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BT wins mat tussle in Catholic Duals
February 5, 2016ATLANTA—After each team’s preliminary weigh-in, wrestlers from Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell, and Atlanta’s Marist School and St. Pius X High School took to the mat wearing singlets in their school colors of green, blue and white, respectively. Over 50 wrestlers, competing in weight classes ranging from 106 to 285 pounds, participated in the 12th […]
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School employees celebrate the ‘faith, knowledge and service’ of Catholic education
February 5, 2016ATLANTA—This week Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Atlanta are commemorating Catholic Schools Week, a national observance that focuses on the faith-building, academic and community contributions of the schools. The week, which runs from Jan. 31 to Feb. 6, has the theme, “Catholic Schools: Communities of Faith, Knowledge and Service.” The schools in the area […]
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Habitat home honoring Pope Francis dedicated in Atlanta
February 5, 2016ATLANTA—In honor of Pope Francis’ visit to the United States, Atlanta Catholics and other volunteers dedicated eight Saturdays to build a Habitat for Humanity home for a mother and daughter. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory blessed the home on River Ridge Drive in southwest Atlanta Jan. 30, an unseasonably warm winter day. Archbishop Gregory called the […]
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Renovations at Prince of Peace build on tradition of welcome
February 5, 2016FLOWERY BRANCH—Michele Colluro and her husband, Vinnie, pray Monday afternoons in the new chapel at Prince of Peace Church where perpetual adoration takes place. “Adoration is new to my husband and me. It sounded like something we need in this crazy world,” said Colluro, a grandmother of four. The Colluros are never alone. About a […]
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Her students cheer as teacher becomes a citizen
February 5, 2016ATLANTA—Jan. 26, 2016 is a day that teacher Amelia Taruc will remember for a lifetime. Taruc, a teacher at St. John the Evangelist School in Hapeville, became an American citizen during a naturalization ceremony that Friday morning at the Atlanta field office of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Accompanied by 85 flag-waving fourth- and […]
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Pope: Live your faith during Lent, perform works of mercy
February 5, 2016VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Lent is a time of conversion and a time to deepen one’s faith, demonstrating and sharing it through the corporal and spiritual works of mercy, Pope Francis said. “Faith finds expression in concrete everyday actions meant to help our neighbors in body and spirit,” the pope said in his message for Lent, which […]
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‘40 Days for Life’ Lent campaign begins Feb. 10
February 5, 2016ATLANTA—40 Days for Life, a nationwide peaceful outreach to pray for an end to abortion, will have an Atlanta campaign during Lent from Ash Wednesday, Feb. 10, through Palm Sunday, March 20. “We are eager to join together with people of faith and conscience from hundreds of cities in numerous countries to pray for an […]
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Cardinal: Newborn in manger a positive sign of a culture of life
February 5, 2016WASHINGTON (CNS)—A baby in a manger is proof enough for Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York that Americans can express a culture of life. And it wasn’t the Christ child. Instead, it was a newborn infant left by his mother in the crib of a manger scene at a parish in the New York […]
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Iowa priest goes viral after Mass for snowbound on turnpike
February 5, 2016SIOUX CITY, Iowa (CNS)—Father Patrick Behm of Le Mars confessed to being overwhelmed by all the attention. “I’m just happy being a simple priest,” he insisted. That “simple priest” went viral on social media for celebrating Mass Jan. 23 on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Father Behm was returning with others from the Diocese of Sioux City […]
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Hibernian Society to hold annual Black Tie Ball
February 5, 2016ATLANTA—The Hibernian Benevolent Society of Atlanta has announced its annual Hibernian Ball will be held Saturday, March 5, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Druid Hills Golf Club. The evening will begin with complimentary champagne and hors d’oeuvres, followed by a four-course, sit-down dinner at 8 p.m. with dancing and entertainment. The cost is $115 […]