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‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’ amusing but excessively violent
February 19, 2015NEW YORK (CNS)—Iconic spy James Bond gets younger, hipper competition via “Kingsman: The Secret Service” (Fox). This suave but excessively violent adaptation of Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons’ 2012 comic book series “The Secret Service” is directed and co-written—with Jane Goldman—by Matthew Vaughn (“X-Men: First Class”). Terribly British to its core, the film is, at […]
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Get ready for the battle during Lent
February 19, 2015A couple from Marietta traveled to a small Georgia town in the hopes of buying their dream car, but the whole thing turned into a nightmare, and instead of returning home, they were murdered. It is a horrible story, all the more chilling because the couple looked, from their photos, like typical grandparents who lived […]
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A time to commemorate heritage and sacrifices
February 19, 2015I have to admit that I am not very much of a movie devotee, and that reality is a great disappointment for at least one of my younger priests who himself is drawn to the cinema like a moth to a flame. He once told me that he was planning on getting up to see […]
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‘Being someone in Lent’
February 19, 2015Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten season, a period of approximately six weeks of repentance. Christians are encouraged to practice different means of expressing repentance—fasting, the giving of alms, atonement and self-denial. These are all different ways of making room in one’s heart for a better felt presence of God. God is always […]
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Holy Spirit seniors sing, dance, to reach ‘Roma!’
February 19, 2015ATLANTA—With a two-act lineup of singing and dancing to entertain guests, seniors at Holy Spirit Prep School raised more than $7,000 at the annual “Roma!” event, a night of food, entertainment and auctions to support the annual senior class trip to Rome, Italy. The festivities took place on Wednesday, Feb. 4. It’ll be the 10th […]
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Reflections for the Lenten journey
February 19, 2015The following meditations—for the first three days of Lent—were written by Father Robert Barron, a noted author and speaker, of Mundelein Seminary in Illinois. Ash Wednesday, day 1: “Back to Basics” At the beginning of baseball season, the coach has to bring his players back to basics. He has to remind them of the three-point […]
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Sophia Academy girls win basketball championship
February 19, 2015ATLANTA—Sophia Academy’s girls and boys basketball season ended with a tournament in which the girls won. The Sophia girls captured their second straight Atlanta Private Athletic Conference championship by defeating Swift School of Roswell in the semifinals and the Waldorf School of Decatur in the title game at Weller Park Recreation Center in Roswell. In […]
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Catholic Foundation announces ministry grants
February 19, 2015ATLANTA—The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia has announced the award and distribution of 37 general awards for the 2014 fall grant cycle. Nancy Coveny, executive director of the Catholic Foundation, said 48 grant applications in need of $547,334 were received for the grant cycle just past. For these requests, $102,500 was available for distribution. These […]
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Bible group marks 30 years of study together
February 19, 2015MARIETTA—Since January 1985, members of the Church of St. Ann in Marietta have gathered to study Scripture. The group marked the 30th anniversary with Mass on Jan. 8. And as they have done faithfully over the years, the group discussed an upcoming Scripture reading. Originally, a small group of parishioners met in the home of […]
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Pinecrest team wins regional mock trial championship
February 19, 2015CUMMING—Pinecrest Academy’s mock trial team won every round of its regional competition held in Cartersville on Saturday, Feb. 7. Pinecrest defeated Adairsville, Cartersville, Cass, Cherokee, Pepperell, Pope and Woodland high schools to become mock trial regional champions. The competitions are sponsored by the Georgia Bar Association. Students are judged by approximately 24 local attorneys, sitting […]