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Persevering Pius student reaches goals by overcoming adversity
May 26, 2016ATLANTA—The high school years of Mary “Frannie” Geeslin, graduating May 21 from St. Pius X High School in Atlanta, have been marked by perseverance. The July before her freshman year Geeslin received the diagnosis of a brain tumor. She was determined to have a traditional high school experience. “I kind of just acted like a […]
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Black Catholics gather to learn history and plan for future
May 26, 2016ATLANTA—Some 250 members of the black Catholic community from around the Southeast joined efforts in Atlanta in early April for a day of prayer. Called “Faith in Action II,” the event at St. Paul of the Cross Church, Atlanta, broadened the reach of black Catholics to draw more people in the conversation about the community’s […]
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Blessed Trinity senior committed to serving those around him
May 26, 2016ROSWELL—Luke Donovan didn’t buy into the big-ticket service projects. Instead he looked around his community and asked what could he do there. Donovan read in a newspaper as a high school freshman that public elementary schools within a mile of Blessed Trinity High School in Roswell had large numbers of students relying on free or […]
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OLM is path to pre-med for Vietnamese-American student
May 26, 2016FAYETTEVILLE—When Jenn Nguyen returned to Our Lady of Mercy High School her senior year it was like coming home. A Catholic school student since third grade, when she started at St. John the Evangelist School in Hapeville, Nguyen decided after attending Our Lady of Mercy for two years to attend a public high school her […]
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Marist senior tells young people to find their own beauty
May 26, 2016ATLANTA—Tiffany Wills pushed back against young women comparing themselves to the person with the seemingly perfect outfit, the perfect boyfriend, the perfect life. The perfect life doesn’t exist even as social media project these carefully crafted images. The celebrities young women see “have an image to uphold,” Wills said. “They are going through things that […]
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Pinecrest senior leaves it all on the court for Special Olympics
May 26, 2016CUMMING—Zayne Rice has been a three-year starter on Pinecrest Academy’s varsity basketball squad with his 6-foot, 3-inch frame. But it’s when he talks about the Special Olympics that his face lights up. “I’ve played with the same people for the past eight, 10 years. They are basically my second family. It’s a blast doing it. […]
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Holy Spirit Prep senior found Catholic faith on campus
May 26, 2016ATLANTA—The well-appointed chapel at Holy Spirit Prep School is where Junhan “Tom” Yao to his own surprise proclaimed his Catholic faith and received baptism, confirmation and holy Communion. Yao grew up in China, officially an atheistic country. Where he comes from, he said, the idea of serving others without reward or caring for a stranger […]
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At the Congress, fight the Starve Wars on hunger: pack meals, buy shirts
May 26, 2016ATLANTA—Three billion people around the world live in poverty and face hunger on a daily basis. Starve Wars, a meal-packing event to benefit the impoverished people of Burkina Faso, will take place Friday, June 3, to launch the Archdiocese of Atlanta’s annual Eucharistic Congress at the Georgia International Convention Center. The center is located at […]
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Monsignor Donovan senior makes volunteering a habit
May 26, 2016ATHENS—Monsignor Donovan High School valedictorian Rachel Krunkosky encourages incoming students to get involved. “Take an interest you have and do everything in that field,” said Krunkosky. A glance at her résumé shows her advice to new students comes from first-hand experience. Current president of the Student Government Association and the Leo Club at the independent […]
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Alliance of the Two Hearts to hold all-night prayer vigil June 3-4
May 26, 2016ATLANTA—An all-night vigil will offer a night of prayer and reparation to bring peace to the Church and the world. All are welcome to attend. The vigil, sponsored by the Alliance of the Two Hearts—Georgia chapter, will be held at the Cathedral of Christ the King on the evening of Friday, June 3, until the […]