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Founder of gang violence ministry to speak at St. Thomas Aquinas
July 6, 2017ALPHARETTA—Jesuit Father Gregory J. Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, will speak at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, on Sunday, July 30, at 7 p.m. All are welcome to attend. A native of Los Angeles, Father Boyle entered the Society of Jesus in 1972 and was ordained a priest in 1984. In 1986, he […]
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A year of state championships for Catholic schools
July 6, 2017ATLANTA—Archdiocesan and independent Catholic high schools captured individual and team state championships last fall and winter and this past spring in a variety of sports. Four of the schools—Blessed Trinity High School, Holy Spirit Preparatory School, Marist School and St. Pius X High School—won 10 team state championships in 10 different sports. Among the same […]
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Pinecrest’s Patota represents Georgia
July 6, 2017CUMMING–Pinecrest Academy’s Will Patota was one of 20 top juniors in the state selected to represent Team Georgia in the Sunbelt Classic Baseball Series, June 9-14, in Atoka and McAlester, Oklahoma. The Sunbelt Classic has been around since 1977 when it first started as an all-star baseball series between Oklahoma and California. After 1988 other […]
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Christians fight evil with love, sacrifice, never violence, pope says
July 6, 2017VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Christians are called to detach themselves from power, reject violence and sacrifice themselves for God and others out of love, Pope Francis said. Christians must live the way Christ chose to: not as “persecutors, but persecuted; not arrogant, but meek; not as snake-oil salesmen, but subservient to the truth; not impostors, but honest,” […]
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Spirit of welcome, openness draws many to Cathedral Hispanic mission
July 6, 2017ATLANTA—Since relocating to Buford Highway two years ago, the Cathedral of Christ the King Hispanic Mission has nearly quadrupled in size, now drawing some 1,400 people to the mission’s two Sunday Masses. With hundreds of new members, those coming range from impoverished newcomers to established immigrants from Mexico and across Latin America. Enrollment in religious […]
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Catholic dioceses in South ‘in a growth mode,’ says archbishop
July 6, 2017CHARLESTON, S.C. (CNS)—The Catholic dioceses of the Carolinas and Georgia are experiencing record growth, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory said during a meeting of the U.S. Catholic Church’s Atlanta province. “We realized that all five of the dioceses represented here have recently opened new chancery offices,” Archbishop Gregory said in an interview with The Catholic Miscellany, […]
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Pastor who was first SPX principal retires at 88
July 6, 2017LAWRENCEVILLE—Father James L. Harrison, the founding principal of St. Pius X High School and one of the first native-born Georgia diocesan priests, retired July 1. He has been serving as pastor of St. Marguerite d’Youville Church in Lawrenceville. Organized by the Martha’s Ministry of the parish, a buffet dinner party was held in honor of […]
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As the partial travel ban nears, agencies worry about refugees in limbo
July 6, 2017WASHINGTON (CNS)—Agencies and organizations that help refugees start new lives in the U.S. worry about the fate that awaits migrants in transit as well as those who will not be allowed into the country as the partial ban that the U.S. Supreme Court set in motion with its late June ruling goes into effect in […]
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Celebrations continue at Decatur’s St. Thomas More School
July 6, 2017DECATUR—To continue St. Thomas More School’s celebration of winning the 2016 Blue Ribbon School of Excellence Award, the parent-teacher organization purchased blue ribbon T-shirts for all the students and staff. While in the new matching shirts, the school community formed a human logo. Ian Labreck, the school’s band director and also St. Pius X High […]
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Teacher wins Georgia Credit Union scholarship for continuing ed
July 6, 2017ATLANTA—The Georgia United Credit Union announced the winner of the Archbishop Emeritus John Francis Donoghue Scholarship for Continuing Education, Kathryn Ledlie of Atlanta, first-grade teacher at Christ the King School. This scholarship is named for the late Archbishop John Francis Donoghue, who was a strong advocate of Catholic education and credit union services. Since the […]