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OLM alumna has White House experience
March 17, 2016WASHINGTON—Our Lady of Mercy High School, Fayetteville, alumna Simone Cowan, class of 2015, spent March 8, International Women’s Day, at the White House with First Lady Michelle Obama, while celebrating the one-year anniversary of “Let Girls Learn.” In a Facebook post, Cowan reported traveling to the White House and receiving celebrity treatment. Afterward, there was […]
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Public school students lead Ash Wednesday services
March 17, 2016ALPHARETTA—On Ash Wednesday, students at three public high schools attended by parishioners of St. Thomas Aquinas Church could receive blessed ashes at a student-led prayer service. Some 40 students and parents participated in the services at Cambridge, Alpharetta and Milton high schools. The day began the season of Lent when Catholics observe a period of […]
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Nancy Creek is centerpiece for new Marist campus trail
March 17, 2016ATLANTA—Marist School received a donation of 200 tree saplings from Trees Atlanta, a nonprofit dedicated to replacing trees and protecting green space in the Atlanta area. The saplings were planted along Nancy Creek, where Marist School has been doing extensive work to remove invasive species. “The trees we received will grow into the banks, helping […]
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Lilburn school prepares 2,500 sandwiches for street ministry
March 17, 2016LILBURN—On Sunday, Feb. 21, more than 100 members of the St. John Neumann Regional School community gathered in the school cafeteria to participate in a Stewardship Sunday event. Using lunchmeat, cheese and bread donated by the school families and local businesses, more than 2,500 sandwiches were prepared for the benefit of Clyde’s Kitchen in downtown […]
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Atlanta’s St. Patrick’s events highlight March calendar
March 3, 2016ATLANTA—Mass for St. Patrick’s Day will be celebrated on Thursday, March 17, at the Cathedral of Christ the King, 2699 Peachtree Road, NE, Atlanta. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory will be the principal celebrant of the Mass at 10:30 a.m. with priests of the archdiocese concelebrating. The Hibernian Benevolent Society of Atlanta sponsors the annual Mass. […]
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‘24 Hours for the Lord’ offers reconciliation March 4-5
March 3, 2016ATLANTA—Following are some of the parishes in the archdiocese offering “24 Hours for the Lord” on Friday, March 4, and Saturday, March 5, as part of the Year of Mercy observances. Pope Francis, in announcing the jubilee year, requested that these two days preceding the Fourth Week of Lent should offer special opportunities for people, […]
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Retiring priest called ‘skilled and generous pastor of souls’
March 3, 2016DECATUR—People from his first parish to the last where he’s been pastor crammed into St. Thomas More Church as Msgr. Paul Fogarty retired after more than 48 years of active priestly life in Georgia. An estimated 700 people came to the Friday night Mass Jan. 29, which was followed by a bountiful reception, affectionate roasts […]
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Deacons from archdiocese view refugee crisis in Greece
March 3, 2016ATLANTA—Refugees from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq are arriving by the thousands daily in the nation of Greece, a country struggling with its own devastated economy. Deacons Steve Swope and Bill Hampton of the Archdiocese of Atlanta are spreading the word about the plight of refugees following a nine-day trip to Greece and Serbia for Catholic […]
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Medical center jobs are breakthrough for young adults with disabilities
March 3, 2016ATLANTA—Ryan Carroll’s favorite place to be is on the job at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. In his power wheelchair, Carroll navigates the hallways of the hospital’s Scottish Rite campus with ease and speed as he delivers lab specimens from the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center to various departments. Carroll, 26, has been a Children’s […]
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‘Risen’ provides ‘unusually effective’ biblical epic
March 3, 2016NEW YORK (CNS)—In days of yore, Hollywood knew how to make Christian themes pay off at the box office. Though the result was not always decorous—risque content in 1932’s “The Sign of the Cross” helped spur the formation of the National Legion of Decency—they were sometimes spectacular. And so there arose the biblical epic, a […]