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Gala benefits teachers’ funds at Holy Spirit Prep
May 28, 2015ATLANTA—Holy Spirit Preparatory School celebrated its 19th annual Spring Gala on Saturday, April 11, at the Ritz-Carlton Buckhead. The golf-themed benefit featured dinner, silent and live auction items, and dancing to the music of the American Flyers, all to support the teachers at Holy Spirit Preparatory School. Through sponsorships, ticket sales, auction items and donations, […]
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Dedicated GRACE Scholars’ board member retires
May 28, 2015ATLANTA—A longtime leader with GRACE Scholars has stepped down. Patrick J. Mannelly recently retired from the board. Robert Fitzgerald has been elected to fill the vacancy. Mannelly joined GRACE in 2009 soon after its inception. He served in many leadership positions, including as vice president of the board. He helped establish a relationship between the […]
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Sophia Academy students serve at Senior Connections
May 28, 2015ATLANTA—Sophia Academy middle school recently volunteered at Senior Connections in Chamblee. Senior Connections, a nonprofit organization, provides home and community-based care to promote independence for seniors. Students helped with its Meals On Wheels, which provides food to housebound seniors. They serve more than 2,500 meals daily. Sophia Academy middle school students learned about the nutritional […]
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Bond between camper and volunteer changes both at Toni’s Camp
May 28, 2015RUTLEDGE—The campers at Toni’s Camp could not contain their excitement the morning of Saturday, May 2, as Deacon Bob Brunton issued his set of rules for the day. “Not a lot of frowns, no tears and lots and lots of fun,” instructed Deacon Brunton, one of many volunteers for the annual camp of the archdiocese’s […]
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Dublin archbishop: Church needs ‘reality check’ after marriage vote
May 28, 2015DUBLIN (CNS)—Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin has said the church needs a “reality check” after Irish voters overwhelmingly supported same-sex marriage. Ireland was the first country in the world to put same-sex marriage to a popular vote and the May 22 poll was backed by 62 percent of the population. Same-sex marriage is now a […]
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As first year ends, Cristo Rey students say, ‘They want us to succeed’
May 28, 2015Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School opened in August 2014 with its inaugural freshman class. The West Peachtree Street school offers a college prep curriculum for students from financially strapped families. What is unique is how it does this: one day a week, on a rotating schedule, students are at work in Atlanta businesses earning […]
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Blessed Romero ‘another brilliant star’ belonging to church of the Americas
May 28, 2015SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (CNS)—Some thought this day would never arrive. Others hoped and some always knew it would. On May 23, the Catholic Church beatified Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdamez of El Salvador, who was assassinated in 1980 while celebrating Mass, just a day after pleading and ordering soldiers to stop killing innocent […]
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Pope breaking down walls, building trust, say interfaith speakers
May 28, 2015ATLANTA—At an interfaith forum in Atlanta, diplomats and academics joined religious leaders in assessing the extraordinary impact Pope Francis is having as an international statesman. The pope is being given “the lion’s share of credit for pushing forward” the normalization of relations between Cuba and the United States, said Ambassador Charles Shapiro, president of the […]
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Mother and son: Pope Francis shares personal, intimate devotion to Mary
May 28, 2015VATICAN CITY (CNS)—From Easter to Pentecost—and especially during the Marian month of May—Catholics recite the “Regina Coeli” prayer “with the emotion of children who are happy because their mother is happy” that Jesus has risen from the dead, Pope Francis said. Although his devotion to the Mother of God is profound, it is simple in […]
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Sister’s jubilee not complete without visit to Catholic school she founded
May 28, 2015LILBURN—Sister Dawn Gear took a victory lap at St. John Neumann Regional Catholic School, as she walked the hallways and peeked inside the classrooms she planned and cajoled construction workers to build. The longtime educator and founding principal of St. John Neumann returned to the Atlanta area May 7-9 to celebrate her 50 years as […]