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2014 Archbishop’s Annual Appeal begins
February 6, 2014ATLANTA—The Archbishop’s Annual Appeal, the campaign to fund the offices and ministries of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, is underway for this year, and the upcoming commitment weekend for pledges in the parishes is set for Feb. 22-23. The Appeal is an opportunity for local Catholics to support the greater church family of all of north […]
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Hearing women’s stories of abortion, Gospel reading comes alive
February 6, 2014I have now officially surpassed my previous record of consorting with Catholics, set when I was fortunate enough to attend a papal Mass with 85,000 or so of my closest Catholic relatives. With half a million folks or so at the March For Life—and a great plenty of them Catholic—I’m guessing I passed that mark […]
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Hundreds gather in Atlanta ‘Standing for Life’
February 6, 2014ATLANTA—Eighth-grade students from the Dioceses of Nashville and Knoxville, Tenn., took a road trip to join their peers from St. Catherine of Siena School, Kennesaw, on Jan. 22 for Stand for Life in Atlanta. St. Catherine of Siena, a Dominican-led archdiocesan school, participates every year in the Mass for the Unborn and other public events […]
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SJE math teacher receives presidential award
February 6, 2014HAPEVILLE—Teacher Jeanne Rast of St. John the Evangelist School will travel to Washington, D.C., in March to receive a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Rast was one of two Georgia educators selected to receive the award. She won in the math category, while Christy Garvin of Vaughan Elementary in Powder Springs […]
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Prayers, puppets ease children into Spanish in honoree’s class
February 6, 2014DECATUR—As a Spanish and technology teacher at St. Peter Claver Regional School, Rafael Nazario continually strives to grow professionally and to help meet school needs. This year that meant tackling a third subject and teaching physical education. “It’s a learning process. I go a lot to the website of the archdiocese and check the curriculum […]
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Her extended school program has a ‘mom’ mentality
February 6, 2014HAPEVILLE—The supply room at St. John the Evangelist School is packed from floor to ceiling with bins of board games, arts and crafts materials and books, as well as colorful costumes for theatrical productions. It’s clear that Venus Price, director of the extended school program, has all the bases covered for the 80-plus students who […]
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Honoree Ricky Turner preaches ‘doing it the right way’
February 6, 2014ROSWELL—As Blessed Trinity High School’s founding athletic director, Ricky Turner raced to offer nearly 20 sports from the opening year of 2000, ensuring the school had everything from proper uniforms and equipment to buses and field conditions. Then amidst that arduous task, he faced tragedy in the loss of his almost 5-year-old daughter, Jessica, in […]
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Principal came full circle when asked to launch BT
February 6, 2014ROSWELL—Frank Moore left his position as dean of studies at St. Pius X High School to become a principal in 1998 at Bishop McGuinness High School in Oklahoma City, making changes to set it on a new path. But when the opportunity arose to become the founding principal of Blessed Trinity High School in Roswell, […]
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Working at St. Jude ‘a dream come true’ for war refugee
February 6, 2014ATLANTA—A one-time prisoner in a hard labor camp, Sang Ngoc Nguyen was honored by the St. Jude the Apostle School community for his school service. Nguyen was an army captain as Americans left the war-torn country and the North Vietnamese swept into power at the end of the Vietnam war. His service in the armed […]
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Archdiocese of Atlanta salutes outstanding Catholic school teachers and staff
February 6, 2014ATLANTA—The wintry mix from Winter Storm Leon cut short Catholic Schools Week. But in those crazy days of Jan. 28 and 29, as snow and ice blocked frustrated parents from reaching the schools, parents—and students, if they paid attention—saw the character of the educators in a unique way. Staff and teachers in the archdiocesan school […]