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Blessed Trinity, Marist win state volleyball championships
November 13, 2014MARIETTA—Defeating Westminster in the Class AAA state volleyball finals in three straight sets (25-17, 25-22, 25-13), Nov. 1, the Lady Titans of Blessed Trinity High School captured their third state volleyball championship in five years. Junior Annie Dempsey and senior Maggie Rick led the team with 11 and 10 kills, respectively. Sophomore Morgan Stalcup was […] Full Story
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Cristo Rey competes in first cross country meet
November 13, 2014ATLANTA—Donning uniforms sponsored by the Atlanta Track Club, Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School’s cross country team participated in its first meet, the Golden Eagle Invitational, at the Nash Farm Battlefield, in Hampton, Oct. 25. The team is comprised of 30 student athletes with no prior cross country experience. Members came together for an initial […]
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High exhibits Renaissance masterwork from Florence
November 13, 2014ATLANTA—Three marble panels from a famed organ loft created for the Florence Cathedral in Italy are on display at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta through Jan. 11. The exhibit is titled “Make a Joyful Noise”: Renaissance Art and Music at Florence Cathedral. Italian sculptor Luca della Robbia (1400-1482) created 10 exquisitely detailed panels […]
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Franciscan, Dominican art exhibited in Nashville
November 13, 2014ATLANTA—An exhibit of Renaissance art associated with the Franciscan and Dominican orders is on display in the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville, Tennessee, through Jan. 25. The exhibition, titled “Sanctity Pictured,” includes more than 60 works of art from paintings and manuscript illuminations to bronze medals and printed books made between 1250 […] Full Story
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Holy Spirit girls place in state cross country competition
November 13, 2014ATLANTA–After an undefeated regular season and a regional tournament win, Holy Spirit Prep School’s girls varsity cross country team competed in the Georgia Independent Schools Association state meet at Darton State College, in Albany, Oct. 25. Holy Spirit raced against 13 other schools and some 100 athletes. The team from the Atlanta independent Catholic school […]
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Marist honors Frank, Cathy Belatti
November 13, 2014ATLANTA—Frank and Cathy Belatti were honored with the 2013-2014 St. Peter Chanel Award, the highest honor Marist School bestows. The award is given annually in recognition of individuals whose support and leadership have advanced the mission of Marist School. The award was given at a recognition dinner in late October at the Cherokee Town and […]
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Saints ‘come alive’ at SJN School
November 13, 2014LILBURN—Fourth-graders at St. John Neumann Regional School in Lilburn celebrated the saints by presenting the annual “Saints Wax Museum” to their classmates. Students wrote research reports on different saints and dressed up as saints for the school Mass, processing into church while the Litany of the Saints was sung. After Mass, the students presented their […]
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Motto of St. Joseph parishioner lives on
November 13, 2014MARIETTA—Students at St. Joseph School, in Marietta, honored Robert Price, a beloved member of the parish and faithful attendee of the weekly school Masses, on the school’s Spirit Day shirts. Robert, a mentally challenged parishioner, became ill last year, and students prayed and made get well cards for him. Sadly, Robert passed away in February. […]
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St. Thomas Aquinas young adults help former school
November 13, 2014ALPHARETTA—St. Thomas Aquinas Latino Young Adults group approached Mimosa Elementary School in Roswell to see if the school had any work they could do, as part of Alpharetta’s day of service. The school has had a large Latino population for decades. Among the young adult volunteers were Nadia Zúñiga, Anabella Zúñiga and Cinthya Rojo, who […] Full Story
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Archbishop given saint’s relic
November 13, 2014SMYRNA—Barbara Weiss gave a family heirloom, a relic of St. Martin de Porres, to Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory. It turns out Archbishop Gregory has a special devotion to the 16th-century saint. St. Martin de Porres, a brother of the Dominican Order, was canonized in 1962 by Pope St. John XXIII. He is the patron saint […]