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After summer travel, Atlanta Boy Choir preparing for new season
September 4, 2014ATLANTA—The Atlanta Boy Choir recently returned from travels to Poland and the Czech Republic, where the group was invited to participate in the honoring of Pope John Paul II’s being elevated to sainthood. The choir sang at St. Pope John Paul’s home church in Krakow as well as at the Great Cathedral of St. John […]
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‘On with the show!’
August 28, 2014Holy Cross Church in Atlanta celebrates its golden anniversary this year — 50 years of reaching out to the community. One of the unique ministries at Holy Cross is its theater program, started formally five years ago. The theater productions began as a way to fund the parish’s Friends of St. Martin de Porres ministry to […]
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Catholic schools, dioceses determine how to take part in ALS fundraising effort
August 27, 2014WASHINGTON (CNS)—The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, a major fundraising effort that began this summer to raise money to research a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig’s disease, has left many people scratching their heads. The challenge involves dumping a bucket of ice water on someone’s head and nominating others to go through the […]
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What I Have Seen And Heard (February 28, 2008)
August 25, 2014Each parish has its own personality, and the distinctions are far more complex than merely the differences between large parishes and small parishes, rural parishes and city parishes. I made my first visit to the parish of Good Samaritan in Ellijay last Sunday, and it was indeed a festive occasion since this community only recently […]
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Church here can bring hope to new generation in Haiti, priest-educator says
August 22, 2014NEWNAN—Stopping to give a belated New Year’s blessing to a friend saved the life of Msgr. André Pierre in January 2010 as an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale struck his native Haiti. Msgr. Pierre, president of the Catholic University of Notre Dame of Haiti, spoke about the devastating earthquake and the recovery of […]
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Faith, prayer sources of strength for slain U.S. journalist, his family
August 22, 2014ROCHESTER, N.H. (CNS)—In April 2013, the parents of slain U.S. journalist James Foley attended a prayer vigil at Marquette University in Milwaukee to pray for their son, who at that time had disappeared in Syria. Before Diane and John Foley had confirmation that spring that their son was missing, Diane said she just felt it—he […]
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Brian Marks named first principal of Notre Dame Academy high school
August 22, 2014DULUTH—Bringing with him a passion for Catholic education and the experience of building a new school, Brian Marks is excited about the possibilities of serving as Notre Dame Academy’s first high school principal. The independent Catholic high school is scheduled to open to ninth-graders in fall 2015. It will add subsequent grades every year thereafter. […]
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Pope phones family of slain U.S. journalist
August 22, 2014NEW YORK (CNS)—Pope Francis phoned the bereaved family of James Foley, a U.S. journalist killed by Islamic State militants in Syria. In an Aug. 22 interview on NBC’s “Today” show, John and Diane Foley briefly described the previous day’s discussion with the pope, in which they spoke of shared grief at the death of loved […]
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New assistant superintendent joins Office of Catholic Schools’ administration
August 22, 2014SMYRNA—Connie Urbanski, Ed.D., is a new assistant superintendent in the Office of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of Atlanta, joining Diane Starkovich, Ph.D., superintendent of schools, and Rebecca Hammel, assistant superintendent. She came on board this summer, bringing years of service in Catholic schools in North Carolina and Louisiana. Her duties will center upon directing […]
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A welcome back from the superintendent of Catholic schools
August 22, 2014Welcome back to the 2014-2015 school year! As the last of our archdiocesan Catholic schools opens this week, it seems appropriate to extend this greeting to all students who are returning to classrooms this fall. Some students are entering school for the first time; others are beginning high school or perhaps college as their proud […]