While I was in central Georgia, filming the Flannery O’Connor episode of my Pivotal Players series, I saw a sign on the outside of a church, which would have delighted the famously prickly Catholic author: “All Sinners Are Welcome!” I thought it was a wonderfully Christian spin on the etiquette of welcome that is so […]
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The case for gratitude
August 3, 2018The amazing cave rescue of the Thai boys and their soccer coach left me in awe of the many brave people involved in the undaunted efforts made to save those young lives. Expert rescue divers risked their lives; sadly, one gave his own. People came from near and far to the cave site to pray, […]
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The lonely sea, the sky and ships sailing by
August 3, 2018When I was a child living in Miami, weekends meant trips to the ocean, where we’d spend the day swimming, sunbathing and foraging for treats from my mother’s well-stocked picnic basket. The adults sought shade beneath a palm tree, while my sister and I created miniature cities made of sand. We shaped shell-studded castles, complete […]
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Pope calls for respect for migrants amid rising number of deaths at sea
August 3, 2018VATICAN CITY (CNS)—With the rising death toll of migrants and refugees attempting the treacherous voyage across the Mediterranean Sea, Pope Francis urged world leaders to act to prevent further tragedy. “I make a heartfelt appeal to the international community to act decisively and promptly in order to prevent such tragedies from recurring and to guarantee […]
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The Senior Side: A life-altering experience
August 3, 2018Early influences may have a permanent effect on a young developing mind—as 18th-century poet Alexander Pope said, “As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.” Those early experiences can shape who we are and what we become later in life. I experienced an event early in my life that caused me to realize that […]
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Pope accepts Cardinal McCarrick’s resignation as cardinal
August 3, 2018VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope Francis has accepted the resignation from the College of Cardinals of Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington, and has ordered him to maintain “a life of prayer and penance” until a canonical trial examines accusations that he sexually abused minors. The announcement came first from the U.S. Conference of Catholic […]