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Area Catholic athletes sign on to play college sports
March 3, 2016ATLANTA—This year’s National Signing Day took place on Wednesday, Feb. 3. Catholic seniors in public, private and Catholic high schools joined other athletes around the country by making it official when they signed binding national letters of intent to play sports at the college or university of their choice. The list below includes area Catholic […]
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Families, even tired ones, feed love into society, pope says
March 3, 2016SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, Mexico (CNS)—While in Mexico, Pope Francis warned against moves to diminish the importance of the family, peppering his talk Feb. 15 with anecdotes and off-the-cuff remarks that kept a packed soccer stadium cheering, laughing and applauding. Speaking under a scorching-hot sun as dozens were treated for heat stroke, the pope […]
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St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital president named
March 3, 2016LAVONIA—Jeff English, interim president of St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital, has been promoted to the office of president. “Jeff led a successful integration of St. Mary’s Health Care System into the newly acquired hospital,” said Don McKenna, president and CEO of St. Mary’s in announcing the appointment. “Jeff and his team of committed and competent […]
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Decatur school creates ‘Holy Doors’ for the win
March 3, 2016DECATUR—St. Peter Claver Regional School held a “Holy Doors” contest centered on the theme Faith, Knowledge and Service. Creating and crafting a door design was a collaborative project with friendly competition during Catholic Schools Week and got the Decatur school’s students thinking about all the benefits of attending a Catholic school. The contest echoed Pope […]
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Marist student’s doodle catches the eye of Google
March 3, 2016ATLANTA—Ian Otten, a Marist School seventh-grader, earned the top prize as the Georgia winner of the Doodle 4 Google, a national competition. The competition challenged students from across the country to use Google’s homepage as a canvas to doodle and show what makes them unique. Ian’s doodle was titled “My Love for Sports.” He was […]
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‘Stop Hunger Now’ inspires theme of St. Jude School project
March 3, 2016SANDY SPRINGS—In another Catholic Schools Week event, St. Jude students participated in a project for the benefit of children—kids helping kids. The school community has been doing similar activities for nearly a dozen years. For the past five years, students worked with Stop Hunger Now to package meals for other children. They packed more than […]
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St. John Neumann School serves homeless men and women
March 3, 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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Catholic high schooler attracts fans on Youtube girls channel
March 3, 2016ROSWELL—Blessed Trinity High School freshman Mimi Drabik is one of seven girls to have been selected for a new media opportunity. With over 4 million viewers, the web video series titled SuperSevenGirls is creating a forum for high school girls to mentor younger girls. Mimi works with the YouTube channel, where she and other teenagers […]
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Holy Spirit Prep’s march toward Final Four comes to a halt
March 3, 2016ATLANTA—Holy Spirit Prep boys basketball team and first-year coach Greg McClaire fell a game short of making the school’s second Final Four appearance in the Georgia Independent School Association Class AAA state basketball playoffs. After a 70-47 defeat Feb. 24 of Westwood School, the visiting team from the southwest Georgia city of Camilla, the only […]
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From teaching to singing, Deacon Terry Holmer served Douglasville community
March 3, 2016DOUGLASVILLLE—Deacon Terry M. Holmer, who served at St. Theresa Church, in Douglasville, died Tuesday, Feb. 2. He was 60 years old. Born Sept. 5, 1955, in East Chicago, Indiana, Deacon Holmer served the Catholic community and others before and since his ordination on Feb. 2, 2002. He died as a result of injuries suffered in […]