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Founder would like a home for adults with special needs near every parish
May 1, 2014TUCKER—Joshua Newhard joins the threesome around the round table preparing dinner, where one tears apart lettuce, and another slices green and red peppers for a salad. In the kitchen, Lisa Malak turns the canned tomato sauce into marinara for spaghetti, the night’s entrée. “I used to do this when I worked in the back. Now, […]
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From Georgia to Rome, local Catholics celebrate new saints
May 1, 2014ATLANTA—Hundreds of believers filled the sanctuary of St. Marguerite d’Youville Church, Lawrenceville, celebrating as Pope Francis proclaimed Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII to be saints. The ministry of the Polish Catholic community in the Atlanta Archdiocese drew the faithful to this Mass on Divine Mercy Sunday where prayers were recited in Polish […]
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Pope’s homilies help Catholics fight the good fight, Jesuit says
May 1, 2014VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope Francis’ morning homilies represent a rallying cry and “road map” for today’s Christians in their daily journey to grow closer to God, said the Jesuit editor of a new collection of the homilies from the pope’s early morning Masses. Each reflection the pope delivers in the chapel of his residence, the Domus […]
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Cristo Rey’s first freshman class is introduced, to applause
May 1, 2014ATLANTA—More than 400 parents, students and supporters helped to dedicate the new Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School as incoming students guided visitors through their future classrooms in a transformed office building. The standing-room-only crowd burst into long and loud applause April 22 when the class of 2018 was asked to stand up, then another […]
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Archdiocese receives ‘huge response’ to pastoral planning survey
May 1, 2014ATLANTA—The response to the Archdiocese of Atlanta’s pastoral plan survey, which will help guide the direction of the church locally, is being described as overwhelming. The archdiocese received more than 14,700 responses to the survey conducted in March both online and in paper format. According to Peter Faletti, director of planning and research for the […]
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High school senior finds ‘a sense of confidence’ as equestrian
May 1, 2014ATLANTA—At her high school, Mary Ruth Nagel created an equestrian team, co-led a homeless shelter ministry and excelled in AP calculus and other classes. Equine therapy and deep faith enabled the anxious youth to find her stride and grow into a school leader—while designing Catholic jewelry on the side. Mary Ruth is the fourth of […]
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Catholic high school commencements fill May calendar
May 1, 2014ATLANTA—The seven Catholic high schools will hold commencement exercises in May and six have announced their 2014 valedictorians and salutatorians. The graduations are listed below. Archdiocesan high schools Blessed Trinity High School Blessed Trinity High School in Roswell will have its graduation ceremony on Saturday, May 17, beginning at 3:30 p.m. at the school, […]
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Three baptisms christen new Athens school campus
May 1, 2014Three youngsters were the first baptisms at the new campus of St. Joseph Church and School. The Athens school community celebrated the event with the Scott family on Friday, April 11. Jackson Scott, who is in second grade, Clayton Scott, in kindergarten, and Anniston Scott, who is in the preschool, were baptized by Father David […]
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Jewish traditions inform Holy Week in Woodstock
May 1, 2014Parishioners at St. Michael the Archangel Church, Woodstock, learned about the connection between the Jewish festival of Passover and the Eucharist during a Holy Week Seder celebration that featured Israeli folk dancers, a children’s choir and a traditional Seder meal. Zechariah Ministries, which conducted the event and shares these celebrations throughout the Atlanta Archdiocese, is […]
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HSP faculty awarded professional development grants
May 1, 2014Three members of Holy Spirit Prep’s Upper School faculty have been awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Jill Stedman, Christopher Oppermann and Madlyn Faber with the grant money will study history, philosophy and archaeology. Stedman, a social sciences teacher and assistant principal for academics, received a $1,200 grant to attend a course […]