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AACCW members to gather for 61st annual convention
August 24, 2017PEACHTREE CITY—“Gathered in the Grace of Mary” is the theme of the 61st annual convention of the Atlanta Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women to be held Sept. 22-24 at the Peachtree City Hotel and Conference Center. All women of the archdiocese are invited to attend. The conference center is located at 2443 Highway 54 West […]
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‘See with the light’
August 24, 2017“It’s not what you look at that matters. It’s what you see.” Henry David Thoreau I used to like watch the passersby as they moved through the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City. I would find a spot off the beaten path and watch the many hundreds of people come through the main […]
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Save the Dates
August 24, 2017The Green Mass will be celebrated Wednesday, Oct. 4, at 12:15 p.m. at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 48 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, SW, Atlanta. The Mass on the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi honors those who work to sustain the natural environment and all who care for the earth. The […]
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Athens hospital honors former employee, now volunteer
August 24, 2017ATHENS—Frankie Jones, of Oglethorpe County, and long-time St. Mary Hospital employee turned volunteer, was recently named St. Mary’s Foundation 2017 Auxiliary Volunteer of the Year. Jones began working at the Athens hospital in 1950. During her initial years at St. Mary’s, Jones lived on the hospital property in a house that the Missionary Sisters of […]
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As school year begins, five Catholic schools welcome new principals at the helm
August 24, 2017ATLANTA—As the 2017-18 school year gets underway, five archdiocesan schools welcome new principals. Bill Dooley will serve as principal of Our Lady of Mercy High School in Fayetteville. New principals for elementary schools are Dr. Jamie Arthur at Queen of Angels School in Roswell; Dr. Julie Broom at St. John Neumann Regional School in Lilburn; […]
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Reach for Excellence grads continue to succeed
August 24, 2017ATLANTA—For Daniel Chandra the path to applying to an internal medicine residency had its beginnings 16 years earlier as a student in the Reach for Excellence program, founded by the Society of Mary, and hosted by Marist School. Reach for Excellence is a tuition-free, three-year academic enrichment program for underserved middle school students in metro […]
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Variations upon Joseph Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness’
August 24, 2017As the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Summer of Love slouches into the dog days of late August, the world seems far removed from that season’s innocent plea for peace and love. Hate crimes, terrorism, the complex burdens of the past and even the threat of nuclear war are all announced and assailed upon us […]
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Former students bring their own legacies to Queen of Angels
August 24, 2017ROSWELL—A member of the first graduating class at Queen of Angels School returned this year to enroll her own daughter. It was a milestone for the Queen of Angels community in its 18 years. Danielle Montepare, class of 2000, dropped her oldest child off for kindergarten. Montepare’s daughter, Hannah, was greeted by her teacher, Melissa […]
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A trio of anniversaries for Holy Spirit’s pastor
August 24, 2017ATLANTA—Msgr. Edward J. Dillon, pastor of Holy Spirit Church in Atlanta, celebrated his 50th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood on June 10. Holy Spirit parishioners, friends and family members gathered for a Mass and reception in his honor Sunday, June 11, which was also his 30th anniversary as pastor of Holy Spirit Church. The […]
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‘Father isn’t sitting in the confessional for his health’—and other lessons from Catholic school
August 24, 2017My parents lauded good education as a prerequisite for a happy life, so they scrimped and saved to send their daughters to Catholic schools from day one. And after 12 years under the dutiful eyes of women wearing wimples, here are some lessons I learned. We can help people who have died. The sisters taught […]